Lisa Haney stepped into her dream job as Executive Director of CATDC in July of 2017. A lifelong educator of youth and adults, Lisa believes deeply in the transformative power of education. She began her career focused on international and multicultural education, teaching in Japan, Mexico, and Martinique before landing at the Athenian School in Danville, California. In her 25 years at Athenian she served in many roles, including international program director, literature teacher, and humanities department chair, before becoming dean of faculty development and a member of the leadership team. Beyond Athenian, Lisa has engaged in teacher education through UC Berkeley Extension, as well as the Berkeley and San Francisco Unified School Districts, and was selected for a year-long fellowship by the US State Department in 2006 to support teacher development in Tanzania. Lisa holds a B.A. in English from the University of California, Berkeley and a M.A.T. from the School for International Training, Vermont. She will begin a PhD program in Depth Psychology with a focus on Community, Liberation, Indigenous, and Eco-Psychologies in the Fall of 2022 at the Pacifica Graduate Institute in Santa Barbara.