Dream of Ending Educational Inequity Realized in New Executive Director Position

Anthony Wilson

Executive Director, Equity in Education

Ensuring accountability for school board representatives

All children deserve an equitable education, but unfortunately not all kids are receiving one in the Atlanta Public School System. The nonprofit advocacy organization Equity in Education was founded to ensure that children in Atlanta are represented by a school board member who values equity. It’s the organization’s mission to hold each member of the board accountable. 

Education leader leverages his experiences to bring justice to Atlanta school kids

A native of Compton, California, Anthony Wilson first developed an awareness of the power of an organized community through his church and by watching elderly neighbors lead and protect their neighborhood. 

After graduating from Xavier University of Louisiana, Wilson taught high school English in Houston, Texas. His students closed their achievement gap by 105% in one year. Since then, he’s recruited and trained teachers, turned around struggling public schools, started a nonprofit for boys of color, directed an advocacy strategy for a high-quality school network, and won local education measures and elections. Wilson continues to pull as many levers as possible to establish justice for kids in America’s schools.

Wilson works with Edgility to continue dream of ending inequity in schools

Edgility was able to bring together Wilson’s dream of working towards ending educational inequity and Equity in Education’s purpose by placing him as the founding Executive Director. 

“Edgility is an incredible resource to help current and aspiring nonprofit executives find the best professional fit where they can make the deepest impact,” said Wilson. “Equity in Education represents an opportunity for me to organize communities, schools, and politics and guarantee a more equitable future for the next 10 generations of children.”

Danielle Pointdujour

Human Resources Officer, Urgent Action Fund

Our work often requires rapid responses due to the nature of helping activists who are at risk. We’re grateful to Edgility for helping us slow down and take a step back to assess the health of our organization from a salary, equity, and performance perspective. It’s important that we reward our employees for their brave work. We look forward to continuing to partner with Edgility to develop and improve our internal systems.

Willa Marth

Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer, Planned Parenthood of Southern New England

While Planned Parenthood of Southern New England (PPSNE) has worked to increase racial equity internally and externally, the racial reckoning of 2020 illuminated the need to ask ourselves what more we can do.  With Edgility's methodology, we had clear data points and recommendations to create a plan internally to address any wage gaps and further our commitment to racial equity. 

Deena Mangrum

Director of Talent Strategy, Para Los Niños

Treating people equitably is core to who we are and why we exist. The tremendous insights we gained from our work with Edgility have strengthened our organization so we can continue to move the needle for even more marginalized children in the Los Angeles area.

J.J. Lewis

Superintendent & CEO, Compass Charter Schools

We’re so pleased with the work Edgility has done for Compass Charter Schools. It gave us a system and a roadmap that has brought incredible foundational value to our organization. We’ve dramatically reduced inefficiencies and can now confidently offer our teachers and staff equitable pay.