The Etio Advisory Board
Dr Dia Bryant
Dr Dia Bryant
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.
Dr Faten Hani
Founder & CEO WASIL (Wise Advisors Strategy, Innovation and Links)
Dr Faten Hani
Founder & CEO WASIL (Wise Advisors Strategy, Innovation and Links)
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).
Professor Dr Pedro Noguera
Distinguished Professor of Education at the Graduate School of Education and Information Studies; Faculty Director for the Center for the Transformation of Schools at UCLA
Professor Dr Pedro Noguera
Distinguished Professor of Education at the Graduate School of Education and Information Studies; Faculty Director for the Center for the Transformation of Schools at UCLA
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.
Etio's Senior Advisory Council
Toby Salt
Toby Salt
Toby is an experienced non-executive director and Board advisor. He is Chair of CATS Global Schools and Ryde Academy Council, Visiting Professor of Education Leadership at the University of Wolverhampton, and Chair of the Teaching Awards Trust. He is also a Non-Executive Director of Portsmouth University NHS Trust and the Isle of Wight NHS Trust. He is a board advisor to a few Ed Tech companies and to Wellington College and board member of Thomas’s London Day Schools.
Toby was Chief Executive of AQA, the largest exam board in the UK. AQA also had several profit making subsidiaries and technology start-ups. He was also CEO of Ormiston Academies Trust, overseeing 42 academies in some of the most challenging areas of the country and leading 3,500 staff and 26,000 students. Prior to this, he served as Deputy Chief Executive of the National College for School Leadership, advising ministers and shaping national leadership development policy. He was director of the Department for Education’s Innovation unit and before this head of several schools, in the specialist sector. Toby provides coaching to a number of CEOs of large organisations mainly in the education sector.
Matt Davis
Managing Director
Matt Davis
Managing Director
Matt has worked with governments globally on designing and implementing large-scale education transformation projects to develop teaching and leadership capacity. Through his experiences in this work, he is passionate that Etio addresses the challenge of turning policy into practical action and making change stick by implementing in a way which is respectful of the context.
Matt has worked in education for his entire career. After more than 10 years youth work, teaching and training teachers, Matt spent a decade at Education Development Trust in a range of senior roles. He joined Tribal Group in 2022 to run its Education Services division: as we become Etio, he maintains responsibility for our global portfolio of programmes, ensuring we keep our promises to customers so that they in turn can deliver on their strategic ambitions.
Matt Davis
Managing Director
Matt Davis
Managing Director
Matt has worked with governments globally on designing and implementing large-scale education transformation projects to develop teaching and leadership capacity. Through his experiences in this work, he is passionate that Etio addresses the challenge of turning policy into practical action and making change stick by implementing in a way which is respectful of the context.
Matt has worked in education for his entire career. After more than 10 years youth work, teaching and training teachers, Matt spent a decade at Education Development Trust in a range of senior roles. He joined Tribal Group in 2022 to run its Education Services division: as we become Etio, he maintains responsibility for our global portfolio of programmes, ensuring we keep our promises to customers so that they in turn can deliver on their strategic ambitions.
Matt Davis
Managing Director
Matt Davis
Managing Director
Matt has worked with governments globally on designing and implementing large-scale education transformation projects to develop teaching and leadership capacity. Through his experiences in this work, he is passionate that Etio addresses the challenge of turning policy into practical action and making change stick by implementing in a way which is respectful of the context.
Matt has worked in education for his entire career. After more than 10 years youth work, teaching and training teachers, Matt spent a decade at Education Development Trust in a range of senior roles. He joined Tribal Group in 2022 to run its Education Services division: as we become Etio, he maintains responsibility for our global portfolio of programmes, ensuring we keep our promises to customers so that they in turn can deliver on their strategic ambitions.