Born and raised in Brooklyn, NY and the son of Panamanian immigrants, Richard R. Buery, Jr. is CEO of Robin Hood, a leading anti-poverty organization advancing economic opportunity in New York City. Previously, Buery served as a Deputy Mayor of NYC, overseeing a dozen agencies and helping to architect Pre-K for All, which expanded free, full-day, high-quality prekindergarten to every four-year-old and increased enrollment by 50,000 children in 18 months. He has led Achievement First Charter Schools, managed policy and public affairs for KIPP, co-founded iMentor, and served as CEO of the Children's Aid Society, where he founded the Children's Aid College Prep Charter School. Earlier in his career, he clerked on the Second Circuit and worked at the Brennan Center. Buery served as Chair of the 2025 NYC Charter Revision Commission and is a life member of the Council on Foreign Relations, a Fellow of Pahara, a Public Service Fellow at NYU Wagner, and a graduate of Yale Law School and Harvard College.