Selvon Malcolm Waldron is a recognized education leader, policy scholar and advocate for youth development, college access and economic mobility. He is the current senior vice president and executive director of City Year. He previously served as executive director of Genesys Works – National Capital Region, where he doubled student enrollment and corporate partnerships while expanding access to professional skills training, work-based learning, college and career coaching and mentorship for high school seniors across the region.
Waldron’s career spans more than a decade of leadership in workforce development and college preparation in the DC region. His fundraising efforts have generated more than $40 million to support education and economic development programs for marginalized communities. As director of student services at Carlos Rosario International Public Charter School, he oversaw trauma-informed student support, job placement, case management and student life initiatives, and designed the SMART Plan model that enabled hundreds of DC learners to complete college. Earlier, as executive director of Life Pieces To Masterpieces, a nationally recognized mentoring nonprofit, he grew revenue by 22%, strengthened donor partnerships and expanded programming for Black boys and young men in Wards 7 and 8.
Beyond his executive leadership, Waldron co-founded Mentor POST, a mentorship and coaching initiative for early educators and community activists and teaches public policy and nonprofit leadership as an adjunct professor at the University of Maryland.
He has been widely recognized for his service and impact, with honors including the Ron H. Brown Distinguished Leadership Award, the Amtrak/Monumental Pioneer Award, Special Congressional Recognition from Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton, the Harvey-Davis Founders Award from the William Kellibrew Foundation and Capital One’s Community Heroes Award. In 2024, he received the University of Maryland Do Good Award.
Waldron earned a Doctorate in Education from the University of Pittsburgh, specializing in Education Policy and Social Change; an MBA and a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from the University of the District of Columbia; an M.A. in Minority and Urban Education from the University of Maryland; and a Graduate Certificate in Education Policy and Program Evaluation from Georgetown University.
He currently serves on the boards of New Futures, Evolving Minds, the University of the District of Columbia School of Business and Public Administration, and the Kellibrew Survivors Network.
Furthers students understanding of topics in leadership, social innovation, resource development, community mobilization through networks, and the role of policy making in creating change. This course will further students understanding of the creation and leadership of nonprofits, social ventures, governance and boards; strategic planning and partnerships; advocacy and public policy processes; community outreach; working in teams, effective communications, and cross-sector approaches to scaling up social impact.
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