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Dia is the executive director at The Education Trust–New York. In her current role, Dr Dia Bryant leads an ambitious policy and advocacy agenda focused on improving educational outcomes for children from early childhood through college.

Prior to joining Ed Trust–NY, Dia worked with the New York City Department of Education in multiple capacities for over sixteen years. She was a teacher, school founder, and most re-cently served as the special assistant to the first deputy chancellor. She has worked and sup-ported system-level school leaders domestically and internationally advising on instructional approaches, school design, equitable school improvement, and change management.

Dia is a Detroit native. She holds a bachelors in Economics from Kalamazoo College and a Masters in Math Education from Brooklyn College. Dia most recently earned a Doctorate in Education Leadership from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. In her free time she enjoys following all things Beyoncé and playing with her young children.

A seasoned chief executive with a track record of planning, executing and managing strategic, major and complex and diversified multi billion Dollars’ worth projects. Running efficient operations with streamlined structure and pragmatic system, optimizing up to 70% of set budgets. Highly motivated with a proven ability to develop people. Experienced in forming strategic plans, converting every opportunity into success and of driving profit and growth.

Skilled in Strategic Planning, Negotiation, Business Planning, Analytical Skills, Leadership, Management, setting up new business and entities and complex project management.

Dr. Faten holds a Doctorate Degree from Nottingham Trent University (UK), a Master’s in International Business Innovation from Barcelona Executive Business School (Spain) and a Bachelor of Business Administration, Banking and Finance from the UAE University (UAE).

Pedro A. Noguera is the Distinguished Professor of Education at the Graduate School of Education and Information Studies and Faculty Director for the Center for the Transformation of Schools at UCLA. 
He is a sociologist whose scholarship and research focuses on the ways in which schools are influenced by social and economic conditions as well as by demographic trends in local, regional and global contexts. Dr. Noguera serves on the boards of numerous national and local organizations and appears as a regular commentator on educational issues on CNN, MSNBC, National Public Radio and other national news outlets. 
Prior to joining the faculty at UCLA, he served as the Peter L. Agnew Professor of Education at New York University and the Executive Director of the Metropolitan Center for Research on Equity and the Transformation of Schools (2003 – 2015), the Judith K. Dimon Professor of Communities and Schools at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (2000 – 2003), and a professor at the University of California, Berkeley where he was also the Director of the Institute for the Study of Social Change (1990 – 2000). From 2009 – 2012 he served as a Trustee for the State University of New York (SUNY) as an appointee of the Governor. In 2014 he was elected to the National Academy of Education. Noguera recently received awards from the Center for the Advanced Study of the Behavioral Sciences, the National Association of Secondary Principals, and the McSilver Institute at NYU for his research and advocacy efforts aimed at fighting poverty.