DISCOVERY Children’s Museum is proud to announce that Dr. Jhone Ebert, the Nevada Department of Education’s Superintendent of Public Instruction, and Ashley Levin, a Convention Industry Council Certified Meeting Professional and admired community leader, have joined its Board as Members-at-Large.
They will help the Museum’s revered leadership team continue its efforts of fostering a welcoming environment where all are invited to engage in playful and educational experiences that ignite a lifelong love of learning, ensuring that children’s needs for play, exploration, inspiration, belonging, and unique learning experiences are put right where they belong: FIRST.
Dr. Jhone Ebert has been the state of Nevada’s Superintendent of Public Instruction since March of 2019 when she was appointed by Governor Steve Sisolak. Dr. Ebert has been praised for bringing a heart for equity, a collaborative spirit, and transformative leadership to everything she does. She puts these qualities to work each day in her role as State Superintendent, where she works tirelessly on behalf of Nevada’s nearly 500,000 students and its 750 schools.
An equity champion, Dr. Ebert has rooted her career in the belief that the work is unfinished until every single child has a clear pathway to thrive in school and life. As State Superintendent of Public Instruction, she says her proudest accomplishment is Nevada’s innovative and responsive COVID-19 recovery efforts, which enabled Nevada’s districts to successfully adapt to deliver distance education and prepare for safe school re-openings. She has also successfully revamped Nevada’s 54-year-old funding formula, replacing it with a formula that allocates resources in a more equitable, student-centered way.
Throughout her more than 30-year career, Dr. Ebert’s honors include the International Society for Technology in Education’s 2020 Annual Impact Award, the National School Boards Association’s Technology Leadership Network 20 to Watch, the CCSD Excellence in Education Hall of Fame Award, and the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics Teaching.
Dr. Ebert received her Master of Education in Instructional and Curricular Studies from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and her Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics from California State University Fresno.
Ashley Levin is a Convention Industry Council Certified Meeting Professional (CMP) with an extensive background in event planning and public relations.
An accomplished public relations specialist, Levin has managed heavyweight events including numerous movie premieres, Academy Awards campaigns for NBC Universal’s Focus Features, and publicity operations for notable companies such as Walt Disney Studios and CBS Television.
For more than a decade, Levin worked in Los Angeles as the Associate Director of International Publicity for Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, where she conducted global press tours and oversaw Blu-ray release campaigns for popular television shows such as The Simpsons, Glee and How I Met Your Mother, along with numerous films.
The University of Southern California graduate traded in the spotlights of Hollywood for the neon lights of Las Vegas, where she most recently managed sales and events for the special event venue, Enclave. Ashley lives with her husband, 2 daughters and beloved Bernedoodle.
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