If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.

The Leadership Team

Adrinda Kelly

Executive Director
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Stevona Elem-Rogers

Chief of Community Programs and Partnerships

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Board of Directors

Darryl Kilbert

Retired New Orleans Public Schools Superintendent

Board Chair

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Gina Bell

Teacher Effectiveness Coach, The New Teacher Project

 

Dr. Jeff Benjamin

Education Researcher, Abendigo Consulting LLC

 

Ashana Bigard

Writer, Educator, Activist
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Thelma French

President & CEO, Total Community Action, Inc
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Okyeame Haley, J.D. LL.M.

Managing Attorney, Haley Law Practice, LLC.

 

Lona Edwards Hankins

Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Planning and Infrastructure at New Orleans Regional Transit Authority
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Dr. Margaret Montgomery Richard

Principal, DMM Associates, LLC
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Bill Rouselle

President & CEO, Bright Moments, LLC
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Jonathan Wilson

Vice President Mortgage Services, Liberty Bank and Trust

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Dr. Howard Fuller

Director of the Institute for the Transformation of Learning, Marquette University

Founding Board Member
2017 – 2020

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Stacy Martin

Chief External Affairs Officer, Collegiate Academies

Founding Board Member
2017 – 2022

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Rev. Thomas B. Watson

Watson Teaching Memorial Ministries

Founding Board Member
2017 – 2022

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