H. Ray Keith currently serves as Associate Director of Teaching and Learning at Achieving the Dream. He brings 25 years of professional experience in higher education, K–12, and nonprofit community-based organizations. At the core of his work is diversity, equity, and inclusion, while improving educational outcomes for students of color through practices that validate and affirm their cultures, identities, and lived experiences. His expertise includes leading institutional transformation, strategic planning, and advancing student success. As the associate dean of instructional intervention and support at a Community College in Colorado, his department provided professional development and learning through a multi-pronged approached that was grounded in evidence/research-based and culturally responsive teaching and learning. As an educational consultant Ray provides comprehensive instructional professional development and learning services to higher education and secondary educational institutions.  H. Ray Keith holds a master’s degree in Higher Education from the University of Denver and a bachelor’s degree from Oklahoma City University.