Newark City of Learning Collaborative Names Robyn Ince as Executive Director

The Newark City of Learning Collaborative (NCLC) welcomes Robyn Brady Ince as its executive director. She was selected to provide transformational leadership to this nationally prominent initiative that has marshalled more than 40 partners, spanning higher education institutions, for-profit corporations, and nonprofit organizations, including faith-based, government, and philanthropic agencies, with a shared focus on the importance of accessing a postsecondary education to pave Newark’s path to equitable growth and racial equity. Ince also will join the faculty of the Department of Urban Education in the School of Arts and Sciences at Rutgers University–Newark. 
 
“We’re thrilled to welcome Robyn to lead the NCLC during this period of challenge and opportunity,” said NCLC Advisory Board Chair Jeremy Johnson. “She brings a breadth of experience, a history of collaboration, and a passion for strategic partnerships that will help shape NCLC’s bold future.”

Over the past four years, NCLC has emerged as a leading force in advocating for the success of every Newark student at the college level, under the leadership of former executive director Reginald Lewis, who helped spur a new conversation in the city about post-secondary outcomes for children. 

Ince comes to the NCLC after 10 years with the Education and Youth Development Division of the National Urban League in New York where she advanced from senior director to vice president of education policy, advocacy, and engagement. In her most recent role at the National Urban League, Ince led the Equity and Excellence Project, a nearly $10 million national initiative that supports local, state, and national advocacy, engagement, and education reform efforts throughout Urban League affiliates in collaboration with local, state, and national partners.

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