Creating Edtech Partnerships for Social Impact with Dana Bryson of Study.com

Send us a textDana Bryson leads the Study.com's social impact and double bottom-line strategy, working to build new mission-aligned partnerships, and manages the company's policy and strategic positioning. Dana has spent the last 25 years creating breakthrough results through her vision, innovation, and dynamic leadership in service of non-profits, local governments, and businesses. She is an entrepreneur, nonprofit advocate, activist, founder, funder, board member, chair, and advisor. Dana has served as Chief of Staff to Oakland Mayor Jerry Brown, Chief of Staff for City Operations for DC Mayor Anthony Williams, and as a senior appointee for Denver Mayor John Hickenlooper. She represented the ownership group of Major League Soccer team DC United as she led the negotiations with the D.C. government to build a new stadium, which was completed in 2018. Most recently, Dana designed and implemented a national leadership program for a 45,000-member organization committed to equity in education. Her program supported over 260 former teachers who were newly elected to public office, in over 230 communities nationwide, representing over 26 million children.Dana Bryson holds a master's degree in Public Policy from Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government and a bachelor's degree in both Foreign Affairs and French Literature from the University of Virginia.Fun Fact: Her parents had the first legal, interracial marriage in Virginia after the Loving vs. Virginia case. As a child, she once found a needle in a haystack.Recommended Resources:Pod Save the People by DeRay Mckesson, Kaya Henderson, De’Ara Balenger, and Myles JohnsonTeacher Diversity and Student Success: Why Racial Representation Matters in the Classroom by  Seth Gershenson, Michael Hansen, Constance A. Lindsay

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