Director's Message for August

A monthly e-newsletter for current and future women of color doctoral candidates.

EduSeed's BOARD OF DIRECTORS GROWS
This month, instead of the Director's message, we feature a message from the Chair of EduSeed®, the nonprofit organization that adopted SisterMentors as a program in 2000.
The important and successful work of EduSeed's program, SisterMentors, would not be possible without the help of our many supporters, including EduSeed's Board of Directors. EduSeed®recently welcomed aboard four new Board members. We are fortunate to have a very diverse and committed Board, and look forward to working together to help EduSeed®fulfill its mission of promoting education among historically disadvantaged and underserved communities such as women and people of color. EduSeed®will keep making this vision a reality through the continued good work and growth of the SisterMentors program and the addition of new programs in the future. I am pleased to introduce our four newest members of EduSeed's Board:
Diana Zentay
Diana Zentay is a screenwriter living in Washington, D.C. She taught photography at the Cathedral School for Girls in Washington, D.C. Ms. Zentay has worked for a civil rights organization and served on the boards of nonprofit organizations. Her graduate work was in International Relations and Economics.
Kangbai Konaté
Kangbai Konaté, EduSeed's Treasurer, is a 2002 graduate of SisterMentors and just received her doctorate with highest honors in Sociology from Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales in Paris, France. Dr. Konaté, whose parents are from Africa, was born and grew up in France and has lived in the United States since 1996. She has worked in the education field for nearly 13 years.
Claudia Cantarella
Claudia Cantarella is an attorney with Willkie Farr & Gallagher in New York City, where she represents numerous technology, publishing and financial clients. She is also a Legal Consultant to the United Nation's Food and Agriculture Organization. Ms. Cantarella was a Special Correspondent to CNN Interactive and wrote articles for the CNN Web site.
Timothy Boller
Timothy Boller lives in Seattle, Washington and is an attorney with the Seed Intellectual Property Law Group PLLC. He was a judicial clerk to U.S. District Court Judge J. Thomas Marten. Mr. Boller has worked in politics, including his service on the staff of former U.S. Representative Jim Slattery. He also has an engineering background.
Please visit the EduSeed®website, www.eduseed.org, for further information on EduSeed®and each of its Board members. EduSeed®believes that real social change and advancement begins with promoting the value of education, particularly in disadvantaged communities. We are pleased to have the opportunity to help make a positive difference in communities. EduSeed®is growing and furthering its mission by continuing to plant and grow the "seeds" of education.
Montina M. Cole, Chair

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