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...
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...
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...
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...
Anne Miller Principal, EdStrategies Consulting Anne Miller is passionate about improving educational opportunities and has been committed to doing so for almost two decades. She was a founding school leader at North Side Community School, a high-performing elementary...
Briana Tolbert University Academy, Class of 2023 Briana Tolbert is a high school student at University Academy. She lives in Kansas City with both her parents Ebony and Brian Tolbert. She also has two older siblings Alexis and Leland Tolbert. She participates in...
Andrea Sherrel Ellis Kansas City Public Library, Director of Strategic Learning Lincoln College Preparatory Academy, 1990 Andrea Sherrel Ellis is an educator, producer, storyteller, and organization leader. As Director of Strategic Learning for the Kansas City Public...
Dominic Davis Director of Communications, BLAQUE KC Northeast High School, Class of 2012 Dominic Davis is a Kansas City native who is passionate about advocating for the black youth in Kansas City and is currently the Communications Director at BLAQUE KC! He...
My name is Dacia Hindsman. I was born in Kansas City, Missouri. I was selected as the Valedictorian of my class at Paseo Academy of Fine and Performing Arts.
LaChelle Nichols is a native of Kansas City. She graduated from Lincoln College Prep Academy and then went on to graduate with B.S. in Industrial Technology from Virginia State University. She holds a M.S. in Adult Education with a concentration in Higher Education from North Carolina A & T State University. Nichols has spent the past eight years helping young people prepare for life after high school.