Cindy Baumert

Cindy Baumert (she/her) supports various family leadership, engagement, and literacy initiatives as the Manager, Seed Projects for the National Center for Families Learning. She brings a strong background in family and community engagement as the former director of a statewide parent leadership program in Kentucky and the co-author of The Missing Piece of the Proficiency Puzzle: Recommendations for Involving Families and Community in Improving Student Achievement, a report commissioned by the Kentucky Department of Education. Cindy has supported the work of the Kentucky Student Voice Team since its inception and has been an avid supporter of the organization’s momentous growth and success. Cindy has over 20 years of experience as an education policy advocate at local, state, and national levels. Prior to her career in education advocacy, she was the executive director of an education non-profit, owner of a software development company, and an account marketing representative for IBM.