Google appoints T Caroline Drucker to EMEA education, research, and core partnerships role
T Caroline Drucker has started a new role at Google as Director, EMEA Education, Research and Core Partnerships
Google has appointed T Caroline Drucker as Director, EMEA Education, Research and Core Partnerships, moving the former LearnX Chief of Staff into a role spanning education, research, digital identity, and security partnerships across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa.
Drucker starts the role after working across Google’s LearnX organization, where her work covered strategy, operations, leadership planning, and global learning programs. Her new remit includes partnerships with educators, institutions, research organizations, and EdTech stakeholders across EMEA.
The appointment brings education and AI into a broader Google partnerships portfolio at a time when universities, schools, research organizations, and EdTech companies are assessing how AI tools, digital identity, and security infrastructure affect learning, research, and institutional operations.
Drucker has worked across Google, Instagram, and Photomath, including a post-acquisition role at Photomath after the learning app was acquired by Google. Her background includes strategic partnerships, marketing, operations, brand communications, and platform growth across EMEA.
She said the new role builds on her education work while adding new areas of focus across research and core digital infrastructure.
Google expands EMEA education and research partnerships remit
Drucker wrote on Linkedin: "Today marks my first official day in a new chapter at Google as Director of Education, Research & Core (ERC) Partnerships for EMEA."
She added: "Leaving the LearnX team is bittersweet. I am proud of what we achieved in developing educational AI tools, and I look forward to watching the team continue to thrive!"
The EMEA Education, Research and Core Partnerships role covers Google’s education offerings in the AI era, partnerships with educators and institutions, foundational scientific research, and digital identity and security frameworks.
Drucker wrote: "Stepping into the ERC Partnerships space allows me to build on my passion for Education while adding fascinating new areas of focus. This team’s mandate spans critical areas— driving Google's unique Educational offerings in the age of AI forward with some of the world's leading educators and institutions, supporting foundational scientific research that impacts products, science and society to strengthening core digital identity and security frameworks across EMEA."
The role places Drucker across several areas of Google’s institutional work, including academic partnerships, research collaboration, EdTech engagement, and infrastructure tied to identity and security.
LearnX, Photomath, and Instagram experience
Drucker previously served as Chief of Staff, LearnX at Google, where her work included cross-functional prioritization, executive communications, operational rhythm, planning cycles, leadership offsites, and coordination across product, engineering, and people teams.
She also held a Strategy & Ops Lead role at Google, focused on strategy and operational planning for global learning programs, including goals, resource allocation, market consistency, and learner outcomes.
Before joining Google, Drucker was Vice President, Marketing and Operations at Photomath during its post-acquisition integration with Google. Her responsibilities included marketing strategy, brand, growth, communications, team management, and alignment with Google priorities while maintaining product identity.
Drucker also spent seven years at Instagram as Director of Strategic Partnerships EMEA, building the platform’s regional partnerships function across creators, brands, media companies, cultural institutions, and product adoption work.
Academic and EdTech connection
The new Google role gives Drucker a formal route into academic, research, and EdTech partnerships across EMEA.
She wrote: "If you are working in the academic, research, or EdTech sectors in EMEA, I would love to connect!"
The appointment follows her work across consumer technology, creator platforms, and education technology, including Google’s learning programs and Photomath’s integration into Google. Drucker thanked the LearnX team and named Kerrie Lenhart Hogan, Mark Bennett, Faz Aftab, and the EMEA ERC team in connection with the transition.
Google has not provided further details on specific EMEA partnership programs, participating institutions, or new education AI initiatives linked to the role. Drucker’s new position started in May 2026.
