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NABSE Board of Directors

NABSE is proud to present our Board of Directors.
To learn more about a director, please click on his or her name.

President

President-Elect

Carrol A. Thomas, Ed.D.
Superintendent
Beaumont ISD
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Bernard Hamilton, Ed. D.
Jefferson County Public Schools
Title I Administrator
Louisville, KY,
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Recording Secretary

Treasurer

Marietta English
President
Baltimore Teachers Union
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Doreen E. Barrett, Ph.D.
Assistant Principal
George W. Collins High School
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District Administration

Corporate Representative

Dr. Ronald Williams
Assistant Superintendent/Education Accountability
Detroit Public Schools
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Tai Jones
Regional Account Executive, Southwest Region
Voyager Learning
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Governance in Education
Higher Education

Michael D. Scott, Sr.
Gary Community Schools Corporation
Board Member
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Anthony A. Fears, Ph.D.
Adjunct Professor
Coppin State University, Baltimore and
The University of Phoenix, Maryland
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Program Development Research & Evaluation

Instruction & Instructional Support

Gail Clark Dickson
Regional Director
Association for Supervision & Curriculum (ASCD)
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Cassondria L. Greene
Baltimore City Public Schools
Co-Teacher
410.396.6241
410.523.7557

Local School Administration

Special Projects Administration

Keith D. Greer
Partner, The Principal's Office, LLC
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Bernadette Corsey Graham, Ed.D.
Los Angeles Unified School District
Corporate Liaison/Consultant
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Retired Educators

Superintendents

Mable W. Robertson
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Dr. Fadhilika Atiba-Weza
Superintendent
Enlarged City School District of Troy New York
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Parents

Mid-West Affiliate Representative

Anthony White, Sr.
Supervisor
Newark Public Schools
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Jeannette Henson
Coordinator of Learning Systems
Sandusky City Schools
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Northeast Representative

West Representative

Russell Hopewell
President
Maryland State Alliance of Black School Educators
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Sandy Carpenter-Stevenson, Ed.D.
President
California State Alliance of Black School Educators
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Southwest Affiliate Representative

Southeast Affiliate Representative

Elaine Bailey, Ed.D.
President, HAABSE
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Henry R. Flenory
President
Metro Nashville Public Schools
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C.D. Moody Research & Development Institute

International Representative

Wesley L. Boykin, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Director of Research and Policy, National Center for Educational Achievement, Austin, Texas
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Jacqueline Smith-Herriott
President
Nova Scotia Alliance of Black School Educators
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Executive Director

Government Relations and Legislative Liaison to Board

Quentin R. Lawson
NABSE
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LaRuth Gray, Ph.D.
Scholar in Residence, New York University
Metropolitan Center for Urban Education
email: laruth.gray@nyu.edu

Immediate Past President

Legal Counsel

Deborah Hunter-Harvill, Ed.D.
Superintendent, Westwood Heights School District
Flint, MI
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Derrick Humphries
Humphries and Brooks, LLC
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Bernadette Corsey Graham, Ed.D.
Bernadette Corsey Graham

Education:

Bernadette Corsey Graham received her Bachelors Degree from Delaware State University, Masters Degree in Marking and Merchandising from Temple University, and Doctorate in Educational Management from LaVerne University, LaVerne, California.

Professional Experience:

  • Corporate Liaison/Consultant, Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), coordinate and interface with corporate executives to develop career options for students, with emphasis on students with special needs
  • Coordinator of Career and Transition Services, (LAUSD), provides supervision, technical direction, and support in the coordination of transition services for improved instruction for students with disabilities
  • Program Director for First Break Program, Los Angeles Unified School District-Developed school district and nations first web-based student job placement system that served over 30,000 students
  • Coordinator of Instructional Team for LAUSD resulting in literacy development programs for secondary school students, developed and coordinator staff development programs
  • Adjunct Profession at California State University and University of Southern California
  • Education and Career Advisor, Los Angeles Unified School District
  • Business Educator, Los Angeles Unified School District
Awards and Recognition

  • Member of The Governor's(California) School-to-Career Advisor Council
  • Annual Parent Summit, Division of Special Education
  • Special Education and Multi-Cultural Advisory Committee
  • Special Education Symposium
  • Western Region Trainer-National Association of Partnerships in Education
  • NAACP Award for Excellence in Education
  • Junior Achievement Award for Outstanding Accomplishments
  • Aware of Merit for Explorer Program--Career Awareness Division
  • Los Angeles County Commendation-Career/Vocation Education
  • Who's Who in Business Education
  • Career Advisor of the Year - Los Angeles Unified School District
  • United States Army Educator of the Year Award
  • Presidential Award for Future Secretaries of America
Committees/Associations/Members

  • National Alliance of Black School Educators
  • Los Angeles County Alliance of Black School Educators
  • Los Angeles Workforce, Advisory Board Member
  • Advisory Council, Employment Development Department
  • Advisory Council, Explorer's Career Awareness Division
  • Liaison-Community and Advisory Association of Los Angeles
  • President, Association of Career Educators (Los Angeles)
  • PHI Delta Kappa, University of Southern California
  • Vice-President-California Association of Work Experience Educators
  • California Career Educators Association
  • National Association of Partners in Educator
  • Curriculum Evaluator-Los Angeles Unified School District