Meet the 2022 NCAN Leading for Equity Fellows

By Kelly Mae Ross
Published on NCAN News on January 13, 2022

NCAN is thrilled to introduce the 12 college attainment professionals who will make up our inaugural cohort of Leading for Equity Fellows. These accomplished rising leaders represent NCAN member organizations from across the country.

The purpose of the yearlong Leading for Equity Fellowship program is to increase the number of leaders of color represented in the C-suite within organizations in the college attainment field.

At college attainment organizations, people of color are often well represented among student-serving positions, but not in executive leadership. That needs to change.

Professionals of color know firsthand the systemic barriers that can deter students from achieving a college degree. They also are vital role models and transformative leaders.

The goals of this largely virtual fellowship are to, among other things, help participants:

• Distill their greatest leadership strengths.
• Build skills in key executive leadership competencies, such as fundraising, organizational management, inclusive leadership, managing team dynamics, and strategic planning.
• Strengthen their capacity to address systemic issues of power, privilege, oppression, and equity within organizations, communities, and systems.
• Grow their supportive network of peers, mentors, and long-term connections in the field.

Follow the button below and meet the fellows including Rob Robinson, our Senior Managing Director of CollegeBound Initiative (CBI)!