Donna Randolph holds degrees in Education and Leadership and Policy Studies. She has been a Special Education teacher, supervisor, and principal both in the public and private sectors. Dr. Randolph is also a spiritual advisor and ordained minister.

Dr. Randolph was conferred her doctoral degree in Higher Education-Leadership and Policy Studies from California State University, Northridge. Her dissertation focused on underrepresented students and research opportunities. Dr. Donna continues research with underrepresented high school and college students. Also, her non-profit organization-My New Journeys- assists parents with advocacy and educational institution issues, service learning and community service strategies, after-school/out-school-time program referrals, and strategic pathways to post-secondary opportunities.

Donna’s expertise lies in personal development strategies for adults and teens, parent engagement topics, assisting parents in finding higher education and career opportunities, and professional development training.

Dr. Donna raised four children as a single mom and is a proud grandmother of two granddaughters and one grandson.

Dr. Amanda Hill-Hennie has worked for the American Paradigm Schools organization since 2016,

starting as a Secondary Instructional and Assessment Coach and later ascending into the role of

Director of ELA Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment. She received her B.A. from Saint

Joseph’s University and her M.S. from Drexel University in Special Education before pursuing

Post-Master’s credentials to earn her Reading Specialist Certification, ESL Certification, and

Principal Certification. She most recently earned her doctoral degree in Education Leadership from Point Park University. She also participated in the National Institute for Urban School Leaders

through Harvard University. Amanda spent the earlier part of her career with the School District

of Philadelphia serving in various capacities. In her primary role as a classroom teacher,

Amanda achieved her National Board Certification in the area of Early Adolescent English

Language Arts. Amanda is an active member of the Pennsylvania Educators Diversity Consortium and the National Council of 100 Black Woman. In her free time, she enjoys reading, shopping, crafts, and spending time with her young son.

Erica Johnston serves as the Assistant Director of Career Development in Temple University's College of Education & Human Development. In her role, she supports students and alumni from various education and education-related programs achieve their overarching career and professional goals. Erica received her Masters degree in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) from Temple University and went on to serve as a language educator to emergent bilingual students across school-based, higher education and non-profit settings.

Dr. Donna-Marie Cole-Malott is Assistant Professor of Professional and Secondary Education at East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania. Dr. Cole-Malott also serves as Co-Director of the Pennsylvania Educator Diversity Consortium (PEDC)—an organization dedicated to educator diversity, equity, and culturally relevant education and systems, serving the needs of BIPOC learners throughout the Commonwealth.

Dr. Cole-Malott’s research and work focus and intersects in three areas; the lived experiences and literate lives of Black girls and their social and academic identity development; race, equity, and the factors that support equal access for underrepresented students in schools; educator diversity, equity, and culturally relevant education for all educators. Her work centers on the ecosystem of public education and strategies for dismantling system racism that can improve outcomes for all students.

Lauren Moffett is a dog mom, photographer, Zoom-facilitator, and techie. She supports Cheyney University, America's First HBCU, in all matters tech and communications, working in the institution's IT office.

Kellie Custer is the Program and Grant Specialist at the Capital Area Intermediate Unit. She has been a special education teacher, an educational consultant, and is also a Board Certified Behavior Analyst. Kellie's free time is spent watching her nephews play baseball, hiking with her dog, and knitting.

Dr. Rhonda Rabbitt is an educator, advocate, organization, and community member. She has an Ed.D. in Educational Leadership & Change, a Master's in Secondary Education, Spanish, a BA in Spanish, BS in Business Administration, and is certified in Quality Management & Organizational Excellence.

Rhonda supports open pathways of access to education for each child &, in recruitment of the under-served & underrepresented candidates for teacher education.

Dr. Andrea Terrero Gabbadon is a Visiting Assistant Professor of Educational Studies at Swarthmore College. She is also founder and principal consultant of ILM Consulting Group.

Chika Mora (she/her) is a Nigerian-American K-12 education specialist of 8 years with concentrations in special education, early childhood, and English language learning. She is a Teach for America, AmeriCorps, and Princeton in Asia Fellowship alum with experience educating youth in Columbus, OH, Boston, MA, Washington D.C., and Beijing, China. She is also a serial entrepreneur with experiences founding startups in both the marketing and educational industries. She is passionate about engaging and supporting families with students ages 3-9 with navigating the elementary education system. As a passionate DEI advocate she recently joined PEDC to continue her fight for educational justice as a Summit planning committee member. Chika currently lives in Philadelphia, PA with her fiancé and lovely rescue pup Ally.

Larry Keiser, PhD, is Assistant Clinical Professor and Program Director for the graduate and undergraduate Creativity & Innovation degree and certificate programs in Drexel University's School of Education. He also serves as the Associate Director for Drexel's Freddie Reisman Center for Translational Research in Creativity & Motivation (FRC), an international center whose team of creativity experts and education and business practitioners identify and share the best research in creativity and motivation from all disciplines, and Co-Director of the Drexel/Torrance Center for Creativity & Innovation. Dr. Keiser's research activities center on investigating individuals' creativity levels and workplaces (K-16 education, corporate, and business), particularly how education leaders' and corporate/business leaders' creativity mindsets relate to the entrepreneurial mindset. Dr. Keiser has been funded extensively by the US and PA Departments of Education, NSF, and private foundations in collaboration with other Drexel faculty and external partners to design and implement educational partnerships. The projects include designing/implementing national and PA school/district partnerships in support of alternative preparation pathways for K-12 teachers; conducting professional development activities for improving pre-service and in-service teachers' STEM content knowledge and pedagogy; designing/implementing school leadership improvement programs; better integrating appropriate technology into PreK-16 teaching and learning processes; and promoting creativity and innovation in schools, the workplace, and in life.

Dr. Juliet Curci is one of three Co-Directors for the Pennsylvania Educator Diversity Consortium and serves as Assistant Dean of College Access and Persistence for Temple University College of Education and Human Development. As Assistant Dean, Juliet's efforts focus on expanding college access initiatives so that more young people complete college degrees and more people from diverse backgrounds prepare to be teachers. She supervises the Temple Upward Bound and Upward Bound Math & Science TRIO college access programs as well as the Temple Education Scholars dual enrollment program and initiatives in support of first-generation college students. Juliet earned a Bachelor's degree in Political Science and American Culture Studies from Washington University in St. Louis, a Master's degree in Elementary and Special Education from St. Joseph's University, and a Ph.D. in Urban Education from Temple University. Juliet was raised in New Orleans, LA and has lived in the Philadelphia area for the last eighteen years. She currently resides in Lafayette Hill, PA (Colonial School District) with her husband, Chris, and her two children, Ben (9) and Genevieve (6), where she is a founding board member and current treasurer of the Colonial Area Anti-Racism and Social Equity Alliance.

Rima Azzam, Ed.D. is a Senior Research Associate at RMC and part of the Region 4 Comprehensive Center, a Technical Assistance Center serving the Mid-Atlantic Region and funded by the U.S. Department of Education. Rima has over 25 years of experience in the field of education including working in national and international centers and projects on education reform; program evaluation; state-level evaluation; assessment; special education; technical assistance in education, health, and mental health; research; literacy; qualitative and quantitative data collection and analysis; and policy analysis.