Robert Rauh was the CEO and former founding principal of Milwaukee College Prep, which opened in 1997 as a rigorous elementary school in a city that sorely needed high performing schools. Responding to the continued urgent need for uncompromising schools, Milwaukee College Prep grew to a four-campus network during Rauh's tenure with schools deliberately situated in Milwaukee’s most underserved neighborhoods, eventually educating over 2,000 children in grades K3-8.

Mr. Rauh began his teaching career as a member of the Jesuit Volunteer Corps, teaching at a school in West Los Angeles. He then served as a middle school teacher, athletic director and head basketball coach at his alma mater, Brookfield Academy and served as the principal of Urban Day School, then the largest school participating in the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program. A graduate of the University of Wisconsin, Mr. Rauh earned his master's degree in education leadership through the Klingenstein Fellowship at Columbia University.