EXECUTIVE SERVICE NETWORK - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Co - Founder & Interim Treasurer
Dr. Askia Davis is a graduate of Columbia University with a Doctor of Education degree focusing on Leadership and Organization Development. He is a longstanding social entrepreneur renowned for having founded in 1985 the Center for Educational Leadership (CEL). CEL was New York City's first large scale and most transformational non-profit institution dedicated to educational innovation.
Dr. Davis is an accomplished researcher and program/organization developer with his scholarly work reflected in numerous publications. His memoir which was co-authored by his teenage son, Coming of Age in the Hip Hop Generation: Warrior of the Void, has been highly acclaimed by educational leaders and studied in classes at numerous schools and universities.
Dr. Eric Cooper graduated from Columbia University with a Doctor of Education degree in Interdisciplinary Studies. He is the Founder and President of the National Urban Alliance for Effective Education (NUA). He served in a similar position as Executive Director for the NUA at Columbia University's Teachers College and as Adjunct Associate Professor for seven years. Dr. Cooper is widely regarded among educational and civic leaders across America as one of the most eloquent and passionate spokespersons for conceptualizing and establishing transformative educational experiences for urban youth. For nearly three decades NUA has been a trailblazer in enabling large urban districts to develop educational models that more effectively engage students in the teaching- learning relationship and that have led to significantly higher levels of student achievement and High Intellectual Performance.
Job Titles:
- Interim President
- Adjunct Professor at Teachers College
Dr. Yvette Jackson holds a Doctor of Education degree in Education Administration from Columbia University and is internationally recognized for her work in assessing the learning potential of disenfranchised urban students. Changing this reality for these students to one in which their intellectual potential is believed in, valued, and optimized has been Yvette's calling for her entire career. She has applied her research in neuroscience, gifted education, literacy, and the Cognitive Mediation Theory of Dr. Reuven Feuerstein to develop integrated processes that engage and elicit High Intellectual Performance from underachievers.