Nina Gilbert
Ivy Preparatory Academy
 

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Nina Gilbert

Nina Gilbert, Head of School

Nina Gilbert is a resident of Lawrenceville, GA and a native of LaGrange, GA. She received her Bacherlor of Arts Degree in Psychology and English from The University of West Georgia, a Master’s Degree in Educational Leadership from Clark Atlanta University and is currently pursuing a Doctorate Degree in Educational Leadership from the University of Pennsylvania. Before beginning her work in education, her husbands’ military career took their family to Arizona, the Netherlands and Alexandria, Virginia where she worked for the Department of the Army. Once her family relocated back to Atlanta in 1996, Nina began working as an educator in the Gwinnett County Public School System. In 2005, after becoming intrigued by the school choice movement, she left her district position to work on developing a charter school for students who needed access to high quality educational options in the Metro Atlanta area.

In 2006, Nina was nominated and selected to enter in a yearlong fellowship for educators in Boston, Massachusetts. Upon completion of the Building Excellent Schools Fellowship, Gilbert returned to Georgia in 2007 to open Ivy Preparatory Academy, a college preparatory charter school for girls.

Nina has been recognized and profiled by Maybelline Cosmetics, CNN, Fox's Mike Huckabee Show, Essence Magazine, has been recognized by the Atlanta Business League as one of Atlanta's 100 Black Women of Influence for 2010 and has received an Outstanding Citizen award from the Secretary of State for her work in education, and in her community.

Nina and her husband, James are the proud parents of three children, James Bernard II, Brandon and Brittany Faith.