Director

Managing Director, School-Age Children, Robin Hood

Since 2021, Chris has led the team responsible for the strategy behind, and implementation of, Robin Hood’s work in K-12 education, youth development, and access to public benefits. Chris has spent his career at the intersection of schools and communities to advance equity and improve educational outcomes for young people.

Early in his career, Chris worked at Children’s Aid Society, first as program director in a community school, and later moving to the central office to become the first budget director for community schools. In 2002, Chris became budget director at New York City’s Human Resources Administration; in 2004, he moved to the Department of Youth and Community Development, where he was eventually appointed assistant commissioner for out-of-school time (OST), overseeing the mayoral initiative that created the country’s largest OST system. In 2010, Chris left to lead generationOn, a national education and youth services org; in late 2011, he became senior vice president at TASC for ExpandED Schools. Caruso joined the de Blasio Administration in 2015 as executive director for community schools at the Department of Education.