St. Louis Team

Stacy D. Clay, Executive Director

Stacy D. Clay is a native St. Louisian who has dedicated his career to education with a particular interest in serving under resourced communities. Stacy holds a B.A. in elementary education from Saint Louis University and has taught elementary school in variety of settings, both public and private. Prior to joining College Summit, Stacy worked on educational equity initiatives as a District Consultant with the Black Leadership Roundtable. He served as a trainer for county school districts involved in the Voluntary Interdistrict Transfer Program, providing professional development on best practices for working with African-American students and families to teachers and administrators in county districts. Stacy is currently enrolled in FOCUS' Leadership St. Louis Program.

 

Erica Tyson, Program Director

A graduate of Washington University in St. Louis (B.A., 1996), Erica Tyson brings to College Summit teaching, front-line/ grass roots and research experience. Erica has been an Adjunct Instructor at St. Louis Community College, a counselor and recruiter for Upward Bound and she has done research and outreach around youth violence prevention for the Missouri Department of Social Services. In her professional and volunteer experiences, Erica has surrounded herself with others who are dedicated to supporting our youth. That led to her joining College Summit in May 2005.

Dionne Ferguson, High School Coordinator

A graduate of Spelman College and Georgia Tech, Dionne used her engineering skills to maintain the water in St. Louis as some of the best water in the country. She then took her skills to Lesotho in Southern Africa as a Horizontal Well Drilling Advisor for the Peace Corps. Later, as a member of the Peace Corps staff, management responsibilities brought her to Harare, Zimbabwe, and Pretoria. Following involvement with economic development and education management in St. Louis, she joined College Summit in November 2006 to provide greater opportunities for the City’s youth.

Stacy Lewis, High School Coordinator

 

Stacy is a graduate of Dillard University in New Orleans, Louisiana. She began her career in education in Tampa, Florida working with Middle School students. In 1994 she moved to St. Louis and continued her work in urban, public education. During her years with the district, Stacy developed a passion for improving student attendance. Over the years she helped guide many students on their path to graduation by correcting negative attendance patterns. She joined College Summit in July 2007. Stacy brings with her a strong connection to urban education and an earnest desire to help students realize their post secondary goals

 

Meghan Morgan, Senior Operations Associate

 

Meghan is a graduate of Miami University of Ohio (’02). While in her senior year of college, the President called for college graduates to spend time in service to their country by way of Americorps programs. She joined the charter corps of Teach for America St. Louis, where she taught third grade for two years at Eliot School in north St. Louis. Sadly, the school closed because of neighborhood population decline. Meghan wanted to continue to affect positive change in the lives of the students of St. Louis and thus, found her way to College Summit. She joined the staff of College Summit in March of 2006.  Meghan is currently pursuing her Graduate Certificate in Non-Profit Leadership and Management at the University of Missouri-St. Louis.

 

Maureen Ross-Lang, Development Coordinator

Maureen is a graduate of Providence College (B.A., 1995) and the University of Maine (M.A., 2000). Building on her experience teaching in rural Maine schools, Maureen served with the U.S. Peace Corps in the Republic of the Philippines from 2002-2004. Her cross-cultural work spanned educational development, training and consultancy, community development and at-risk-youth projects. With a vision of continuing the sustainable, community-based development work of her Peace Corps service, Maureen sought out an opportunity to further her work domestically. Engaged by the mission, vision and model of College Summit, Maureen joined the St Louis team as an AmeriCorps VISTA in May of 2006 and transitioned to working as a staff member of College Summit in May of 2007.

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