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SESSION TYPE: Featured Speaker (Panel) SESSION TITLE: Private Sector Partnerships: Transforming Schools Together STRAND: Whole School Issues DAY: Friday TIME: 11:15 - 12:30pm LOCATION: Regent Parlor, 2nd floor |
Attendees will learn best practices for developing strategic, goal-driven partnerships to help meet pressing school needs by leveraging the unique skills and expertise of the private sector.
BIOGRAPHY
Michael Haberman is President of the education nonprofit PENCIL. With more than a decade of experience in the public and nonprofit sectors, Michael understands the important relationship between New York City’s business and civic communities. He has worked for, and served on the Boards of Chambers of Commerce and Business Improvement Districts. Previously, Michael served as Vice President of Community Development and Senior Advisor to the President at the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation and Director of Government & Community Relations and Special Counselor for Communications at New York University.
Charles R. Bendit is Co-Founder/Co-Chief Executive Officer of the real estate investment company Taconic Investment Partners LLC and a member of the New York State Board of Regents. Since 1997, Taconic has acquired and redeveloped over 12 million square feet of office, residential and mixed-use properties in New York and other cities. Over the past seven years, he has applied his business expertise to guide PENCIL Partner Sana Nasser of Truman High School in her leadership of the school, including the creation of a business advisory council.
Dave Barger is President & Chief Executive Officer of JetBlue Airways, which he founded in 1998 as President and Chief Operating Officer. He guides the charge to establish JetBlue as a new standard in the airline industry for service, performance and innovation. Under his leadership, JetBlue returned to profitability in 2007 and moved into a new state-of-the-art Terminal 5 at JFK in 2008. As a PENCIL Partner to PS 153, Dave has borrowed from JetBlue’s unique corporate culture to help the school’s leadership create professional development opportunities and strengthen the school community.
Award-winning anchor Maurice DuBois co-anchors “CBS 2 News This Morning” weekdays from 5-7 a.m. with Kate Sullivan. He joined WCBS-TV in September 2004. At CBS News, he has substituted as news anchor for the weekend editions of “The CBS Evening News” and “The Early Show.” A Long Island native, DuBois spent seven years at WNBC-TV and co-anchored “Today in New York” before joining WCBS-TV. He anchored many live breaking news stories and hosted numerous specials on topics ranging from kids and violence, to parades and telethons. At NBC News, he substituted as news anchor for “Today” and “Weekend Today,” and as co-host of “Weekend Today.” He also reported for “Dateline NBC” and substituted as news anchor at MSNBC and NBC News at Sunrise.
Previously, DuBois was an anchor/reporter for WFLD-TV in Chicago and KCRA-TV in Sacramento. He began his career in 1987 at KING-TV in Seattle as a desk assistant before moving to reporting. He has covered everything from local news to national political conventions, to AIDS in South Africa, to witnessing a double execution, to the death of Pope John Paul II, and the installation of Pope Benedict XVI. DuBois has won several journalism and community awards, including four Emmys. He’s also been honored by The Associated Press and The New York Association of Black Journalists, which recognized him with a Trailblazer Award. He serves on three non-profit boards: PENCIL, Susan G. Komen for the Cure/NYC, and NY City Center.
Sana Q. Nasser, principal of Harry S. Truman High School in the Bronx since 1998, has been a champion in the field of urban education for the past twenty-five years. At Truman, she oversees a student body of more than 3,200—among the largest in the NYC public education system. Previously, she served as a teacher, assistant principal and department director for School District 11. In collaboration with Charles Bendit, Sana developed small, themed academies that are credited with increased graduation rates and academic performance among participating students.
Monica George-Fields is Senior Director of Policy and Strategic Planning for the New York City Department of Education. During her twenty-five-year career as an educator, she has worked as a teacher, staff developer, assistant principal and principal primarily in large Title 1 schools serving minority students. As principal of PS 153 in Harlem, she worked with PENCIL Partner Dave Barger to transform her school’s culture and decrease teacher attrition from 25% to 3% within five years.
