Johan U.
Executive Director at UMass Donahue Institute
- Role
- Executive Director at Umass Donahue Institute
- Location
- Boston, MA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Johan U.
I am a motivational senior executive and transformational leader with consistent successes in system reform, institutional transformation, and facilitating effective teaching and learning opportunities for youth and adults. I have worked as a teacher, teacher trainer, researcher, policy maker, manager, and executive in local, state, national, and international contexts in both the public and private sectors. My peers and staff have described me as an entrepreneurial innovator who creates strategic partnerships to identify solutions where significant educational, economic, and social challenges or gaps exist. I have been recognized as a national expert and leader in adult learning and secondary and postsecondary career and technical education and as a champion of student success. I am a great believer in and agent for opportunity for all. To make progress towards that goal, I use data and evidence and constituent engagement to establish partnerships between those who can create and implement solutions. I am an analytic and pragmatic thinker with proven ability to break through stalemates. I facilitate inclusive and diverse learning and work environments to get the job done and am a tireless advocate for academic rigor, high expectations, and necessary supports for all students and staff. My key competencies as a manager and leader include:• Participatory Strategic Planning• System Reform & Change Management• Organizational Assessment & Development • Public-Private Partnership Development• Revenue Generation & Financial Management• Outcome-Based Funding• Student-Centered Policy Development• Place-Based Strategies• Team/Talent Development
Experience
Executive Director
Aug 2021 — Present · Hadley, MA, US
Education
Harvard University
Doctor of Education (Ed.D.), Administration, Planning, and Social Policy
1997 — 2003
School for International Training
Master of Arts in Teaching, ESOL
1987 — 1988
Skilling America
Certification, Coaching, Leadership, Data Analysis, and Partnership Management
2020 — 2020
BNS (Belgium)
Secondary Teaching Certificate (With Honors), Language Arts and History
1979
Harvard University
Master of Education (M.Ed.), International Education
1997 — 1999
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