Roger Low

Founder & CEO

Roger launched CEEMI in 2021 after over a decade in the public sector specializing in evidence-based policy and implementation, workforce development, economic mobility, poverty alleviation, and outcomes-based payment models. He was a member of one of the advisory groups to Colorado’s House Bill 1330 Task Force, and he is on the steering committee that oversees Colorado’s Opportunity Now Program under House Bill 22-1350.

As a policy advisor to U.S. Senator Michael Bennet (D-CO), Roger helped create the Social Impact Partnership to Pay for Results Act (SIPPRA), the first federal outcomes fund, and new pay-for-performance authorities in the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act. At Colorado's Office of State Planning and Budgeting, Roger led the launch of Colorado's first three state-level Pay for Success projects, tying public dollars to improved youth and family outcomes. Most recently, as Policy Director for America Forward, the policy arm of the national venture philanthropy New Profit, Roger collaborated closely with evidence-based nonprofits and social innovators across the country.

Roger’s writings on policy and systems change have been published twice in the Stanford Social Innovation Review, as well as the Colorado Sun, the Chronicle of Philanthropy, New America, and Implementation Science. He has an MPA from Princeton's School of Public and International Affairs, and a BA from Yale University. He was born and raised in Colorado, and lives in Lakewood with his partner Michael. He's usually affable, once he's had his morning coffee.