Boards and Advisory

Board Roles

  • Board member of a Washington DC-based organization devoted to celebrating and exhibiting documentary films focused on issues of social justice and civil rights.

    Strategic advisor on the expansion of educational programming.

  • Founding board member of organization committed to bringing the lessons of the Emmett Till story to a new generation

    Provided board leadership for the development of a six-unit curriculum for middle and high school students.

  • Shareholder and board member of FutureTalk, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Toronto-based digital animation studio.

    Strategic advisor for bringing ed-tech products to market.

  • Shareholder and board member of ed-tech company focused on a suite of online tool supporting the social and emotional needs of students

    Strategic advisor for bringing products to K12 education market.

  • Advisory Committee Member for the Harvard Kennedy School’s Program on Education Policy and Governance (PEPG).

  • Member of the Board of Directors of the provider of after-school programming.

    Sole executive board member of the private-equity owned company.

  • Board member of the national trade association for educational entrepreneurs and Board President for two terms, in 2013 and 2014.

  • One of only two non-family board members and shareholders of manufacturer of chemical-based building products.

    Served on Board of Directors for 24 years, culminating in sale to Firestone Building Products.

Advisory Roles

  • Led a national team of experts to expand the Festival’s educational programming, focused on the development of a two-semester social justice filmmaking course for high schoolers, “Imagining Equity”.

  • Retained as an executive coach to the Trust’s CEO, Romanita Hairston, as she leads the Trust into a new era of impact and relevance.

  • Advised the Clymb leadership team on sales/marketing strategies to bring online social-emotional wellness product to the K12 marketplace.

  • Strategic advisor for Toronto-based digital animation studio (co-creator of the “Crash Course” YouTube channel, among other projects) regarding the development and market entry of a new immersive educational product, TREK.