Vice Chair

Dr. Kevin F. Gilbert has been in education for 30 years and currently serves as Assistant Superintendent of Schools for the School District of South Orange and Maplewood (SOMSD) in Maplewood, NJ. Prior to his arrival in SOMSD, he served as the Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion for the Howard County Public School System in Ellicott City, MD.

Dr. Gilbert has worked as a Coordinator for Teacher Leadership, a social studies teacher, coach, bus driver, and administrator with the Clinton Public School District, Rankin County School District (Flowood, MS), and the Hinds County School District (Raymond, MS). Other professional experience includes serving on the National Education Association’s (NEA) Executive Committee from 2013-2019, and president of the Mississippi Association of Educators (MAE) from 2007-2013. Other leadership positions include serving as vice president for governance for the National Council of State Education Associations, chair of the NEA Committee on Human and Civil Rights, and co-chair of the NEA task force on Discipline and the School-to-Prison Pipeline.

He earned a bachelor’s and master’s degree from the University of Southern Mississippi and a doctorate in education leadership from Mississippi College.