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Teach for America Detroit Expands Advisory Board
| | GHP Search Helps Teach for America Detroit Add Three Advisory Board Members | | GHP Search was recently retained by Teach for America Detroit, a leadership development organization for those who want to co-create a more just world alongside young people in their communities. Today they are a network of nearly 69,000 leaders who started in the classroom and remain in lifelong pursuit of the vision that one day, all children will have the opportunity to attain an excellent education. New Trustees recruited by GHP Search include Ana C. Wagner, VP Automotive Aftermarket North America and Head of Global Business Development at HenKel, Paul Lindow, Retired Senior Partner with Deloitte & Touche in the Banking & Capital Markets, and Tavon Cornell Brooks, Vice President, Software Business North America, at Stellantis. | | |
| Ana C. Wagner is an accomplished material science executive with over 25 years of experience leading marketing, strategy, and business development across global automotive and industrial markets. Known for her ability to drive growth in B2B environments, Ana is passionate about developing high-performing teams and delivering strategic transformation. She currently serves as Vice President of Automotive Aftermarket NA and Head of Global Business Development at Henkel, where she is also the executive sponsor for the ¡UNIDOS! Employee Resource Group. Previously at Henkel, Ana held roles as Global VP of Marketing & Strategy and Director of Market Strategy for Automotive OEM Sealants. Her career also includes senior leadership roles at PPG Industries, Dow, Eastman Chemical Company (formerly Solutia), Visteon Corporation, and Ford Motor Company. Fluent in English and Spanish, Ana brings a global perspective and a strong commitment to diversity and inclusion. | | |
| Paul Lindow is a seasoned financial executive with nearly 40 years of experience guiding complex organizations in financial services, higher education, and the nonprofit sector. A retired Senior Partner from Deloitte & Touche LLP, Paul has deep expertise in risk management, internal audit, finance, and corporate governance. He led Deloitte’s global and U.S. internal audit practice for financial services and served as lead client service partner for major banking institutions. In addition to advising boards and audit committees on regulatory remediation and fiduciary responsibilities, Paul held executive roles as Chief Audit Executive at California Federal Bank and Bank of the West. He is currently a member of the GreenStone Farm Credit Services Board of Directors, where he also serves as its Audit Committee Chairman and designated financial expert, a member of The Grosse Pointe Academy Board of Trustees, where he is the President (previous Treasurer and Finance Committee Chair) and a past advisory board member for Michigan State University’s College of Business. | | |
| Tavon Cornell Brooks is an accomplished Brand and Product Strategist with over two decades of experience across the automotive and defense industries. Currently serving as Vice President of Software Business – North America at Stellantis, he brings a proven track record of strategic leadership, flawless execution, and go-to-market excellence. Prior to this role, Tavon held multiple executive positions at Stellantis, including Vice President and Director of Jeep Product Management, where he led transformative product and brand initiatives across global markets. His career spans critical leadership roles in product strategy, marketing, and systems engineering at FCA (Fiat Chrysler Automobiles), where he helped shape the international direction of iconic brands like Jeep, Chrysler, and Dodge. Before entering the automotive sector, Tavon led complex engineering programs at Raytheon, including work on the CVN 78 Gerald R. Ford Class Aircraft Carrier and PATRIOT Missile Defense System, and began his career as a Powertrain Engineer at General Motors. | |
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The city of Detroit and its people are resilient. We know our city is far stronger and full of greater character than the national headlines that try to define us through the lens of polarizing politics, financial instability, and decreasing population. Across the city, positive momentum abounds through thoughtful entrepreneurship, creativity, and a belief in the renaissance of our great city. Detroiters know that our children will play a central role in the revitalization of our community. Teach For America Detroit is humbled to be one partner in this ongoing work.
Teach For America (TFA) finds, develops, and supports a diverse network of leaders who expand opportunity for children from classrooms, schools, and every sector and field that shapes the broader systems in which schools operate. Our vision is that One Day, all children in this country will have the opportunity to attain an excellent education. In Michigan, TFA is organized around the ambitious but achievable goal that by 2030, twice as many children growing up in poverty-dense communities will reach key educational milestones indicating that they are on a path to economic mobility and co-creating a future filled with possibility. By investing deeply into high-impact teachers and leaders in our most critical-need schools, we believe it is possible to make this vision and goal a reality. To do so, TFA launched the TeachMichigan initiative to invest into the retention and development of high-impact educators working in high-poverty schools in Michigan. Our goal calls for us to consistently recruit and retain great educators; develop them into system-level leaders who can deliver for their students, schools and communities; and connect them with each other and broader coalitions to advance state and local policies, practices and innovations that drive toward greater opportunity and excellence. Detroit, and the State of Michigan, are the grounds for innovation, collaboration and most importantly, the place to be and the place to stay when it comes to developing and engaging in a leadership journey that creates a future we all want to live in.
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