A few words about my current organization:Closing the opportunity gap for students from poverty-impacted communities and for students of color should be - by far - our greatest national priority. If we don't see fundamental change in post-secondary achievement/completion rates for this growing group of students, our future - from a workforce, economic, and community perspective - is in real peril. Due to huge cultural and institutional barriers - racism primary among them - not of their choosing, these students are achieving post-secondary success at far lesser rates than higher income and white kids. Don't need to be a math whiz to understand that these systemic inequities don't add up - don't add up to a healthy economy, don't add up to a qualified workforce, and don't add up to a healthy, just, sustainable community. It will take entire communities to rally around student success - in every community in the U.S. - to make this happen. We're makin' it happen in Oregon - join us!A few words about me:- Have founded/re-founded three organizations over my 35-year career, all of which continue strong today.- Social entrepreneur who comes from a long line of small business entrepreneurs.- Passionate about and fluent in racial equity/DEI work.- Executive leader in two major universities.- Raised/leveraged over $60M in cash donations/investments.- Served on over 15 Boards and Advisory Committees, including Board Chair, Committee Chair, and Governor-appointed roles. - Deeply steeped in leadership concepts and approaches, via Master’s in Leadership and prestigious Kellogg Foundation National Fellowship/Leadership Program early in my career - Master’s thesis foreshadowed deepening and broadening of corporate social responsibility concepts and actions that are bearing out robustly today.
Listed skills include Educational Innovation, Community Education Partnerships, Education Reform, Public Speaking, and 38 others.
