Talmira is principal of the T. L. Hill Group, an independent firm she founded in May 2001 that designs innovative solutions for mission-driven organizational impact. The T. L. Hill Group specializes in partnerships and collaborative enterprises to improve education, youth development, and workforce development outcomes in low-income and underrepresented communities. Talmira brings over 25 years of experience in nonprofit leadership. As Senior Vice President for Community Life with The Community Builders, Inc., one of the largest and most accomplished nonprofit real estate development corporations in the US (2012-2015), and as Director of the Association for High School Innovation (2007-2011), Talmira designed, instituted, and managed operations across national networks to achieve results with children, youth, and families.

 

As a consultant, Talmira has facilitated numerous cross-sector and multidisciplinary initiatives led by philanthropic institutions, federal agencies, nonpartisan policy organizations, national civic organizations, and advocacy groups dedicated to achieving social justice missions in the US and in economically developing countries. Talmira was a program officer with the Annie E. Casey Foundation from 1995-2001, where she initiated investments to improve results among young adults making critical transitions in life. Prior to joining the foundation, Talmira served as a special assistant to the under secretary in the US Department of Education during the Clinton administration. She began her career in international economic development as an intern with Africare and considers her years living and working in Senegal, West Africa as crucial in shaping her perspectives.

 

Talmira is author of Setting the Stage for New High Schools: Municipal Leadership in Supporting High School Alternatives (2007). Talmira completed a Masters Degree in international education at Harvard University in 1990 and a Bachelor of Science in Foreign Service degree at Georgetown University in 1986. Talmira is a dance and yoga enthusiast, avid reader, writer of poetry, and most recently a novice cross-country skier. You may reach her by email talmira@tlhillgroup.org, phone (781) 485-9979, or at http://www.tlhillgroup.org.