Our diverse team of scholars, researchers, practitioners, and innovators brings a wealth of experience in supporting racial equity in classrooms.
Dr. Arnetha Ball
Learning Scientist & Esteemed Researcher
Dr. Ball has dedicated her career to supporting equitable classrooms for students of color. Her Model of Generative Change, which she developed over 15 years of research, helps teachers support linguistically and culturally diverse classrooms.
Cycle: Counter-Narratives and Reflection Toward Action and Change
Dr. Chala Holland
Visionary School Leader, Racial Equity Facilitator
Dr. Chala Holland is a scholar of Critical Race Theory. Chala is committed to addressing racial disparities in achievement in schools and institutionalized racism in the fields of education, educational policy, and research. She has been a transformational leader across several districts.
Cycle: Examining Educational Institutional Racism
Ken Shelton
Speaker, Racial Equity Facilitator, World Traveler
Kenneth is a renowned speaker and facilitator committed to creating inclusive, culturally responsive classrooms and organizations. He has traveled worldwide supporting organizational change and courageous leadership.
Cycle: Organizational Leadership & Culture: Analyzing Problems of Practice
Cassondra Thaddies
Director of Transformational Coaching, Anti-bias Facilitator, Mom of Black boys
Cassondra is a life-long educator and changemaker with a deep commitment to the learning experience of Black male youth. Currently completing her PhD in Instructional Design and Technology, she is committed to helping educators shift mindset through praxis.
Cycle: Counter-Narratives and Reflection Toward Action and Change
Tiffany Wycoff
Chief Innovation Officer, Former Principal, Co-Author, Blended Learning in Action
Tiffany has dedicated her career to putting students at the center of learning through learning innovation. She has learned from her experiences as a White female educator and school leader who has both created and obstructed equitable pathways despite “good intentions.”
Cycle: Reflecting on Behavioral Norms & Consequences in Schools
Dee Lanier
Transformation Manager, Design Thinking & Racial Equity Facilitator
Dee is a life-long educator who is extremely passionate about issues of equity and inquiry-based learning. A career educator, Dee has facilitated racial-equity and culturally responsive professional development nationwide through the lens of design thinking.
Cycle: Problem-Solving Racial Inequity in Education
Ashley Clark
Transformation Manager, Teacher Coach
Ashley is a former teacher who has spent the majority of her career in a school of all Black and brown boys. She is committed to bringing awareness of implicit bias, creating space for difficult conversations, and helping educators analyze their own biases.
Cycle: Implicit Bias in the Classroom
Charity Dodd
Transformation Manager, Teacher Coach
Charity is an educator and former school counselor who acknowledges her own fear and discomfort in having conversations about race. She now leads conversations at LINC focused on Dismantling White Supremacy.
Cycle: Self-Reflection: Seeing Equity through the Lens of a White Female
Jason Green
Co-CEO, LINC, Co-Author, Blended Learning in Action
Jason has dedicated his career to creating high quality education opportunities in under-resourced communities. Jason is a leading voice in Blended Learning and transformative professional development.
Cycle: Leveraging Blended Practices to Foster Equity
Rohiatou Siby
Transformation Manager, Teacher Coach
Rohiatou is a life-long learner, educator, artist and mentor committed to disrupting the school-to-prison pipeline, and centering the health and well-being of traditionally marginalized students.
Cycle: Contributor to various cycles
Carolyn Hanser
Transformation Manager, Teacher Coach
Carolyn Hanser is happily engaged in the EdTech ecosystem working with LINC as a Transformation Manager supporting administrators and teachers in creating student-centered classrooms. Carolyn is committed to dismantling white supremacy and is racially honest with herself in the work she needs to do as a white female educator.
Cycles: Restorative Practices for Educators & Getting Started with Culturally Responsive Teaching
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