Professor
Dr. Sherone Smith-Sánchez is currently the President of Talawah Turf International LLC (TTI), where she fulfills her life’s passion as Lead Grant-writer & Organizational Consultant. In addition, the TTI Team supports the advancement of fellow leaders in the Head Start and international early childhood community at large by professional development and coaching. She comes to this work with the unique perspective of one who has devised, written and reviewed proposals for the city & state of NY and written & reviewed proposals submitted for federal grants. She is also a member of the Board of Trustees of Give-Back-Generation, a non-profit that aims to support the tertiary dreams of university students. Dr. Smith-Sanchez has served as President of BSA NY, a $15M early childhood operation, serving children 6 weeks to 13 years old.
Prior to this, Dr. Smith-Sánchez served as Chief Operating Officer of Lutheran Social Services of NY, serving more than 10,000 children and families daily in educational, legal & social services. She remains passionate about fulfilling her organization’s mission to bring others to their fullest potential. Sherone Smith-Sánchez, Ed.D, MA, MSc, BFA has also served the Social Service & Early Education community in NYC as the Assistant Commissioner for Program Development with the NYC Administration for Children’s Services, Division of ECE for 14 years. She has also served her community as an Adjunct Professor with New York University & the York College of the City University of New York for 15 years.
Dr. Smith-Sánchez has almost 3 decades of experience as a leader and received her Doctorate in Educational Administration from T.C. Columbia University. She also holds an MA in Educational Administration & Organizational Leadership from Columbia and a Master of Science from Bank Street College of Education. In addition, Dr. Smith-Sánchez has a Baccalaureate of Fine Arts from Parsons the New School for Design. She is Certified in several areas, among them are: NYS School District Administrator; NYS Permanent (N-6); NYS Permanent in Art (K-12); NYC Department of Education (Common Branches); NYC Department of Education (Art Education). She has worked in her career as both Education and Center Director at Union Settlement, Bank Street and The Children’s Aid Society.
Dr. Smith-Sánchez is driven by a desire to see others achieve their personal best. This desire has translated itself into her working as an ordained minister in her church community; conducting thousands of workshops for varied groups of Educators & Administrators; leadership coaching and mentoring; and membership on varied national workgroups and committees such as the LSA Children, Youth and Families Policy Advisory Committee; NYS Early Childhood Advisory Council; and the Quality Improvement Workgroup for QUALITYstarsNY. She has been the recipient of several awards. Among them are NY State Senatorial, Gubernatorial and Assembly-member Proclamations in 2015; the ACI Woman of Distinction Award in 2014 and the Courier Top Woman in Business Award in 2013.
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About Sherone Smith-Sanchez
Dr. Sherone Smith-Sánchez is currently the President of Talawah Turf International LLC (TTI), where she fulfills her life’s passion as Lead Grant-writer & Organizational Consultant. In addition, the TTI Team supports the advancement of fellow leaders in the Head Start and international early childhood community at large by professional development and coaching. She comes to this work with the unique perspective of one who has devised, written and reviewed proposals for the city & state of NY and written & reviewed proposals submitted for federal grants. She is also a member of the Board of Trustees of Give-Back-Generation, a non-profit that aims to support the tertiary dreams of university students. Dr. Smith-Sanchez has served as President of BSA NY, a $15M early childhood operation, serving children 6 weeks to 13 years old.
Prior to this, Dr. Smith-Sánchez served as Chief Operating Officer of Lutheran Social Services of NY, serving more than 10,000 children and families daily in educational, legal & social services. She remains passionate about fulfilling her organization’s mission to bring others to their fullest potential. Sherone Smith-Sánchez, Ed.D, MA, MSc, BFA has also served the Social Service & Early Education community in NYC as the Assistant Commissioner for Program Development with the NYC Administration for Children’s Services, Division of ECE for 14 years. She has also served her community as an Adjunct Professor with New York University & the York College of the City University of New York for 15 years.
Dr. Smith-Sánchez has almost 3 decades of experience as a leader and received her Doctorate in Educational Administration from T.C. Columbia University. She also holds an MA in Educational Administration & Organizational Leadership from Columbia and a Master of Science from Bank Street College of Education. In addition, Dr. Smith-Sánchez has a Baccalaureate of Fine Arts from Parsons the New School for Design. She is Certified in several areas, among them are: NYS School District Administrator; NYS Permanent (N-6); NYS Permanent in Art (K-12); NYC Department of Education (Common Branches); NYC Department of Education (Art Education). She has worked in her career as both Education and Center Director at Union Settlement, Bank Street and The Children’s Aid Society.
Dr. Smith-Sánchez is driven by a desire to see others achieve their personal best. This desire has translated itself into her working as an ordained minister in her church community; conducting thousands of workshops for varied groups of Educators & Administrators; leadership coaching and mentoring; and membership on varied national workgroups and committees such as the LSA Children, Youth and Families Policy Advisory Committee; NYS Early Childhood Advisory Council; and the Quality Improvement Workgroup for QUALITYstarsNY. She has been the recipient of several awards. Among them are NY State Senatorial, Gubernatorial and Assembly-member Proclamations in 2015; the ACI Woman of Distinction Award in 2014 and the Courier Top Woman in Business Award in 2013.