Our Executive Director

Laura Easley has been working in schools for over two decades, as a teacher, a school leader, a parent volunteer, and as school and/or district support. She has taught ages 2.5 to adult; written or co-written curriculum in subjects from algebra to fashion design to engineering to phonics acquisition; and led change in schools from São Paolo to Sydney; from Hawai’i to Massachusetts. She designs evaluation systems, leads professional development, and coaches school leaders towards more belonging, empathy, and agency within the school community.

Our Board

Our Board President

Oscar Gonzalez is the Director of Equity and Inclusivity at Graland Country Day School in Denver, CO, and Co-Chair of the National Association of Independent School’s annual Student Diversity Leadership Conference, a 30-year-old training ground drawing over 1,800 high school students nationwide. Keeping students’ best interests front of mind, he creates a sense of belonging and works to ensure everyone feels welcome and included. He educates others on issues of equity, inclusion, and belonging.

Our Board Vice President

TyAmber Whitaker is a Colorado native and a product of Denver Public and Aurora Public Schools. She gained her undergraduate degree in Psychology from Metropolitan State University of Denver. TyAmber has pursued her desire to help children and families working in the medical, mental, and behavioral health fields for over fifteen years. Currently working with Paragon Behavioral Health Connections. She believes there are no failures in life, only lessons. The challenging part of life is what a person chooses to do with those lessons. TyAmber is the proud mother of two DPS scholars who motivate and teach her something new every day.

Our Board Treasurer

Alex Wenzel (Just ‘Ms. Alex’) has been the Principal at DCIS at Fairmont since 2020.  Her educational career has led from teaching math and biology to leadership and consultancy roles in global learning, mathematics, educational technology, service learning and instructional coaching.  Alex has worked and lived as an educator in South Korea, Venezuela, Singapore, Wisconsin and Denver. She has been with Denver Public Schools since 2017 as an Assistant Principal and Principal.