The Educational Alliance will be responsible for improving student success in Pine Bluff’s three public school districts by the successful implementation of the LEAP strategy.
LEADERSHIP
Create Able and Committed District Leaders and Assist them
EDUCATION
Expand and Improve
Opportunities for Closing the Skills Gaps that Impede Students from Seeking Employment or
Continuing their Education at a 2 or 4-Year College.
ACCOUNTABILITY
Hold Educational Stakeholders Responsible for Policies, Actions, and Outcomes within the Scope
of their Employment and Instill a Mindset of Accountability Among the Staff and Student Body.
PIPELINE
Attract Newly Graduated Educators to the City’s Three Districts
Pillar members participated in the design of the GFPB Plan.
Scott Pitillo
Chair
Executive Vice President and CFO,
Relyance Bank
Jane Wayland
Staff
Stephen Harrow Smith Dean of Business,
University of Arkansas at Little Rock
Michael Collins
Staff
Community Economic Development Specialist at UALR Institute for Economic Advancement
Barbara Abraham
Industrial Hygienist US Army Occupational Health Clinic
Laurance Alexander
Chancellor, University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff
Stephen Bronskill
David R. Brown
Manda Burnett
Earleen Collins
Retired Assistant Principal,
Pine Bluff High School
Mattie Collins
Retired Educator
Adrian Dhanaraj
Willie Fulton
Associate Broker,
RE/MAX Solutions
Juawana Jackson
Deputy Chief of Staff,
Jefferson County Juvenile Drug Court
Dr. Calvin Johnson
Alexandra Kosmitis
Executive Project Manager, Simmons Bank
Dr. Sedrick Rice
Assistant Professor of Biology,
University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff