School of Practical Nursing - Columbus Public Schools Leadership

Dionne Blue is a Chief Equity Officer at Columbus City Schools and is based in Evansville, Indiana. She has worked as Chief Diversity Officer at EVANSVILLE-VANDERBURGH SCHOOL CORPORATION; Program Officer at KnowledgeWorks; and Coordinator, Women Student Services at The Ohio State University. Dionne attended Washington State University between 1993 and 1995, The Ohio State University between 1996 and 2000, and Spelman College between 1989 and 1993.

Mira Wright is a Chief Human Resources Officer at Columbus City Schools and is based in Columbus, Ohio. She has worked as Director Human Resources Administration at Columbus City Schools; Adjunct Professor Human Resources Management at Franklin University; and Director, Employment and Organizational Learning at Central Ohio Transit Authority (COTA). Mira studied at Xavier University and Ohio Dominican University.

Scott Wortman is a Chief Communications Officer at Columbus City Schools and is based in Columbus, Ohio. He has worked as Supervisor of Communications at Cleveland Heights-University Heights School District, Media Relations & Marketing Intern at Knights, and Media Relations & Marketing Intern at South Bend Cubs. Scott studied at Bowling Green State University between 2004 and 2006 and Ohio Northern University between 2000 and 2004.

Tracy Ocasio, Ed.D,MPA is a Chief Academic Officer at Columbus City Schools, Member of the Economic Development Committee at Lancaster NAACP, and Founder and CEO at Educational Promise Solutions and is based in Reading, Pennsylvania. She has worked as Adjunct Professor at Alvernia University, Crisis Intervention / Emergency Services Supervisor at Service Access & Management Inc, and Adjunct Professor at Penn State University. Tracy studied at Widener University between 2003 and 2006, Kutztown University - Academic Forum between 1993 and 1994, and Alvernia University between 1987 and 1991.

Results oriented technology industry leader motivating an award winning IT team, pioneering and managing complex IT solutions design and delivery. Leverage proven expertise of IT 360 and experience to drive business development and customer focused success.

• Provide leadership vision enterprise wide via decisive and insightful leadership, guiding daily global operations and policy implementation through strategic thinking and decision making.

• Known as a bridge builder for seamlessly collaborating with internal organizations and third-party partners.

• Build and lead high performance teams to manage, implement and streamline complex IT designs.

• Healthcare IT leadership - Data management, Architecture and Data center support for Epic, McKesson and NextGen apps.

• Healthcare IT Business Continuity Management.

• Go-To IT executive with a track record of getting programs accomplished.

• Global/North Americas Service Management Executive Leadership experience managing ServiceNow implementations across 2 major enterprises.

• Strong ERP skills with special focus on PeopleSoft (Oracle) and SAP (SuccessFactors).

• Exemplary IT Leadership in multiple industry verticals - K-12, Education, Fed/Local Government Contracting, HealthCare, Government, Insurance, Telecommunications and Manufacturing/Retail.

Core Competencies

Global IT Service Desk| Services Delivery Leadership| Analytics, Metrics and Dashboards

End User Compute | Office 365 | ServiceNow Implementation

Technology Innovation | Virtualization | Software Quality Assurance

IT Asset Management| Infrastructure and Operations | Cloud Solutions

Customer focus| Continuous Process Improvement | ITIL Process Management

IT Strategy| Enterprise Architecture | IT Program Management

ERP-PeopleSoft (Oracle) ERP-Success Factors(SAP)| IT Leadership Development

Symmetric Data Centers Management | Enterprise Storage and Backup | Database Design and Management | K-12 Enterprise Technology and Instructional Technology