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Michelle Boyers

CEO at Give Forward Foundation

Michelle Boyers head shot

About Michelle Boyers

Michelle Boyers is the CEO of the Give Forward Foundation which works to improve education in low-income school districts in the Bay Area of California.

Michelle spent most of her career in leadership roles in the public schools in New York City and Boston. Michelle served as the Assistant Superintendent for Human Resources for the Boston Public Schools where she oversaw the recruitment, hiring, support and HR services for nearly 10,000 school leaders, teachers and other school and central office staff. She also helped to lead the turnaround of one of Boston's lowest performing schools, Orchard Gardens K-8 School in Roxbury, as both the Chief Operating Officer and Chair of the Board. She most recently worked as a Director, Education at the Schusterman Family Foundation.

Michelle has consulted to education non-profits, school districts and state departments of education on improving talent systems and teacher effectiveness. Michelle has a Bachelor's degree from Ohio Wesleyan University and an MBA from Harvard Business School. She serves on the boards of Leading Educators, the Bay Ed Fund, EdVoice, the Ravenswood Education Foundation, and Teach for America - Bay Area.