{"id":18907,"date":"2024-04-02T09:48:50","date_gmt":"2024-04-02T13:48:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/?p=18907"},"modified":"2024-04-02T10:53:00","modified_gmt":"2024-04-02T14:53:00","slug":"aurora-institute-welcomes-anpao-duta-flying-earth-and-rebecca-midles-to-board-of-directors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/blog\/aurora-institute-welcomes-anpao-duta-flying-earth-and-rebecca-midles-to-board-of-directors\/","title":{"rendered":"Aurora Institute Welcomes Anpao Duta Flying Earth and Rebecca Midles to Board of Directors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-18916 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Board-Announcement-4-300x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"617\" height=\"308\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Board-Announcement-4-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Board-Announcement-4-768x384.png 768w, https:\/\/aurora-institute.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/Board-Announcement-4.png 900w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 617px) 100vw, 617px\" \/>Today, the Aurora Institute, a national education innovation nonprofit organization, announced that it has welcomed two new board members: Anpao Duta Flying Earth, Executive Director of the NACA Inspired Schools Network (NISN), and Rebecca Midles, Vice President of Learning Design at Getting Smart. Flying Earth and Midles both join the board with decades of experience in the education innovation space, and will bring tremendous knowledge, wisdom, and leadership to the organization.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Before serving in his role as Executive Director at NISN, Anpao Duta Flying Earth served as Executive Director of the Native American Community Academy (NACA), a charter school in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Duta assisted in the creation of the charter school and network, and has been instrumental in representing NACA as a premiere example of Indigenous education nationwide that combines academic preparation for higher learning, grounding in culture and identity, and holistic wellness together for community transformation for young people.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As Vice President of Learning at Getting Smart, Rebecca Midles supports and advises schools, districts, and learning organizations on the path forward for education. Known for guiding district level transformation as a leader and a consultant, she has led education innovation in four states\u2013encompassing charter, rural, suburban, and urban contexts\u2013and through multiple perspectives: as a teacher, site leader, district leader, and board member.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cDuta and Rebecca each bring incredible wisdom, equity-centered hearts, and deep experience in the education innovation space, and will be tremendous assets to our Board,\u201d said Virgel Hammonds, CEO of the Aurora Institute. \u201cWe feel so humbled and honored to have them guiding and leading the organization at this time.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe could not be more thrilled to be welcoming Duta and Rebecca to the Aurora Institute Board,\u201d said Tom Rooney, board chair of the Aurora Institute. \u201cDuta and Rebecca each bring unmatched vision around education innovation. We are ecstatic to have them on board.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, the Aurora Institute, a national education innovation nonprofit organization, announced that it has welcomed two new&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1804,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"issue":[480],"location":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Aurora Institute Welcomes Anpao Duta Flying Earth and Rebecca Midles to Board of Directors - 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