The Black Education Strategy Roundtable (BESR)
3rd Quarterly Meeting of 2017
BESR Announces New Executive Director
The Black Education Strategy Roundtable (BESR) Board of Directors is thrilled to announce the appointment of Stephen Smith as Executive Director, effective Thursday, June 1st.
The Board's action comes with the fullest confidence that Steve will continue to be an excellent steward of BESR's mission and a leader and advocate in Washington State for Black/African-American students, while improving outcomes for all students.
Steve holds an MA in Educational Counseling and a BA in Psychology and excels at developing policies and procedures, hiring and training teams, administering budgets of more than $1M, and building exceptional relationships with community groups, non-profits, business groups, and individuals.
With a proven history of increasing funding, maximizing community and partner engagement, and building long-term, collaborative relationships, Steve has successfully created, directed, and sustained programs in a broad variety of venues including community-based groups, statewide organizations, and higher education. His work has contributed to increasing graduation rates for students involved and has been recognized by the Washington State Achievement Council for best practices.
The Board believes Steve is the right person to pursue BESR's policy agenda in the State. Please join us along with the whole BESR team in saying, "Congratulations and welcome!"
The Board's action comes with the fullest confidence that Steve will continue to be an excellent steward of BESR's mission and a leader and advocate in Washington State for Black/African-American students, while improving outcomes for all students.
Steve holds an MA in Educational Counseling and a BA in Psychology and excels at developing policies and procedures, hiring and training teams, administering budgets of more than $1M, and building exceptional relationships with community groups, non-profits, business groups, and individuals.
With a proven history of increasing funding, maximizing community and partner engagement, and building long-term, collaborative relationships, Steve has successfully created, directed, and sustained programs in a broad variety of venues including community-based groups, statewide organizations, and higher education. His work has contributed to increasing graduation rates for students involved and has been recognized by the Washington State Achievement Council for best practices.
The Board believes Steve is the right person to pursue BESR's policy agenda in the State. Please join us along with the whole BESR team in saying, "Congratulations and welcome!"
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OUR MISSION: To achieve systemic changes in education that result in excellence and equity for Black/African American students at all levels of the education continuum and raise the bar for all students.
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