Christopher Hedrick
American scholar
Christopher "Chris" Hedrick is an entrepreneur and expert in learning, global health, international development, and technology.
NextStep
Hedrick was CEO of NextStep Interactive, a venture-capital backed company that trained low-wage and unemployed workers in job skills and industry certifications and places them in high demand entry-level healthcare jobs such as certified nursing assistant, the most in-demand job role in the country. The company played a prominent role in the effort to expand the supply of frontline healthcare workers in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic. Johnson & Johnson Impact Ventures and Village Capital awarded NextStep the 2020 Frontline Health Worker Prize for creating the most unique product solving a major pain point for frontline health workers and the patients they serve. Investors in the company include JAZZ Venture Partners, Pioneer Square Labs, Johnson & Johnson Impact Ventures, SEI Ventures, ZOMA Capital, and Springrock Ventures. NextStep operated in the states of Colorado, Oregon and Washington. In 2023, Care Academy acquired the NextStep learning platform and nursing assistant training content.
Kepler
Prior to founding NextStep, from 2014 through 2016 Hedrick was CEO of Kepler, a university program based in Kigali, Rwanda that blends technology-based learning, intense local seminars and education-to-employment support to offer U.S.-accredited degrees at very low cost. Kepler's aim is to dramatically expand access to high quality college education across Africa. Hedrick led growth of Kepler from a start up class of 50 students to over 400 students on two campuses, one in Kigali and the other a unique program in partnership with the UNHCR based at the Kiziba Refugee Camp in western Rwanda.
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