Rebecca Good serves as vice president at Redwood Fellows, leading design and facilitation for the fellowship experience of influential cross-sector leaders working together to strengthen Connecticut through intentional relationship and network building. At The Latimer Group, Rebecca coaches Fortune 500 and small business leaders on persuasive communication and public speaking. In addition, she is the founder of the executive coaching practice Beyond Good Collective. Rebecca previously served as interim provost of Relay Graduate School of Education and founding dean of Relay Connecticut, establishing the state's first regionally and nationally accredited teacher residency program. Prior to her work in higher education, Rebecca served as a middle school principal at Elm City College Preparatory within the Achievement First network. Prior to her principalship, she served as a dean of students and a founding seventh grade language arts instructor. Rebecca's teaching career began with Teach For America at Miami Central Senior High. Her early teaching was marked by excellence, as she was recognized as teacher of the year in 2006 and rookie teacher of the year in 2004. Rebecca is deeply involved in educational advocacy and policy, serving as the board chair for ConnCAN and a board member for the CT RISE Network. Her commitment extends to an advisory committee membership for The Broad Center at Yale SOM and a role as a member of the CSDE Increasing Educator Diversity Policy Oversight Council. Rebecca earned her doctorate in global executive education from the University of Southern California, where her research on the role of Connecticut legislators in diversifying the teaching workforce continues to significantly influence statewide legislation. She also holds a master of arts in education leadership from Columbia University and a bachelor of arts in sociology from the University of California, Berkeley.