June Rimmer, EdD, joined CEL in 2011 as an associate director. In this role, she develops and manages district partnerships committed to building leaders’ expertise in instructional leadership and to transforming central office. Prior to joining the CEL team, she served in numerous leadership roles in urban education settings, most recently as chief academic officer in Seattle. Before coming to CEL, she served as a program director with the Stupski Foundation in San Francisco, coaching and providing technical assistance to urban district leaders committed to reform. She was also part of a research team examining powerful student learning experiences that lead to 21st-century skills and competence as well the system-level change needed at both the district and state levels to support 21st-century learning. Her professional interests lie in the design of equity-based instructional systems, and building expertise in educators’ practice to ensure that all students — particularly our most vulnerable children — exit our systems able to thrive in our dynamic, interconnected, global community.
