Robert Shaner, Ph.D. Email and Phone Number

• Provided key leadership to facilitate continued growth of education and workforce development programs by increasing engagement, opportunities, and resources of skilled trades for advanced manufacturing as part of a Department of Defense-supported public-private partnership backed non-profit organization. • Managed a team of seven personnel responsible for executing a range of operational tasks, including writing and submitting grants to secure millions in awards to further drive workforce development; captured millions in funding as part of a DEI grant with the Department of Energy.• Served as a member of the Executive Team and Business Unit Leader, contributing to strategic program planning across multiple sites – including Detroit, Puerto Rico, and Florida.

• Provided executive leadership and direction, overseeing the strategic development, management, and allocation of an annual general fund budget of $190M servicing 23 sites, 15K students, 1.8K employees, and five municipalities with an emphasis on driving long-term sustainability aligned with stakeholder goals. • Leveraged exemplary cross-functional coordination, relationship building, and a team-based philosophy to create an authentic culture with employee buy-in, clarity of purpose, and a doctrine based on a unified vision. • Championed numerous continuous improvement initiatives that included special education services, resulting in 10 schools identified as Reward Schools by Michigan Department of Education (MDE) and recognized with National Blue Ribbons. • Displayed strong communication and collaboration abilities, leading an executive staff through a cabinet model while regularly facilitating engagement with a team consisting of 50 administrators; reported to a seven-member Board of Education to ensure proper allocation of resources that maximized milestones.

• Employed innovative and instructional leadership to drive technology implementation and management focused on student achievement while delivering professional development to administrators. • Collaborated with an executive team to develop a $160M district budget as part of key initiatives, including the installation of an $11M district-wide instructional technology upgrade across 25 buildings. • Evaluated a cross-functional team of 27 building level administrators, five content area specialists, seven instructional technology specialists, the Director of Information Technology, and the Director of Athletics and Facilities to establish clear and achievable goals aligned with key performance indicators (KPIs). • Organized a comprehensive instructional technology training program for a staff of 900 employees to facilitate the implementation of classroom instruction and continuous improvement benchmarks. • Fortified strong relationships within the regional business community to enable development opportunities, providing students with enhanced experiences.

• Managed a staff of 135 responsible for 1.4K students, providing instructional leadership and sustaining collaboration to develop a vision of academic excellence that resulted in recognition by Newsweek as one of the Top High Schools in Michigan and removal from the Department of Education High Priority Schools List. • Operated collaboratively with stakeholders, gathering data and preparing district standards assessment reports to prepare a quality assurance review that identified areas for improvement. • Maintained regular communication with the superintendent cabinet as a bargaining team member representing the Board of Education in negotiations with the Warren Education Association.

• Administered discipline and attendance for ~760 students, effectively preparing in the application and award of Grissom as a Michigan Blue Ribbon School through instructional leadership and the use of data, analytics, and research to drive continuous improvement decisions.