DRIVE Task Force
About the Task Force
Diverse teachers in the classroom improve student success across the board and can help fill a significant gap in the number of qualified teachers North Carolina needs in our schools, To improve equity and inclusion in the education profession, Governor Cooper issued Executive Order 113 to establish the DRIVE Task Force on December 9, 2019. DRIVE stands for Developing a Representative and Inclusive Vision for Education.
The Task Force is comprised of parents, educators, administrators, education advocates, representatives of state and local government, representatives from the University of North Carolina system and North Carolina Community College System, and employers with a presence in North Carolina.
The Task Force will submit a report to the Office of the Governor on how to achieve greater equity and inclusion in the education field. The report will assesses the state’s progress in increasing educator diversity in K-12 public schools, identify short, mid-range, and long-term strategies to increase educator diversity, identify stakeholders, assets, and sources of funding that can be leveraged to recruit, retain, develop, and support more educators of color, propose metrics and standards by which the Governor can evaluate the state’s success in achieving its goals under the Plan, improve recruitment, retention, development, and support of educators of color, and identify priorities for increasing educator diversity in the state.
Task Force Members
Name | County | Organization |
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Ms. Alexandra-Emmanuelle Zagbayou | Durham | Student U |
Mr. Alfred Mays | Wake | Burroughs Wellcome Fund |
Ms. Aliyah Abdur-Rahma | Durham | DEI Works Collective |
Dr. Anita W. Alpenfels | Moore | Moore County Schools |
Dr. Anthony Graham | Guilford | Winston-Salem State University |
Ms. Ashley Kazouh | Wake | The Public School Forum of North Carolina |
Dr. Bryan Abernethy | Transylvania | Brevard Hugh School |
Dr. Chance Lewis | Cabarrus | UNC Charlotte |
Dr. Cherrel Miller Dyce | Alamance | Elon University |
Ms. Claudia Sandoval | Union | |
Mr. Creighton P. Blackwell | Wake | Coastal Federal Credit Union |
Dr. Danielle Madrazo | Nash | North Carolina Weslyan University |
Ms. Deanna Townsend-Smith | Wake | State Board of Education |
Dr. Debra Stewart | Wake | National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago |
Dr. Eric Bracy | Sampson | Sampson County Schools |
Mr. Eric E. Sanchez | Franklin | Henderson Collegiate |
Mr. Guy Hill | Harnett | Harnett County Schools/Triton High School |
Mr. J. Wendell Hall | Hertford | Retired/ Hall's Motivation Services |
The Honorable James Gailliard | Nash | NC General Assembly/Word Tabernacle Church |
Dr. Kimberly Evans | Wake | North Carolina Department of Public Instruction |
Ms. Kristy Moore | Durham | North Carolina Association of Educators |
Dr. Leroy L. Wray, Jr. | Mecklenburg | UNC Asheville |
Dr. Leslie Locklear | Hoke | University of North Carolina at Pembroke |
Dr. Lisa Mabe Eads | Stokes | North Carolina Community College System Office |
Ms. Lorena R. Gonzalez | Durham | DHHS/Division of Child Development and Early Education |
Mr. Matthew Ellinwood | Orange | North Carolina Justice Center |
Mr. N. King Prather | Wake | Blue Cross & Blue Shield |
Ms. Princess Brown | Wake | BEST NC |
Ms. Rebecca Planchard | Durham | NCDHHS |
Mr. Ricky Hurtado | Alamance | UNC-Chapel Hill |
Ms. Sabrina Marie Peacock | Guilford | Guilford County Schools |
The Honorable Todd Johnson | Union | NC General Assembly |
Dr. Van Dempsey III | New Hanover | UNC Wilmington |
The Honorable Zack Hawkins | Durham | NC General Assembly |