BCF announces schools chancellor as president, CEO
It is with tremendous
excitement and
enthusiasm that The
Bronx Community
Foundation welcomes
outgoing New York City
Schools Chancellor Dr.
Meisha Porter as its inaugural
president and
CEO. Porter brings with
her many outstanding
qualifi cations, highest
among them is that she
herself is a daughter of
the Bronx.
The Bronx Community
Foundation is the
fi rst and only community
foundation dedicated
to the Bronx. The
foundation, like Porter,
is focused on building
an equitable, inclusive
and just Bronx. It
is our belief that we’re
at an infl ection point,
and that the Bronx is
rightfully having its
moment; buoyed by its
vibrant culture, a growing
economy and an
incoming infusion of
fi nancial support associated
with the recently
passed bipartisan infrastructure
bill.
Porter will join the
foundation in early
2022, having completed
her term as New York
City’s fi rst Black female
chancellor. Porter
counts among her accomplishments
as the
city’s chancellor leading
community efforts
which ultimately resulted
in the creation of
the fi rst Urban Assembly
School: The Bronx
School for Law, Government
and Justice; the
fi rst Urban Assembly
School.
Porter rose to the
ranks of the highest
education offi ce in
New York having herself
graduated from the
city’s public school system;
fi rst as a student at
Queens Vocational and
Technical High School
and then as a Bachelor
of Arts in English graduate
of Hunter College,
concentrating in Cross
Cultural Literature
and Black and Puerto
Rican Studies. She’s obtained
further credentials
from Mercy College,
New York City’s
Advanced Leadership
Institute, the Harvard
Graduate School of Education
and most recently
completed her
Educational Doctorate
at Fordham University.
Under her leadership
as chancellor,
every single school
welcomed back their
students to in-person
learning that was
supportive, rigorous
and most of all, safe.
Thanks to the vision
and dedication of Porter
and her leadership
team, New York City’s
school reopening has
been nationally lauded
and set the gold standard
in meeting the
needs of children, families
and staff.
Please join the foundation
in welcoming
Porter back home to the
Bronx.
Support the foundation
in this next important
era of our work by
donating at www.thebronx.
org/donate.
-Bronx Times
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The Bronx Community Foundation announced that outgoing NYC Schools Chancellor Dr. Meisha
Porter will become the organization’s inaugural president and CEO.
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