{"id":1210,"date":"2019-11-20T11:57:49","date_gmt":"2019-11-20T16:57:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/postsecondaryreadiness.org\/capr2019\/?page_id=1210"},"modified":"2019-11-20T13:46:01","modified_gmt":"2019-11-20T18:46:01","slug":"yolanda-watson-spiva","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/postsecondaryreadiness.org\/capr2019\/speakers\/yolanda-watson-spiva\/","title":{"rendered":"Yolanda Watson Spiva"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: #ffffff;background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:50px;padding-left:0px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-top: 0px;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:24px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-1 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-one\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:31px;margin-left:0px;\"><h1 class=\"title-heading-left\" style=\"margin:0;color:#90537e;\">Yolanda Watson Spiva<\/h1><\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_1_3 1_3 fusion-one-third fusion-column-first\" style=\"width:33.333333333333%;width:calc(33.333333333333% - ( ( 4% ) * 0.33333333333333 ) );margin-right: 4%;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1 hover-type-none\"><img width=\"800\" height=\"533\" alt=\"Placeholder image of NYC skyline\" title=\"placeholder\" src=\"https:\/\/postsecondaryreadiness.org\/capr2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/placeholder.png\" class=\"img-responsive wp-image-749\" srcset=\"https:\/\/postsecondaryreadiness.org\/capr2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/placeholder-200x133.png 200w, https:\/\/postsecondaryreadiness.org\/capr2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/placeholder-400x267.png 400w, https:\/\/postsecondaryreadiness.org\/capr2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/placeholder-600x400.png 600w, https:\/\/postsecondaryreadiness.org\/capr2019\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/placeholder.png 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/span><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-2 fusion_builder_column_2_3 2_3 fusion-two-third fusion-column-last\" style=\"width:66.666666666667%;width:calc(66.666666666667% - ( ( 4% ) * 0.66666666666667 ) );margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:20px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>Yolanda Watson Spiva is the president of Complete College America. Her nearly 25-year career in postsecondary education spans a range of executive leadership, general management, public affairs, operations, and academic officer positions. She is the former president and CEO of the College Success Foundation (CSF), a national nonprofit based in Bellevue, Washington, that helps nearly 12,000 low-income students each year access and complete a postsecondary education.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to joining CSF, Watson Spiva served as CEO\/executive director of Project GRAD Atlanta Inc., a nonprofit that works to increase the number of low-income, first-generation, Atlanta students of color graduating from high school and college. Watson Spiva was also an assistant dean at Trinity College in Washington, DC, and has served in several roles in the U.S. Department of Education in Atlanta and Washington, DC. She has worked in the Offices of Postsecondary Education; Student Financial Assistance; and Policy, Planning, and Innovation. Her federal work culminated in her service as the Region IV public affairs director in the southeast regional Office of the Secretary of Education.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to having authored numerous research articles, Watson Spiva coauthored the NAACP Image Award\u2013nominated book <em>Daring to Educate: The Legacy of the Early Spelman College Presidents<\/em>. In 2011, she was awarded the prestigious Turknett Leadership Character Award for outstanding leadership in the nonprofit sector.<\/p>\n<p>Watson Spiva earned her undergraduate degree in economics from Spelman College, her master\u2019s degree in public policy from the University of Chicago, and her PhD in higher education from Georgia State University. 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