Kwesi Rollins is Vice President of Leadership & Engagement at IEL and guides IEL’s portfolio of programs designed to develop and support leaders with a particular emphasis on Family and Community Engagement, Early Childhood Education and Community-based Leadership Development. He directs the District Leaders Network on Family and Community Engagement and Leaders for Today and Tomorrow, an initiative that designs and delivers professional learning and support opportunities for school and district leaders.
Working with local communities and state agencies to improve cross-sector collaboration and service delivery systems Kwesi provided technical assistance and training to state and county agencies, school districts, and community-based organizations in projects funded by the U.S. Department of Education and the Department of Justice Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. Kwesi is an ex-officio member of the Board of Directors of Big Brothers/Big Sisters of the National Capitol Area, and has been recognized as the Big Brother of the Year in the DC area. He holds an MSW degree from the University of Maryland at Baltimore School of Social Work where he was a Maternal and Child Health Leadership Training Fellow.