Dr. Desmond Blackburn

President & CEO, Facing History & Ourselves

Desmond K. Blackburn, Ph.D, is the President & CEO of the global education non-profit Facing History & Ourselves (www.facinghistory.org). As President & CEO, Desmond is committed to Facing History’s mission to use the lessons of history to challenge teachers and students to stand up to bigotry and hate. Under his leadership he is excited to bring Facing History’s resources to more teachers, schools, districts, states, and networks, than ever before as well as nurture a workplace culture where staff are highly engaged and excited to build the mission and work of the organization.