Velma Cobb, EdD
Executive Director, Lander Center at Touro College
Velma is CEE’s State Coordinator for New York, New Jersey and the Virgin Islands, based at Touro College in New York. Velma was the former Director of the Touro College Region II Equity Assistance Center and served as Vice President of Education and Youth at the National Urban League; Deputy Director of the National Commission on Teaching and America’s Future (NCTAF); Senior Research Associate with the National Center for Restructuring Education, Schools, and Teaching (NCREST); and the Director of Teacher Education for the Massachusetts Department of Education (MDOE). Cobb is a certified leadership coach; trained Leadership Circle Profile and Culture Survey practitioner; and a licensed Bigger Game trainer. She works directly on projects involving cultural proficiency, school climate, disproportionality, parent engagement, and socioeconomic diversity. Velma holds a BS from Brandeis University, M.Ed. from Harvard University, and Ed.D from Columbia University’s Teachers College.
