Mark Huelsman

Mark Huelsman is the associate director of policy and research at Demos, where he helps shape a policy and research agenda that seeks to address structural economic exclusion and advance bold democracy reforms. He also leads the organization’s policy work on college affordability, student debt, and racial equity in higher education. Prior to Demos, Huelsman worked as a research analyst at the Institute for Higher Education Policy, as a policy analyst at New America, and as a legislative assistant at the Brookings Institution. A native of Cincinnati, Ohio, Huelsman holds a BA in government and politics from the University of Maryland, College Park, and an EdM in international education policy from Harvard University.