Session Presenter - Kathy Stevens
Kathy Stevens, MPA, owner of Rocky Mountain Learning
Enterprises, LLC, is a professional trainer/international presenter
and co-author of the newly released The Minds of Boys: Saving
Our Sons From Falling Behind in School and Life (Jossey-Bass,
2005). Her work has been featured in national publications including
Newsweek, Reader’s Digest, Educational Leadership, Education
Week and Library Journal.
As Director of the Training Division of the Gurian
Institute, Kathy works with educators, parents and other youth serving
professionals, helping them understand nature-based theory and adapt
curriculum to help both boys and girls maximize their potential
in the classroom and in life. Kathy has over 25 years of experience
working in the nonprofit sector, focusing on children, youth, families
and women’s issues. Her professional experience includes designing
and administering programs in early childhood care and education,
domestic violence, juvenile corrections, adult community corrections,
teen pregnancy prevention, cultural competency and women’s
issues. Much of her early work was done in economically disadvantaged
minority communities.
In addition to her work with the Gurian Institute, Kathy has designed
and delivered training for the Federal Bureau of Prisons, Virginia
Department of Corrections, Girl Scouts, US Navy Ombudsman Program,
Disproportionate Minority Confinement Task Force and a variety of
nonprofit organizations. As a diversity trainer, she was honored
to participate in the Children’s Defense Fund’s Institute
for Cultural Competency at the former Alex Haley Farm in Tennessee.
Kathy holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Sociology from Old Dominion
University in Norfolk, Virginia and a Masters In Public Administration
from the University of Colorado.
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