Partner
Dreama Gentry
Executive Director
Partners for Education at Berea College
As executive director of Partners for Education, Dreama Gentry leads Berea College's educational outreach into Appalachian Kentucky. Partners for Education supports the educational aspirations of 50,000 students across eastern Kentucky using an annual budget of $40 million.
An Annie E. Casey Children and Family Fellow, Gentry also serves on the board of directors for the Fahe, a community development nonprofit, and the Pine Mountain Settlement School. She is a member of the equity coalition convened by the Pritchard Committee for Academic Excellence, which seeks to ensure Kentucky's school accountability system provides educational excellence to all students. Recently, she organized the annual Rural College Access and Success Summit, an event that brings together approximately 400 participants from across the country to improve the educational opportunities available to students from rural communities.
Gentry holds a Bachelor of Arts in political science from Berea College and a Juris Doctor from the University of Kentucky.