Daniel
F. Oscar is the President & CEO of PCLT. Daniel took
over the helm of the organization on June 1, 2009, upon the retirement
of founding president, Dr. Sharon Rose Powell. Daniel has an extensive
record of achievement in establishing and growing innovative educational
organizations. He was the President & Founder of The Learning
Project, a not-for-profit school management organization based in
New York City, and was one of the lead founders of Teach For America,
the national teacher corps. He also served as a Vice President of
Product Development for EdisonLearning (formerly Edison Schools).
Most recently Daniel worked as a consultant to a wide-range of education
organizations, including the Newark (NJ) Charter School Fund, Children's
Progress, and Wireless Generation, where he provided strategic consulting
on issues related to business development, educational technology,
student assessment, and charter schools.
Daniel was the founder of the Greater Newark Charter School, on whose board he now sits as a non-voting member. In addition, he serves on the Board of Directors of the New York Charter School Association. He holds an A.B. in Philosophy from Princeton University.
Sharon
Rose Powell, Ed.D., founder and senior advisor, is a licensed NJ psychologist. As an educator and leadership training
consultant for over 30 years, Dr. Powell has developed numerous
peer leadership models, beginning with the comprehensive Peer Group
Connection program in 1979. She is a frequent presenter at public
forums that focus on school reform initiatives, leadership training
and social concerns of adolescents and their families. Dr. Powell
is a contributing faculty member of the Graduate School of Applied
and Professional Psychology (GSAPP) at Rutgers University.
She received her doctorate in counseling psychology from the Graduate
School of Education (GSE) at Rutgers University and a masters degree
from the GSE at the University of California, Berkeley. Dr. Powell
is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill where she received her bachelor of arts degree in
elementary education.
Abby Attias, Ph.D., is Vice President
of the Princeton Center for Leadership Training, overseeing, designing,
and delivering customized projects for schools throughout the mid-Atlantic
region. Her dual focus on Student & Family Advisory programming
and building instructional capacity represents the conviction that
students achieve and thrive when they are engaged by relationships,
relevance, and rigor. Dr. Attias received her doctorate in English
from Rutgers University. Her research is focused on American race
relations, and she has consulted both domestically and internationally
on diversity training and communication issues. Dr. Attias can be
contacted at (609) 252-9300, ext. 103, or aattias@princetonleadership.org.
Sherry L. Barr, Psy.D., is Vice President
of the Princeton Center for Leadership Training, overseeing implementation,
dissemination, and evaluation of PCLT’s high school peer leadership
programs. Dr. Barr provides training, consultation, and technical
assistance to school administrators and faculty. She also oversees
the expansion of PCLT’s programs and services in North Carolina.
Dr. Barr holds a doctor of psychology and a master of psychology
degree from the School Psychology Program at the Graduate School
of Applied and Professional Psychology at Rutgers University, and
a bachelor’s degree in psychology from Millersville University.
She is a visiting faculty at the Center of Alcohol Studies at Rutgers
University, and has been a contributing faculty member at the Graduate
School of Applied and Professional Psychology at Rutgers University.
She is also a New Jersey-certified school psychologist and prevention
specialist. Dr. Barr can be contacted at (609) 252-9300, ext. 117
(New Jersey office), (919) 562-6568 (North Carolina office), or
sbarr@princetonleadership.org.
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