Mariama Kurbally, M.Ed.L is a passionate strategic advisor, Chief Executive and Program Officer of E2 EMPOWERED, an organization strategy consulting firm with offices in Dallas, Texas and Providence, RI. Kurbally brings strengths as an Instructional Designer, and Systems Leader skilled in cross-functional team management, non-profit program design, leadership training, strategic planning, and institutional infrastructure redesign. She is a former turnaround school Principal and Academic Dean turned System Strategist. Over the past decade, Kurbally has managed school and state-impact projects and led a talented team of leaders in the areas of Equitable Redesign, COVID-19 School Response, Community Engagement, Equity Audits, Strategic Planning, and Institutional Reorganizations.
A Rhode Island College and University of Michigan first-generation graduate, Kurbally is a career educator, trained in the Science of Teaching and adult learning principles who leverages her identities as a black, immigrant, woman to deepen the impact in institutional equity redesign centering historically marginalized and disinvested communities. Kurbally has deep experience, providing coaching, facilitation, and consulting at the Executive Director, Superintendent, and C-Suite levels in large-scale systems focused on operationalizing organization and institutional change management. Kurbally served as an international trainer and is a Learning and Education Director for a global equity company where she specialized in equity-centered community design and liberatory design practices for designers. Kurbally has spent her career in diverse roles serving as an Assistant Director of Statewide Systems of Support, Systems Coach, Adjunct Professor, and a national Strategy Consultant for 15 states and counting. Kurbally has developed her deep skill strengths in strategic communication and specialized data analysis for systemic transformation.
