Barbara Best Email & Phone Number

Barbara Best Work

• Principal and Founder, Barbara Best Leadership Consulting @ Barbara Best Leadership Consulting (September 2021 - Present)
• Doctor of Education Leadership (Ed.L.D.) @ Harvard Graduate School of Education (August 2022 - May 2025)
• Executive Director @ Silver Lining Mentoring (October 2019 - October 2021)
• Executive Director @ Harvard Kennedy School Center for Public Leadership (September 2017 - September 2019)
• Interim Executive Director and Director, Student and Fellows Programs @ Harvard Kennedy School Center for Public Leadership (February 2017 - September 2017)
• Director of Student and Fellows Programs @ Harvard Kennedy School Center for Public Leadership (March 2014 - September 2017)
• Associate Director, Student and Fellows Programs and Special Projects @ Harvard Kennedy School Center for Public Leadership (January 2013 - February 2014)
• Director of Foundation Relations and Special Projects, Children's Defense Fund @ Children's Defense Fund (June 2010 - January 2013)
• Texas Executive Director @ Children's Defense Fund (June 2005 - July 2009)
• Texas Director of Policy and Outreach and Houston Director @ Children's Defense Fund (January 2004 - June 2005)
• Health Project Manager @ Children's Defense Fund (March 2002 - January 2004)
• TX Child Health Outreach Coordinator @ Children's Defense Fund (December 1999 - March 2002)
• Education and Govt. Affairs Coordinator and I and R Coordinator @ Houston Area Women's Center (August 1996 - November 1999)
• Case Manager, Refugee Resettlement Program, Assignment with Jesuit Volunteer Corps @ Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston (August 1995 - August 1996)