Robert Kim joined the Obama Administration in 2011 and currently serves as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Strategic Operations and Outreach at the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR).  He managed the Department’s staffing of the Equity and Excellence Commission, which in February 2013 released its report on closing the nation’s achievement and opportunity gaps, and he currently serves as a Department-wide staff lead on strategic planning related to educational equity.  Prior to joining the Department, Kim was a senior policy analyst at the National Education Association, where he focused on federal education policy and human and civil rights issues.  From 1998 to 2002, he was a staff attorney at the American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California, where he engaged in litigation and advocacy pertaining to race, criminal and juvenile justice, gay and lesbian rights, and student rights.  He has also served as assistant to the counsel at the New York City Department of Juvenile Justice, where he focused on juvenile detention policy and administration.  Kim is a graduate of Williams College and Boston College Law School.