Kimberly Shaw, M.Ed.

Kimberly Shaw is an Essential Partners Consultant and the Director of Diversity, Equity, Justice, and Belonging at Duke School. She has been in secondary education for twenty-plus years and holds a Master's degree in Educational Administration from The University of Scranton.

Her passion for dialogue began with the implementation of dialogue at Cary Academy in 2016. Shortly after, she became an EP fellow and joined the organization as a practitioner in 2019.

As an EP practitioner, Kimberly has worked to improve the connections across campuses by facilitating difficult conversations and training others to do the same. This work has included training students, faculty, and staff members at Valdosta University, North Central College, and Cary Academy.