Maryland

Jesse Belarde is the principal of William W. Hall Academy, a Pre-K–8 school in Prince George’s County Public Schools, Maryland. He has worked in education for 25 years including service in hard-to-staff regions where strong leadership and a deep...

Monique Whittington Davis is a wife, mother, and educator. Monique has been married to her husband Dereck for over 20 years and they have two beautiful children, Dereck Jr., 20, and Nyla, 14.Monique is in her 28th year as an educator and currently serves...

Dr. Afie Mirshah-Nayar has worked in the field of education for nearly 20 years. During her professional career her focus has been on the education of high school students. Her professional experiences include both school based and central office based...

Ava Tasker-Mitchell is an Instructional Director/Assistant Superintendent of Schools in the Prince George’s County Public School System. In this position, she coaches and supervises a cluster of fourteen schools. Previously, Mrs. Tasker-Mitchell held...

Ebony Love Shields received her undergraduate degree in 1997 from South Carolina State University where she graduated with honors as an Early Childhood Education Major. Upon graduation she began her career with Prince George’s County Public School System...

Dr. Newman-Brown has spent 17 years in public education. She began her work in education as a classroom teacher in Prince George’s County Public Schools. She has remained in the school district moving through various positions such as an Elementary...

Dr. Melissa Glee McGuire is currently an Associate Superintendent in Prince George's County Public Schools. She is responsible for 70 early childhood centers, elementary, middle, and high schools. Under her leadership she supervises 5 Instructional...

Elizabeth Saunders is an Improvement Specialist in Prince George’s County Public Schools’ Office of Continuous Systemic Improvement. An essential role in this position is to facilitate the implementation of the Data Wise Improvement Process. She is also a...

Carletta Marrow is an Instructional Director (ID) in the Prince George’s County Public School System. In this position, Dr. Marrow serves as a principal supervisor, coach and supporter. As an Instructional Director, it her role to build the capacity of...

Proud principal at Martin Luther King, Jr. Middle School in Beltsville, MD, Rotunda is a recent graduate of the Doctoral Educational Leadership Program at the University of Maryland-College Park. Her research was focused on indicators influencing private...