The Challenge of Negotiating Race in Cross-Sector Spaces

Dr. Bentley specializes in Research and evaluation strategy, collective commitment and action, and cross-sector partnership work. She's Researched and written about the past 50 years of change and commitment to cross-sector work in communities of color, and she uses her historical knowledge to inform organizational and social impact strategy. She was the first strategy director for Washtenaw County My Brother's Keeper (a collective action initiative aiming to serve boys and men of color), and has also held positions as a Research facilitator, Education Pioneers Research Fellow, and teacher. She currently works as a Senior Researcher for Basis Policy Research. Dr. Bentley is a skilled facilitator and has consulted on school and organizational challenges such as district consolidation, racial disproportionalities, complex and multi-modal data use, and innovative evaluation processes. She holds a PhD in Education Policy, Masters in Public Policy, and has written multiple articles that can have appeared in sources such as Urban Education and the Stanford Social Innovation Review.