{"id":26,"date":"2016-05-31T22:15:11","date_gmt":"2016-05-31T22:15:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.berea.edu\/pfe\/?page_id=26"},"modified":"2021-04-16T16:33:25","modified_gmt":"2021-04-16T20:33:25","slug":"leadership-team","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/legacy.berea.edu\/pfe\/leadership-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Partners for Education Leadership Team"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_single_image image=”130″ img_size=”200X300″][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”3\/4″][vc_column_text]Dreama Gentry provides leadership and vision as the executive director of Partners for Education at Berea College. Gentry is committed to shamelessly advocating for rural students living in poverty and tirelessly works to ensure that the national dialogue around educational success includes the voices of rural students. A first-generation college graduate from rural Appalachia, Gentry holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from Berea College and a juris doctor from the University of Kentucky College of Law.<\/p>\n

Dreama_Gentry@berea.edu<\/a>
\n859-582-3454<\/p>\n

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[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_single_image image=”125″ img_size=”200X300″][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”3\/4″][vc_column_text]Penny Jordan serves as the chief strategy and finance officer for Partners for Education. Jordan has more than 12 years of experience working in leadership positions in grant development, finance, operations, compliance, auditing and strategic planning for non-profit organizations. Prior to her work in the non-profit sector, Jordan spent 10 years working in the banking industry in rural Appalachian Kentucky counties. Jordan holds a bachelor\u2019s degree in accounting and a master\u2019s degree in management from Indiana Wesleyan University and a doctorate in educational leadership and policy studies from Eastern Kentucky University.<\/p>\n

Penny_Jordan@berea.edu\u00a0<\/a>
\n859-985-2602[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_single_image image=”262″ img_size=”200 X 300″][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”3\/4″][vc_column_text]Mike\u00a0Hogg serves as the chief operating officer for Partners for Education. Hogg has more than 20 years of experience working in public school leadership positions in Appalachian school districts including superintendent, assistant superintendent and principal. Prior to serving in leadership roles, Hogg was a middle school science and social studies teacher. Hogg holds bachelor\u2019s and master\u2019s degrees in middle grades education from Eastern Kentucky University and school leadership certification Eastern Kentucky University. Hogg is a first-generation college graduate who feels a deep responsibility to pay forward that which has been paid forward to him.<\/p>\n

Mike_Hogg@berea.edu<\/a>
\n859-358-4800[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_single_image image=”391″ img_size=”200X300″][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”3\/4″][vc_column_text]Katie Basham serves as the director of rural impact for Partners for Education.\u00a0 Basham has nearly 15 years of experience in higher education, where her various roles have focused on interfaith cooperation, civic engagement, diversity and inclusion, and program development.\u00a0 She holds a bachelor\u2019s degree from Berea College and a master\u2019s degree from the Lexington Theological Seminary.<\/p>\n

Katherine_Basham@berea.edu<\/a>
\n859-302-0583[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_single_image image=”629″ img_size=”200X300″][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”3\/4″][vc_column_text]A native eastern Kentuckian and first-generation college graduate, Amon Couch serves as director of programs.\u00a0 During his career, he has been a teacher, school level administrator, superintendent and state-level consultant assisting low performing schools.\u00a0 Couch\u2019s 27-year public school career has been in service to rural, eastern Kentucky students.\u00a0 He earned a doctoral degree in 2012 from the University of the Cumberlands in educational administration.<\/p>\n

Amon_Couch@berea.edu<\/a>
\n859-302-0701[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_single_image image=”394″ img_size=”200X300″][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”3\/4″][vc_column_text]Heather Dufour has been with Partners for Education since 2010, currently serving as the organizational grants officer. Before joining Partners, she directed Union College\u2019s special programs and served as an adjunct professor of business and finance. Dufour holds bachelor\u2019s degrees in business and mathematics, a master\u2019s degree in business and a doctorate in management with an emphasis in finance.<\/p>\n

Heather_Dufour@berea.edu<\/a>
\n859-582-7585<\/p>\n

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[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_single_image image=”31″ img_size=”200X300″][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”3\/4″][vc_column_text]As director of programs for integrated solutions at Partners for Education, L. Rochelle Garrett, MSW, \u00a0provides strategic leadership, vision and oversight to a portfolio of programs in the Arts and Humanities, Early Childhood, Family Engagement, and Student Leadership.<\/span> Garrett has 30 years of experience in social work and education. A first-generation college graduate, she holds a bachelor\u2019s degree in social work from Eastern Kentucky University and a master\u2019s degree in social work from the University of Kentucky.<\/p>\n

Rochelle_Garrett@berea.edu<\/a>
\n859-358-9489<\/p>\n

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[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_single_image image=”30″ img_size=”200X300″][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”3\/4″][vc_column_text]As Director of Programs, Kevin Hall leads Partners for Education\u2019s focus on enterprise risk management, compliance and operations as well as providing leadership and oversight to multiple federal grants. Hall has over 20 years of experience in higher education and federal grant management. A first-generation college graduate, he holds a bachelor\u2019s degree and a master\u2019s degree in business administration from Morehead State University.<\/p>\n

Kevin_Hall@berea.edu<\/a>
\n859-358-5352<\/p>\n

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[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_single_image image=”28″ img_size=”200X300″][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”3\/4″][vc_column_text]Sherry<\/span> Horner\u00a0serves as the organizational results and data officer for Partners for Education.\u00a0Scott<\/span>\u00a0has more than twenty-five years leadership experience working in the non-profit and education sectors.\u00a0She has extensive experience directing federal grant programs, developing partnerships and key coalitions, designing data-driven continuous improvement systems and leading cradle-to-career, place-based initiatives in Appalachia Kentucky.\u00a0A first-generation graduate,\u00a0Scott<\/span>\u00a0earned both her bachelor\u2019s degree of business administration in marketing and her master\u2019s degree in corrections and juvenile services from Eastern Kentucky University.<\/p>\n

Sherry_Horner@berea.edu<\/a>
\n859-575-0152<\/p>\n

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[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width=”1\/4″][vc_single_image image=”127″ img_size=”200X300″][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”3\/4″][vc_column_text]J. Morgan brings 20+ years of experience in higher education to the role of director of communications at Partners for Education. For most of his career, Morgan taught composition and literature at colleges and universities in Kentucky and West Virginia. More recently, he served as the director of publications and media relations at Berea College.<\/p>\n

Morganjoh@berea.edu<\/a>
\n859-358-6851<\/p>\n

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washingtonr@berea.edu<\/a>
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Sara_White@berea.edu<\/a>
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Shane_Williamson@berea.edu\u00a0<\/a>
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