A Message from Superintendent Geiser

Dear Belmont Public Schools Community,

I am pleased to announce that we have hired Mr. Darnell Williams as the new Director of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Wellbeing (DEIW). In this senior leadership position, he will be leading our efforts to strengthen our programming around social-emotional learning and well-being, rooted in equity, and inclusion. Mr. Williams will be building on the work that Chon’tel Washington started as our inaugural Director of DEI, who established a foundation of inclusive practices that celebrate diversity and promote students’ sense of belonging.

Formerly the Director of Professional Growth and School Culture for the Brockton, MA Public Schools, Mr. Williams brings an accomplished career in this sector. Prior to Brockton, he worked as a Senior Instructor at Cambridge College in Cambridge, MA (a position he still holds). He brings additional experience as a consultant in Fairburn, GA with DTW Equity Consulting, Inc. His career began in Northampton, MA where he worked as an Associate Director of Professional Development for the Department of Youth Services. Additional experiences in higher education and consulting include work as an Adjunct Professor with Urban College of Boston, as an Educational Consultant with the Boston Public Schools in their Center for Leadership Development, and as a Program Manager for the Commonwealth Corporation's "Education Quality Assurance Initiative."

He earned a B.A. degree in Psychology (1995) from Boston University, a M.Ed. degree in Teaching and Learning (1996) from Harvard University, and is currently enrolled in a Doctorate program in Education at Lesley University. It is exciting for us to have such a capable professional whose professional experiences span such important topics.

I am thrilled to have him take on this role and am confident that as the Director of DEIW he will significantly enrich our work.

Respectfully,

Jill Geiser, Ed.D.
Superintendent of Schools