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Itané Phillips
Consultant
Itané Phillips is a consultant with Public Impact®, primarily focused on assisting schools and districts with Opportunity Culture® design and implementation to extend the reach of excellent teachers and their teams. Phillips began her career as a Teach For America corps member with Guilford County Schools. During her time with the district, Phillips taught seventh-grade social studies using culturally responsive teaching, and she was part of a team that taught teachers and students restorative justice principles designed to improve relationship-building across grades. After teaching, Phillips attended law school, and interned with the National Center for Youth Law and the Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Board of Education. She became a staff attorney with Legal Aid of North Carolina, where she provided ongoing legal advice and support to survivors through the firm’s domestic violence prevention initiative. Phillips holds a J.D. from the Wake Forest University School of Law, and a B.A. in political science and African American and African diaspora studies from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.