Kathy Stevens, MPA, owner of Rocky Mountain Learning Enterprises, LLC, is a professional trainer/international presenter and co-author with Michael Gurian of The Minds of Boys: Saving Our Sons From Falling Behind in School and Life (Jossey-Bass, 2005), Strategies for Teaching Boys and Girls: Elementary Level and Strategies for Teaching Boys and Girls: Secondary Level (co-authored with Michael Gurian and Kelley King, Jossey-Bass, 2008).  Kathy presents keynotes and training throughout the US and internationally. Her work has been featured in national publications including Newsweek, Reader’s Digest, Educational Leadership, Education Week and Library Journal.

As Executive Director of the Training Division of the Gurian Institute, Kathy works with educators, parents and other youth serving professionals, helping them understand nature-based theory and adapt curriculum to help both boys and girls maximize their potential in the classroom and in life. Kathy has over 25 years of experience working in the nonprofit sector, focusing on children, youth, families and women’s issues. Her professional experience includes designing and administering programs in early childhood care and education, domestic violence, juvenile corrections, adult community corrections, teen pregnancy prevention, cultural competency and women’s issues. Much of her early work was done in economically disadvantaged minority communities.

In addition to her work with the Gurian Institute, Kathy has designed and delivered training for the Federal Bureau of Prisons, Virginia Department of Corrections, Girl Scouts, US Navy Ombudsman Program, Disproportionate Minority Confinement Task Force and a variety of nonprofit organizations. As a diversity trainer, she was honored to participate in the Children’s Defense Fund’s Institute for Cultural Competency at the former Alex Haley Farm in Tennessee.

Kathy holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia, a Masters In Public Administration from the University of Colorado in Colorado Springs and is pursuing an Interdisciplinary Ph.D. at the University of Alaska-Fairbanks.

Kathy lives in Colorado Springs with her husband, Don and has two sons and seven grandchildren (three boys and four girls!). In their spare time, Kathy and Don enjoy traveling the back roads of Colorado (and the country) looking for birds!

Kathy can be contacted at kathy@gurianinstitute.com