Welcome

to the

2024 Recognition Luncheon

Celebrating the 27th Year of the

Children’s Water Festival

and

Honoring the Community Partners of the

Source Water Protection Program

University of Dayton

Wednesday, May 8, 2024

Keynote Speaker:

Lisa Minor

Dayton Public Schools

Lisa Minor was born and raised in Dayton Ohio. She is also a Third Generation Public Educator as her Grandmother was a school Principal and her father was a Principal and an Acting Superintendent. Mrs. Minor is passionate about education and believes it is every educators responsibility to work collaboratively with families, government, and community partners to ensure a high-quality education for every child.

Mrs. Minor attended Howard University directly out of high school, worked in the corporate world for 12 years and then changed careers to join the wonderful field of Education. She attended Central State University, earning her BS and Elementary Education and earned two master’s degrees from Wright State, one in Curriculum and Instruction and a Masters in Educational Leadership.

She also obtained her Educational Specialist Degree, from Wright State University which earned her a Superintendent’s License. Mrs. Minor also took Educational Leadership courses at the University of Cincinnati and earned an Urban Principals Certificate from Antioch University.

Mrs. Minor has enjoyed many roles in education. Prior to accepting the position as the Dayton Public Schools, Associate Superintendent, she served the district as a classroom teacher, teacher leader, assistant principal, principal, executive director of school improvement and chief of school improvement. She later left DPS to serve Trotwood-Madison City Schools as the Curriculum Director for six years, and then left to lead an Ohio Department of Education Dropout Prevention and Recovery School for two years. She accepted the opportunity to return to the district in August of 2023 and is often quoted as saying she’s living the dream in her new role.

Mrs. Minor is happily married to her husband of 37 years and is the proud mother and grandmother of one son and three grandsons.

She believes every day is a good day, some days are just better than others.

Program Agenda

11:15 Registration

11:40 Welcome: Kathy Arnett,

Dayton Environmental Advisory Board

Break: Enjoy your meal

12:10 Keynote Speaker: Lisa Minor

Dayton Public Schools

12:25 Recognition of the 2023 Children’s Water Festival Sponsors:

Brian Williams and Sarah Richard,

Dayton Environmental Advisory Board

12:35 Recognizing the Multi-Jurisdictional

Source Water Protection Program

Meg Maloney, City of Dayton

Office of Sustainability

12:40 Concluding Remarks: Kathy Arnett

Dayton Environmental Advisory Board

Thank you for your partnership in supporting the Multi-Jurisdictional Source Water Protection Program and the Children’s Water Festival in the continuing efforts of Sustainable Awareness to Protect & Preserve our water resources.