Nicole C. Walker Coordinator of Student Programs for 20/20 Leadership I, Nicole C. Taylor-Walker, am a proud graduate of Ruskin High School of Hickman Mills School District. After high school, I earned her B.S. in Elementary Education from Lincoln University in...
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Profile in Leadership: Cesar Cea
Cesar Cea Founder, Nueva LLC Chair of Facilities Committee, Frontier Schools Born in El Salvador, youngest of four, grew up in KCMO, attended Westport HS then Missouri S&T. Graduated with a B.S. Mechanical Engineering and worked in the energy market for a...
Profile in Leadership: Stanley Taylor
Stanley Taylor, Jr. Senior Director of Development Communities in Schools Stanley Taylor Jr. joined the Communities In Schools Mid-America team in 2017 at Benjamin Banneker Elementary School in Kansas City, Missouri. He began as a Student Support Coordinator and was...
Exceptional Student Profile: Mwajuma Bilombele
Mwajuma Bilombele East High School, Class of 2022 Mwajuma Bilombele is a senior at East High School. Born in Tanzania, Mwajuma moved to Kansas City in 2016. Mwajuma has been a member of 20/20 Leadership since 2020, and was a KC Royals Charities All-Star Award...
Profile in Leadership: Wadandra McBride
Wadandra L. Lenox-McBride Kansas City Engagement Advocacy Roundtable (KC EAR), Chairperson Wadandra has been married for 30 years to a very supportive husband, named Waymon. She is a devoted, loving wife and mother of two daughters, Aliyah and Ashley. ...
Profile in Leadership: Tracy Johnson
Tracy Johnson Family Advocate Richardson Early Childhood Center Tracy Johnson has worked for the Kansas City Public Schools since August of 1991, and has worked in several roles including a substitute teacher, a Title One basic skills clerk, and a teaching...
Profile in Leadership: Beth McCarthy
Beth McCarthy Director of Community & Industry Partnerships, PREP-KCBoard President, Académie Lafayette Elected president of the Académie Lafayette Board in June of 2021, Beth McCarthy joined as a parent-elected member in 2017. She serves as a member of...
Profile in Leadership: Colleen Hernandez
Colleen Hernandez Board Member, SchoolSmartKC Colleen Hernandez previously led the Homeownership Preservation Foundation (HPF), a national non-profit whose mission is to guide consumers on the path to sustainable homeownership and financial stability. She left that...
Profile in Leadership: Doranne Hudson
Doranne Hudson Board Member, SchoolSmartKC Doranne Hudson’s passion for developing leaders threads through her corporate, university, and volunteer work. Most recently, as associate teaching professor at UMKC’s Bloch School, she created leadership courses across...
Profiles in Leadership: LaTrecia Thornton
LaTrecia Thornton Director, Della Lamb Early Learning Center LaTrecia Thornton is a lifelong resident of Kansas City, Missouri. A proud graduate of the Kansas City Missouri School District, she is living her lifelong dream of giving back to the communities that has...