Douglas Sessions – Senior Business Development Principal, Communities in Schools (CIS) leads responsibilities associated with transforming public education experience for vulnerable students in new geographies across the United States. He expands CIS reach and delivers school and student impact by replicating the proven CIS model and testing out new avenues for scale through licensure and external professional development. He expands the ways CIS works with school districts, charter management operators and community-based organizations, enabling CIS to reach new markets and unmet needs of students in poverty, to influence educators and policymakers to see student supports as a must-have in public education while generating earned revenue for operations.