Top Female Executives, Professionals & Entrepreneurs

Title: Chief Executive Officer, President

Company: Believe to Achieve International LLC

Location: New York

Dr. Marlaina Palmeri is the CEO and President of Believe to Achieve International LLC. She also serves as the Superintendent for a group of charter schools in Ohio. Dr. Palmeri utilizes an array of talents that enable her team to create and manage high performing schools, particularly for the nation’s most under-served students. This notable educator prides herself on fostering collaborative professional communities in schools that make student and school success their ultimate priority. Since 1999, Dr. Palmeri has focused on creating exemplary charter schools as well as the transformation and turnaround of failing schools under the educational reform agenda of the Obama administration. Dr. Palmeri’s passion, along with her colleague Mr. Brian Beck, is to develop high performing charter schools. Her goal is to expand the B2AI network of charters schools across the country, establishing distinguished schools of mastery through a framework of internationally proven standards of school excellence. Dr. Palmeri works with her schools to create systems and processes that inspire and motivate administrators, teachers, parents and students through innovative teaching & learning approaches. It is Dr. Palmeri’s mission is to give students access to the knowledge and skills they need not only for college and career success, but also for the future as socially conscious and globally competent citizens. Continue reading →