About us
ABOUT US
Mari Early, Chief Executive Officer
As the CEO of Legacy33 consulting, Mari brings expertise focused on removing barriers for strong equitable outcomes. She has devoted 24 years in public education working in urban & rural schools as a teacher, assistant principal, and principal. She served Georgia’s six most impoverished school communities as a Transformation Specialist and the Director of Leadership & School Support for the Chief Turnaround Office within the GaDOE. She currently provides executive coaching and consulting to individuals, school leadership teams, and organizations across the country.
As a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., she serves as a curriculum developer & facilitator for the LEAD (leadership program) and co-chair on the Education Development Committee for the East Point/College Park Alumnae Chapter. She also provides executive coaching to individuals, school leadership teams, and organizations across the country. I believe in advocacy for equitable systems and structures, improvement through consistency of effective practice, social-emotional wellness, and empowerment through individual determination. From curriculum support to organizational culture & climate development, I offer transformative guidance, resources, and solutions to produce sustainable results and elevate lives within the most marginalized communities.
Dr. Dwight Rhodes, Chief Executive Consultant
Dr. Dwight Rhodes is the CEO and Founder of Rhodes2Equity (R2E) Consulting headquartered in Atlanta. He has a proven track record for providing equitable outcomes for students by dramatically improving their schools and districts. R2E is the intersection of his learning as a 2017 Harvard doctoral graduate of educational leadership and a twenty-plus-year educator.
As the former Chief Transformation Specialist for Georgia’s Every Student Succeeds Act plan to transform its lowest-performing schools, Dr. Rhodes’ leadership was instrumental in transforming historically “F” schools into nearly “B” rated schools within two years. He helped lead the transformation of schools and districts by getting to the root of problems and removing barriers for district and school-level leaders. To achieve this, he implemented a Design Thinking framework that created the space for district and school leaders to utilize research, ideation, and prototyping to reimagine how to improve academic outcomes for all students, particularly students of color.
Changing the world is possible. We’ve done it before.
Chalanda Tucker,
Consultant
Chalanda works with organizations, primarily in the government, education and nonprofit sectors, to guide and support the implementation of their organization’s strategy/strategic plan and most critical initiatives. She is the CEO of Strategic Framework, LLC is an organizational development firm that helps organizations develop, implement, monitor and report on their strategic plans, as well as successfully implement their most critical projects/initiatives.
Jeannie Adams-Peña Myers,
Consultant
Jeannie is a Bilingual Educator with a demonstrated experience working in the
public education industry, including charter and dual immersion
settings. Skilled in compliance, organizational operations, designing
and facilitating professional development, teacher coaching
models, educational and professional software programs, and
communication.