Business
Jean S. Desravines, Chief Executive New Leaders Inc., in his own words
Sunday, January 27, 2013
After graduating from high school in 1990, I attended St. Francis College in Brooklyn, on athletic and academic scholarships. I worked first at the New York City Board of Education, where H. Carl McCall was president, then in his office after he became New York State comptroller. I later worked in the office of Ruth Messinger, then the Manhattan borough president.
I broadened my nonprofit organization experience at the Faith Center for Community Development while earning my master’s of public administration at New York University. I married my high school sweetheart, Melissa, and we now have two children.
In 2001, I began to work toward my original goal — improving educational opportunities for children…”
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