Panel For Educational Policy

Gbubemi Okotieuro - Brooklyn Representative

Gbubemi Okotieuro brings to the Panel his strong and diverse background in education. As the Associate Dean for Governmental and External Relations at Medgar Evers College, he has been instrumental in the ongoing development of one of the largest institutions of higher learning geared toward African American and Caribbean American students in this country. With an MPA from Baruch College, he has extensive experience as an educator at CUNY and as a teacher of undergraduate public policy courses at Medgar Evers and graduate courses at Queens College. In 2005, he was awarded the Outstanding Citizen Award by the Nigerian American Community Association, Inc. He is on the boards of the Sauti Yetu Center for African Women and the Women of Color Arts and Film Festival. Mr. Okotieuro can be contacted at Gokotieuro@schools.nyc.gov