Monica Brady-Myerov is the publisher of the Vineyard Gazette Media Group, which produces 7 publications including the Vineyard Gazette newspaper, Martha’s Vineyard Magazine, The Welcome Guide to Martha’s Vineyard and others. Before joining the Gazette, she was the founder and CEO of Listenwise, an award-winning listening skills platform. Listenwise harnesses the power of listening to advance literacy and learning in all students. Monica was an award-winning public radio reporter for nearly 25 years.  Before starting Listenwise Monica was Senior Reporter and Assistant Managing Editor at WBUR, Boston’s NPR news station. After graduating from Brown University she was a freelance reporter in Kenya and Brazil. She worked at the Christian Science Monitor in Boston as a producer and then as a reporter in Washington, DC. She also worked on National Public Radio’s Washington Desk. 

Dr. Edwards is the Founder and CEO of the Idari Collective. Idari means leadership in the Yoruba language. The Idari Collective is a coaching, mentoring, and consulting firm whose mission is to come alongside leaders, especially Black women leaders, so that they will thrive in leading their personal and professional lives. 

She is a native Chicagoan and a career educator who found her way to the East Coast as a resident principal in New Leaders, Inc. during its inaugural year in Washington DC. She also served as a principal in Anacostia at Orr Elementary for almost a decade. Michelle returned to New Leaders in 2013 as the Director of the Emerging Leaders Program. Dr. Edwards served for nearly seven years as the Executive Director at Live It Learn It, an experiential learning nonprofit located in Washington, DC that partners with schools and cultural institutions to create and deliver experiential learning opportunities for Black and Brown elementary-aged students. 

She earned a Doctorate in Educational Leadership from the University of Pennsylvania and received a Certificate in Executive Nonprofit Management from Georgetown University. Michelle is a graduate of Creative Results Management, where she was trained to coach. Dr. Edwards also advocates for social justice and racial reconciliation as a leader of the DC Unity and Justice Fellowship, a new 501c3 in Washington, DC where she serves as the inaugural Board Chair. She is a trained Urban Missionary, a proud, 25+ year-member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., and the mother of two adult sons, Darren and Dante.

Brodrick Clarke currently serves as the Vice President of Programs and Systems Quality with the National Summer Learning Association. Within extensive background in the K-12 education space, he continues his work in an out-of-school time setting. Brodrick is an experienced professional development trainer with over twenty years of experience in the nonprofit sector. His connection with Inspired Teaching began in the early 1990s when he ran our teacher training, and he served as our Director of Community Programs through the early 2000s.

John Nolan is a finance executive with over 30 years of experience at organizations of various sizes. He has served in “C” level positions at public, private equity and private companies in B2B Supply, Investment Management, SaaS, Consulting, and Telecommunications industries. He has deep experience building teams and in implementing and improving financial processes and controls across organizations.

John currently serves as CFO at LePrix, Inc., a Bethesda based global supplier of pre-owned luxury goods. Prior to LePrix he was the CFO and CCO of Options Solutions, LLC, an investment advisory firm. He also served as the CFO of Determine Inc., an international provider of contract management and procurement SaaS solutions as well as CFO and then CEO of Quadel Consulting, a provider of services to low income housing programs. John’s other professional experience includes 15 years at MCI, where he ran Corporate Finance for the Fortune 100 company.

He holds an undergraduate degree from Tulane University, an MBA from the University of Texas at Austin, and is a licensed CPA. John has served as Board Chair at Inspired Teaching since 2019.  His work with other non-profits has primarily focused on educational organizations. He served for five years as the Treasurer of the Blessed Sacrament School board in DC. For three years he was on the board of Imagination Stage (IS) of Bethesda, a youth focused arts and education organization. John also served for six years on the corporate advisory board of So Other Might Eat (SOME), the DC based poverty services organization that is greatly expanding its job training programs.