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Nikolas Lazar
Portfolio Associate
Education
Education
Nikolas is an Associate on One8’s Education team, he supports due diligence on, and strategic planning and support for, high-impact ideas in education.
Prior to joining One8, Nikolas was a Business Analyst at McKinsey and Company, where he focused on strategic growth, primarily for non-profit higher education, global non-profits, and non-acute healthcare clients. He was also an Associate at Education Resource Strategies, a K-12 strategy consulting firm, where he supported Dallas ISD in assessing the return on investment for 70+ districtwide initiatives.
Nikolas graduated Magna Cum Laude from Brown University with degrees in Education and Economics, and has contributed to research on COVID-era border policies, Early College growth in Massachusetts, and how school systems planned to respond to the end of ESSER funding. Before Brown, Nikolas served as a City Year AmeriCorps member, teaching 6th grade ELA in a Boston Public Schools classroom.
Outside of work, Nikolas is passionate about cooking, soccer, and flying as many airlines (20 and counting across the past three years) as he can.
Prior to joining One8, Nikolas was a Business Analyst at McKinsey and Company, where he focused on strategic growth, primarily for non-profit higher education, global non-profits, and non-acute healthcare clients. He was also an Associate at Education Resource Strategies, a K-12 strategy consulting firm, where he supported Dallas ISD in assessing the return on investment for 70+ districtwide initiatives.
Nikolas graduated Magna Cum Laude from Brown University with degrees in Education and Economics, and has contributed to research on COVID-era border policies, Early College growth in Massachusetts, and how school systems planned to respond to the end of ESSER funding. Before Brown, Nikolas served as a City Year AmeriCorps member, teaching 6th grade ELA in a Boston Public Schools classroom.
Outside of work, Nikolas is passionate about cooking, soccer, and flying as many airlines (20 and counting across the past three years) as he can.