Joining MSON as Executive Director in 2022, Reanna is an educator, scholar, and diversity, equity, and inclusion practitioner. She came to MSON from the Westminster Schools in Atlanta, Georgia where she taught high school English and experiential courses, served as liaison to the Governor’s Honors Program, and developed cross-divisional professional development programming. In 2017 she was awarded the Hawkins Family Professorship for Excellence in English, and in 2019 she was selected as the S.T.A.R. Teacher at the Westminster Schools. Reanna has held facilitation roles in both the Student and Professional Learning programs at Global Online Academy and has led teacher workshops for several national independent school groups. Earlier in her career, she was Assistant Professor in the English department at McDaniel College in Maryland, where she was a strategic partner in recruiting and sustaining a diverse faculty and coordinated an assessment of student engagement for a consortium of Mid-Atlantic colleges. She holds a Ph.D. in American Literature from the University of Notre Dame in Indiana and a B.A. in English from Xavier University of Louisiana, where she was a Beinecke Scholar.

Chesley joined MSON in 2020 from Fort Worth Country Day School, an MSON member school, where she served as Middle School Technology Coordinator for five years. There, she offered support to students, teachers, and parents, sharing new technologies and pedagogical strategies with teachers, and helping them integrate technology into their classrooms. She strives to create positive learning environments (on and offline) and is interested in augmented reality and digital health. Chesley holds a Masters in Education in Instruction and Curriculum with an emphasis on K-12 Technology from the University of Florida and a B.A. from Florida State University. Chesley recently moved back to her home state of Florida and enjoys spending time with her puppy, Stella.