[{"command":"openDialog","selector":"#drupal-modal","settings":null,"data":"\n\u003Carticle class=\u0022node node--type-bio node--promoted node--view-mode-modal clearfix container has-image\u0022\u003E\n\n \u003Cdiv aria-labelledby=\u0022overlay-title-bio\u0022 class=\u0022modal fade bio show\u0022 id=\u0022overlay-bio\u0022 tabindex=\u0022-1\u0022\n style=\u0022display: block;\u0022 aria-modal=\u0022true\u0022 role=\u0022dialog\u0022\u003E\n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022bio-modal-dialog\u0022\u003E\n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022bg-modal\u0022\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022container main-container\u0022\u003E\n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022close\u0022\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n\n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022\u0022\u003E\n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022bio-modal-title\u0022\u003E\n \u003Ch2\u003E\n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022field field--name-field-name field--type-name field--label-hidden\u0022\u003ESondra Samuels\u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003C\/h2\u003E\n \u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003C\/div\u003E\n\n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022group-wrapper\u0022\u003E\n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022group-left\u0022\u003E\n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022bio-listing-modal-info\u0022\u003E\n \n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022field field--name-field-position-title field--type-string field--label-hidden\u0022\u003EPresident and Chief Executive Officer\u003C\/div\u003E\n \n \n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022field field--name-field-phone-number- field--type-telephone field--label-hidden\u0022\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022tel:612-594-8316\u0022\u003E612-594-8316\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n \n \n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022field field--name-field-email-address field--type-email field--label-hidden\u0022\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:ssamuels@the-naz.org\u0022\u003Essamuels@the-naz.org\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n \n \n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-bio-text field--type-text-long field--label-hidden\u0022\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESondra Samuels is the President \u0026amp; CEO of the Northside Achievement Zone (NAZ). In partnership with parents, students, non-profits, schools, and staff, Sondra is leading a revolutionary culture shift in North Minneapolis that is focused on ending multigenerational poverty through education, family stability, and racial equity. The NAZ Collaborative, made up of more than 30 partner nonprofits and schools, is working toward a single goal \u2014 to support and prepare low-income North Minneapolis children of color to succeed in high school, college, career, and life. NAZ has scaled up in support of over 1,000 parents and 2,000 students as they turn the social service model on its head and lead the creation of a college-bound culture throughout the community.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EMs. Samuels is a 26-year resident of North Minneapolis and a national leader committed to anti-racist, results-based accountability. She and her team work tirelessly to ensure the integration of effective cradle-to-career solutions across the NAZ Collaborative, to scale and sustain results across North Minneapolis, and to achieve the systems and policy changes needed for NAZ families and scholars to truly share in the prosperity of the Twin Cities Region. Under her leadership, NAZ was named a federal Promise Neighborhood, achieved membership status of the StriveTogether Network, and has become a nationally recognized model for comprehensive place-based solutions for community transformation and systems change.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESondra co-founded the Education Partnership Coalition, comprised of seven place-based, cradle-to-career organizations across Minnesota, which secured over $23M in state funding over a seven-year period to collectively support over 100,000 students in achieving academic and life success. She also serves on the Minneapolis Federal Reserve\u2019s Inclusion Advisory Board, the Leadership Team of Generation Next, the HealthPartners Board of Directors, and the Great MN Schools Board of Directors.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESondra graduated from two historically Black Universities, receiving a B.S. degree from Morgan State University in Baltimore, MD, and an MBA from Clark Atlanta University in Atlanta, GA.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003ETo inquire about Sondra\u2019s availability to address your group, please contact Rachel White, Assistant to the President \u0026amp; CEO,\u003C\/em\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:rwhite@the-naz.org\u0022\u003E\u003Cem\u003E rwhite@the-naz.org\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/div\u003E\n \n \u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003C\/div\u003E\n\n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022group-right\u0022\u003E\n \n \u003Cdiv class=\u0022field field--name-field-image-media field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden\u0022\u003E \u003Cimg loading=\u0022lazy\u0022 src=\u0022\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/bio_modal\/public\/2023-04\/Sondra.jpg?h=c1c62e9e\u0026amp;itok=ffTRnvsV\u0022 width=\u0022347\u0022 height=\u0022386\u0022 alt=\u0022Sondra\u0022 class=\u0022image-style-bio-modal\u0022 \/\u003E\n\n\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n \n \u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003C\/div\u003E\n\n \u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003C\/div\u003E\n\n\u003C\/article\u003E\n","dialogOptions":{"modal":true,"title":""}}]