As Director, Natalie Walrond leads WEEAC’s overall vision, strategic direction, and outreach efforts. Previously, Walrond was Director of the national Center to Improve Social and Emotional Learning and School Safety and Associate Director for the Region 15 Comprehensive Center. Walrond helps state and local educational agencies with strategic planning, participatory needs assessments, product development, and program design and implementation. She speaks and writes about effective board leadership, systems alignment and coherence, social and emotional learning, academic excellence, and equity. She earned a BA in international studies and international business from Trinity University and an MBA from the University of Chicago, specializing in analytic finance and policy. She has served on the advisory and governance boards of several nonprofit organizations.
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