Faye Sahai is a global healthcare and technology advisor, investor, founder, and executive with over 30 years of experience. Avanish Sahai is a retired technology executive. His career at the intersection of technology and enterprise gave him a distinct lens on systemic change — one he now applies to philanthropy, focusing on grants that strengthen the infrastructure of organizations working on education, poverty alleviation, and healthcare access. Together, Faye and Avanish are co-founders of the Sahai Family Foundation, where they lead a grant-making practice rooted in rigor, empathy, and long-term impact. Their focus on systems thinking reflects the Learning Society's broader mission of building new systems for human capital development.

AI is rapidly changing the conversation about postsecondary value because it changes the production function of postsecondary education and academic research.

As working lives extend and skills are shifting, UC San Diego’s John Skrentny and Mary Walshok argue the solution to upskilling already lives inside research universities—as extension and continuing education programs they are calling “career sustainers.”