Skills

Strategic Advising

Education and Nonprofit Policy and Administration

Communications and Relationship Management

Performance Management and Training

Project Planning and Operations

Data Analysis and Reporting

Experience

Bellwether Education Partners. Senior Consultant, Strategic Advising (2021-Current)

Black Entrepreneurs NYC, NYC Department of Small Business Services. Director of Policy Data and Evaluation (2021)

Achievement First. Director of Student Information (2013- 2021)

Turnaround for Children. Classroom Observer (2011-2012)

Gordon Commission on the Future of Assessment. Research Assistant (2011-2012)

Institute for Urban and Minority Education. Project Assistant (2010-2011)

New York City Department of Education. Math and Social Studies Teacher (2007-2010)

Publications

Session, E., Brooks, Q., and Johnson, S. (2019, March). The Triad—Support, Training, and Communication. Professional development session presented at the annual Infinite Campus Interchange, New York, NY.

Session, E., & Gordon, E. W. (2017). Community Life and Resources as Settings for Learning. In E. W. Gordon, B. Jean-Louis, & N. Obiora, Strengthening Families, Communities, and Schools to Support Children's Development. New York: Routledge.

Education

Teacher’s College, Columbia University, New York, NY. M.A. LEADERSHIP, POLICY, AND POLITICS
Graduated October 2011

Pace University, New York, NY. M.S. ADOLESCENT EDUCATION
Graduated May 2009

CORNELL UNIVERSITY, ITHACA, NY. BA. PSYCHOLOGY AND SOCIOLOGY
Graduated May 2007

Leadership

Net Impact NYC Service Corps. Consultant (2018-19)

Education Pioneers. Visiting Fellow (2018)

New York Urban League Young Professionals. Secretary (2016-17); Communications Chair (2015-16)

Certifications

Education Research and Evaluation Consultant, California Department of Education, 2019.