Dr. Rogéair Purnell

For over 20 years, Dr. Rogéair Purnell-Mack has been fortunate to work to address a variety of pressing issues including preventing teen pregnancy, expanding employment and career pathways, decreasing educational opportunity gaps, and ending domestic violence. Her personal and professional lives have focused on strengths-focused, asset-based, equity driven, and culturally competent approaches and strategies to support change and action to improve the lives of low-income individuals, families and their communities. She sees her niche as partnering with organizations to strengthen organizational practices and policies, developing and managing research and evaluation efforts, and designing, launching and overseeing large-scale initiatives.