DSCC : Goldey-Beacom College Announces New Trustees

Press release from Delaware State Chamber of Commerce:

7/8/2021

Goldey-Beacom College (GBC) today announced the appointment of Dorrell Green and Melody Phillips as new members of its Board of Trustees, effective July 1, 2021. Dorrell Green has dedicated his career to serving children across New Castle County, as a teacher and as an educational leader, for three of Delaware's largest public school districts. Green is the Superintendent for the Red Clay Consolidated School District. His career in education began 20 years ago in the City of Wilmington when he served as a teacher at Bancroft Elementary School and Stubbs Elementary School. After honing his skills in the classroom, he embarked on a path to leadership, serving as an Assistant Principal at Stubbs and then as the Principal of Harlan Elementary School. Green made a natural transition to district leadership in 2011, when he was named Director of Elementary Education and Title I Services for the Brandywine School District. From 2012 to 2017, he served as the Assistant Superintendent of the Brandywine School District. Green joined the Delaware Department of Education (DOE) in 2017 as the Director of Innovation and Improvement. While at DOE, Dorrell was instrumental in leading many of the Trauma Informed practices that are currently in many Delaware schools. Green is an Organizational Leadership Doctoral Candidate (ABD), Wilmington University. He holds a Master’s in Education in Educational Leadership and a Bachelor of Science in Elementary Teaching Education, both from the University of Delaware. Known as one of the Top 100 all time and strongest team leaders in Blue Hens history for football, Green was inducted into the University of Delaware Athletics Hall of Fame in 2019. A resident of Wilmington, he and his wife, Bonita, have a son (Jordan) and two daughters (Jada and Jasmine).

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