Dr. Laurey Stryker is a consultant who works with private foundations and nonprofit organizations to facilitate, develop, and implement innovative education strategies. She manages The Patterson Foundation’s (TPF) Digital Access for All initiative, which explores the efforts of multiple sectors working to enhance access to technology and connects people in ways that foster inclusion and well-being. This initiative aspires to discover how individuals, businesses, nonprofits, government, and the media are moving the needle on access to digital technology. This knowledge will inform opportunities to collaboratively strengthen these efforts.
Dr. Stryker was TPF’s initiative manager for EdExploreSRQ, a sustainable platform that has greatly enhanced access to experiential learning in Sarasota’s schools. Most recently, she managed the development of TPF’s Advancing Philanthropic Leadership initiative. Collaborations with IU Lilly Family School of Philanthropy led to a vibrant TPF Fellows Program and opportunities for TPF to share its work as a “living laboratory.” She most recently conducted the developmental work to establish the West Coast of Florida’s Cross College Alliance, which is made up of New College of Florida, Ringling College of Art and Design, The Ringling/Florida State University, State College of Florida, and the University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee. The Alliance is dedicated to “Rethinking Education. Together.” for the benefit of students and the community. Prior to her consulting practice, Dr. Stryker held leadership positions in higher education at the University of South Florida and completed her career there as President of the USF Sarasota-Manatee campus. She was Florida’s Deputy Commissioner of Education for eight years where she worked extensively on higher education policy and programs and is also the former Deputy Secretary of Florida’s Department of Labor. Dr. Stryker earned her bachelor and master of arts degrees in political science and her Ed.D in higher education management from Florida State University.