Spotlight on the People of SLN

Dr. Neale holds an NAESP National Mentoring Certification, participated in the Wallace Funds Leaders Count Forums and was awarded the Wallace Ventures in Leadership Grant.

Among the many presentations she has made on the subject of leadership in education are:

Northeast Regional Principals Summit: “Mentoring for Aspiring and Sitting Principals”, November 2001.

National Association of Elementary School Principals: “Principal Mentoring Programs: A Survey of Successful National Models”, April 2002,

National Association of Elementary School Principals: “Building Collaborative School Leadership Teams” April 2004.

Honors

National Distinguished Principal from Massachusetts 2002-2003

Fulbright Recipient (Education) Administrator Exchange: London, England 2004

Delegate to National Principals Summits, Washington, D.C. 2000 -2005

Five time winner of U.S. Secretary of Environmental Affairs Environmental Excellence in Education Award

Dr. Neale earned her B.A. in Political Science from The George Washington University, and her Ed.D. in Educational Administration from the University of Massachusetts. Her doctoral thesis, “The Role of the School Leader in Effective School Change” was published in 1994.

She has written elementary school curriculum for the US market with Houghton Mifflin and for the Indian and Bhutanese market with iDiscoveri. She has studied and taught in the Caribbean in Trinidad and Dominica.

Ms. Roy began her career as a grade two teacher in Washington, DC with Teach for America. She earned an M.E.D. degree in Administration, Planning and Social Policy from the Harvard Graduate School of Education and a B.A. cum laude with honors from Colgate University in Economics and Education.

Prior to joining School Leaders Network, she led all corporate and foundation development efforts for Teach For America in Los Angeles, California, where she managed strategy and execution of fundraising efforts and consistently exceeded goals from year to year. She has also served as Director of Strategic Partnerships for Managed Rehabilitation, Inc. in Houston, Texas, where she achieved an excellent track record of success. 

Ms. Jensen graduated summa cum laude from the University of Texas at Austin with a B.S. in Advertising and minor in Business. She also earned a J.D. from the University of Houston Law Center and is a member of the State Bar of Texas.

A life-long educator, she has been a teacher, a principal, a superintendent, a professor, and has held various leadership positions in regional and state education departments.

Mrs. Berg has worked tirelessly in support of expanding SLN’s presence in San Antonio, acting as the unofficial Regional Director of the SLN Texas Cluster. With her assistance and the financial support of TPC, SLN started with one network in 2006, and 2009 marks the addition of a fifth network, for which she is the SLN Facilitator. She was awarded her Ed. D. degree in Educational Administration, from Nova University, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, 1984, the same year she earned her Superintendent’s Certificate. Mrs. Berg holds her M.Ed. degree in Educational Psychology, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii and her B.A. degree in Education, Oberlin College, Oberlin, Ohio. Her post graduate work includes University of Maryland, Oklahoma State University, University of Colorado, Southwest Texas State University, University of Texas at Austin, University of Texas at San Antonio and Trinity University. In addition to her work at TPC and for SLN, Mrs. Berg serves on the Board of Directors for Sunshine Cottage School for Deaf Children and the Brodart Corporation.