SANTA ANA, Calif., May 15, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- With 10 years
of success working with Think Together, one of Orange County's largest nonprofits with over
2,700 employees, Chief Operating Officer Tia Dwyer was nominated for the Orange
County Business Journal's 2019 Women in Business
Award.
Under Dwyer's leadership, Think Together has strengthened and
diversified its talent development pipeline, increased
student-achievement impact with program diversification, managed a
rising cost environment heavily impacted by minimum wage increases
and delivered the best three years of financial results in the
organization's history.
Dwyer has over 20 years of experience working in education. She
has held multiple roles at Think Together: Director of Summer
Learning, Orange County General Manager and Chief of Programs and
Operations before being promoted to her current role as Think
Together's first Chief Operating Officer.
Dwyer is a graduate of UC Irvine with a Bachelor of Arts in
Music and National University with a
Master of Arts in Education. She has served on a number of boards
and leadership teams including the California After School Resource
Center, the California After School Network, the National Summer
Matters Campaign and the Best Out of School Time (BOOST) Leadership
Team, leading the planning of the largest after school conference
in the western United States.
"Since taking on the COO role, Tia has brilliantly combined best
business practices with a deep understanding of high-quality
education programs. I'm thrilled to serve alongside Tia," said
Think Together CEO/Founder Randy
Barth.
About Think Together
Think Together partners with
schools and communities to pursue educational equity and excellence
for all kids. As a nonprofit organization, Think Together
innovates, implements and scales academic solutions that change the
odds for hundreds of thousands of California students from San Diego to San
Francisco. Think Together's program areas include early
learning, afterschool, school support services and leadership
development for teachers and school administrators. For more
information, call (888) 485-THINK or
visit www.thinktogether.org.
Media Contact: Matt
Nixon
Title: Communications and Public Relations Manager
Email: matthew.nixon@thinktogether.org
Phone: 714-543-3807 Ext. 8156
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