Database & IT Manager
Рase Gаrrett (he/him) is the database and IT manager for BELONG Partners. His duties include developing and maintaining the organization’s custom database applications, web design, server and account administration, data analysis and visualization, day-to-day tech support, and anything else that helps support BELONG Partners’ technology needs.
Before joining BELONG Partners, Рase did similar work for the University of Washington, Columbia University, and the Children’s Scholarship Fund. Throughout his career, he has tried to harness his creativity, problem-solving abilities, and love of technology in a way that contributes to increased accessibility and equity in education.
What are people most surprised to learn about you?
I’m finally at a point with my Chinese that I’m reading novels in the original (well, with the help of a dictionary).
What’s your favorite thing to do outside of work?
Spend time with my family, take care of my dogs and ducks, read too many books at once, make noises with musical instruments, write nonsense that no one else will read, hack away at code that breaks and surprises, pick up heavy things and set them down again, go places outside and ID trees, mushrooms and rocks.
Why are you passionate about working at BELONG Partners?
I truly believe that long-term, systemic change is needed so that every child has the opportunity to learn and belong. I’m drawn to BELONG Partners because we work towards this by building multi-year relationships with schools and we are responsive to and reliant on data to measure outcomes. On a more personal note, my coworkers are some of the most open, thoughtful, and passionate people I’ve ever had the pleasure of working with.