Khari Freeman brings over 30 years of educational, mentoring and leadership experience to his role as Senior Director of Education and Capacity Building for Phipps Neighborhoods. Khari is a gifted educator with the uncanny ability to connect and collaborate with everyone. He started at Phips Neighborhoods as an Education Specialist providing educational support and training to the staff. During his tenure, he created several leadership and professional development initiatives for staff, and he is responsible for innovating staff training within the agency. In his current role of Senior Director, he oversees all education and capacity building efforts within the agency. 

Prior to his work at Phipps Neighborhoods, Khari was a teacher and a dean for over two decades. Most notably, he was an English teacher and Diversity Coordinator at the prestigious Poly Prep Country Day School in Brooklyn. He also served as the Lead Dean as well as an English teacher for the Susan B. Anthony Academy in Queens. 

He is a native New Yorker and received his undergraduate degree from Columbia University and completed his graduate studies at the City University of New York. He has spent his entire professional career serving students and families in New York City. Having grown up in the Bronx, he is particularly dedicated to serving the Bronx community, which fortunately led him to Phipps Neighborhoods.