BASA Events Update 1.11.19

OUR STORIES OUR JOURNEY Living. Learning . Leading. March 18-19, 2019 Hilton Polaris Deborah S. Delisle is the Executive Director and CEO of ASCD. During Deb’s 40-year career in education, she has served as a teacher, gifted education specialist, curricu- lum director, elementary school principal, district associ- ate superintendent, superintendent, state superintendent, and university instructor. She was nominated as the U.S. As- sistant Secretary of Elementary and Secondary Education by President Obama in January 2012, confirmed by the U.S. Senate on April 27, 2012, and served in that position until 2015. CHAPTER 1 Deb Delisle , CEO, ASCD

CHAPTER 3 Karen Garza, CEO, Battelle for Kids

Tami Chapek, Founder, WeInspireWe Tami Chapek is the founder and head coach of WeIn- spireWe – a unique leadership and career coaching or- ganization dedicated to supporting leaders, regardless of title or tenure, in their plight to rise up beyond their current state and amplify their impact on the world around them. Tami has nearly 20 years of corporate experience in team and individual coaching, marketing and advertising, most recently at Publicis Health. Karen Garza has dedicated her life to bettering educa- tional opportunities for all students. Over the last three de- cades, she has served in several roles, including superin- tendent and chief academic officer. In December 2016, she joined Battelle for Kids as the organization’s President and CEO. Prior to that role, she served as the superinten- dent of Fairfax County Public Schools, Virginia—the 10th largest school division in the U.S., the superintendent of Lubbock Independent School District, and the Chief Ac- ademic Officer for Houston Independent School District. CHAPTER 4

Miranda Beard, Past President, NSBA CHAPTER 5

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Miranda A. Beard served as the 2016-2017 president of the National Schools Boards Association (NSBA) based in the Washington, D.C. area and chairman of NSBA’s na- tional and regional nominating committees. Chairman of the NSBA past president’s advisory council. NSBA’s mem- bers are state school board associations across the Unit- ed States. Those associations provide training to nearly 90-Thousand school board members who serve 50-Million public school age children.

Romona Robinson, Journalist & Author

Romona Robinson is an eight-time Emmy Award-winning journalist with 30 years of public speaking experience. She was the first black female to anchor an evening broad- cast in Cleveland, as well as the first woman to solo anchor an evening newscast in the city. She is the author of the book “ A Dirt Road to Somewhere”.