Troy Boddy

WORK HISTORY

EDUCATION

ABOUT TROY BODDY

Dr. Troy Boddy is the retired director of Equity Initiatives for Montgomery County Public Schools in Rockville, Maryland. In this role, he and his team were responsible for supporting the development practices, policies, and procedures that create access, opportunities to learn, and equitable academic and social-emotional outcomes for underserved students. He has coordinated the design and delivery of 27 equity training modules that build awareness, knowledge, and skills necessary to ensure schools and offices create the conditions needed to produce equitable outcomes for student achievement and success. As part of his work to build system-wide awareness of equity, cultural proficiency, implicit bias, and anti-racism Dr. Boddy has designed training s for 24 thousand staff members. Additionally, Dr. Boddy is the co-founder of the Student Equity Advocates and the Building Our Network of Diversity (BOND) Project. He is the co-director of the Sandy Spring Slave Museum, where he leads educational programs and professional learning. He has served as the keynote speaker for the Loyola Leadership Conference, a guest on NPR’s Kojo Nnamdi Show, and was a member of the 2012 Harvard Public Education Leadership Project. Dr. Boddy consulted and collaborated with the MCPS and McDaniel coordinators of the Equity and Excellence in Education Certificate Program at McDaniel College to launch a five-course certificate program and build a master’s degree program. As part of this program, Dr. Boddy has taught Foundations of Social Justice. His publications include contributions to a case study for Life Case Studies for Inclusive Educators (2018) and Inspiration from my Father’s Journey, Washington Post (2011), and Grandpa’s River: A computer integrated cross-curricular simulation (2001). Dr. Boddy is currently the president of the East Coast Racial Equity Group and consults with companies, schools, and community organizations to address equity and create equitable workplaces.