Jane Sundius

Jane Sundius is the director for the Education and Youth Development Program at OSI-Baltimore. She is responsible for the development and implementation of a grantmaking program that works to enhance access to high quality learning opportunities for all of Baltimore's youth, both in and out of school. Major program initiatives supported by this grant program include Safe and Sound's After-School Strategy, the Achievement First professional development initiative of the Fund for Educational Excellence, and, most recently, the Baltimore City Public Schools High School Reform Initiative.

Prior to OSI, Sundius worked as a research and evaluation consultant to local foundations and nonprofit organizations. She also served as a senior research associate on a longitudinal study of Baltimore City Public School children analyzing the effects of poverty and family characteristics on school performance.

Sundius holds a PhD in sociology and MA in public policy from the Johns Hopkins University. She serves on the Baltimore Youth Council of the Workforce Investment Board, the board of directors for the Baltimore County Department of Social Services, the advisory board of The After-School Institute, and the policy team of Baltimore's After-School Strategy.