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By Denise Glyn Borders
June 2019
Vol. 40, No. 3
When I had my first teaching experiences many years ago during my undergraduate education in Minnesota, I had no sense yet of the kinds of support an educator deserves and requires. From where I sit today, I’m proud to lead an organization dedicated to ensuring every educator has access to the most effective support possible. As I start my tenure as Learning Forward’s executive director, I want to share a bit about who I am as an educator. In this #LearnFwdTLP article, Learning Forward's new executive director @dgborders12 shares a bit about who she is as an educator. Share on X My varied career started with teaching and always kept me learning. From my earliest days as a student, I knew how fortunate I was
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Denise Glyn Borders served as Learning Forward President and CEO from 2019 to 2022. Before that, she was president of SRI Education, a division at SRI International, where she led three centers – Learning and Development, Technology and Learning, and Education Policy. Previously, Borders was senior vice president and director of the U.S. Education and Workforce Development Group at FHI 360, a global human development organization with an evidence-based research approach.
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