Our Leadership
Margaret Doughty
Margaret Doughty, founder of Literacy Powerline, is an international literacy expert committed to supporting local governments, foundations, businesses and community organizations in their efforts to create effective systems for lifelong learning. Her work links stakeholders, neighborhoods and services together to increase literacy levels through coordinated, high-accountability service provision.
A native of the United Kingdom, Margaret has worked to raise literacy levels in Africa, the Middle East and the United States. She has developed coalitions, facilitated regional literacy planning, advocated for educational system change and raised resources. Appointed to direct the Houston READ Commission in 1990, Margaret served as executive director for ten years before developing Literacy Powerline to promote economic, educational and social justice.
Margaret serves on the board of Literacy Texas, Darla’s School for the Mentally Retarded, and Literacy Advance of Houston. She works with national and international literacy organizations on solution building around community literacy issues, including ProLiteracy Worldwide, National Institute for Literacy,
Wider Opportunities for Women and the National Center for Family Literacy. In 2000 she was awarded the Order of the British Empire by HRH Queen Elizabeth II for her contributions to the field of literacy.
Margaret resides in Palacios, Texas.
Margery Freeman
Margery Freeman has been an educator for 35 years. Her breadth of experience includes public school teaching (middle and high school), early childhood education and child advocacy, and adult literacy education. She has directed programs with local and national organizations, including the National Council of Churches and ProLiteracy America.
Margery roots her work in the principles and practices she learned through her 25-year relationship with The People’s Institute for Survival and Beyond, a multi-racial, anti-racist organization that promotes community-based organizing for social change. She is a core trainer/organizer with the People’s Institute, leading “Undoing Racism” workshops across the country, primarily with human service and educational institutions. Margery played a key role in the development of the literacy coalition in New Orleans.
Margery lives in New York City, where she is actively involved with the AntiRacist Alliance and the Equity Alliance to promote equitable and humane institutions throughout the tri-state region.
Vicki Clark
Vicki Clark has devoted the past 20 years of her life to developing the capacity of organizations, congregations and community based groups. She is a Senior Governance Consultant for BoardSource and is a trainer and consultant for the Leader to Leader Institute’s (formerly the Peter F. Drucker Foundation) international training team. She is also a featured facilitator for the Association of Junior Leagues International and a member of the Corporation for National Service’s integrated VISTA training consortium.
Vicki has provided training and consulting for a variety of organizations including: The T. Howard Foundation, National CASA, Prevent Child Abuse America, National Association of Urban Literacy Coalitions, Chattanooga Community Foundation, University of Texas San Antonio, Living Cities, Y-ME Breast Cancer, and the Association of Graphic Artists. Her international experience includes work in Russia, the United Kingdom and Venezuela. Vicki has been instrumental in training teams of AmeriCorps members to build the capacity of literacy coalitions.
For 12 years she served as Vice President for the Points of Light Foundation and served on the steering committee for Colin Powell’s Summit for America’s Children. She is a member of the International Association of Volunteer Efforts and the Alliance for Nonprofit Management.
She attended the University of Missouri, Columbia and lives in Memphis, Tennessee.
Raymond Hart
Raymond C. Hart is President and CEO of RS Hart and Partners, an evaluation and assessment consulting firm. The company works with school districts, education agencies and corporations on data analysis, evaluation and assessment. Prior to his work as a consultant, he served as the Director of the Bureau of Research Training and Services at Kent State University for six years, where he directed the work of the agency and conducted over 150 research and evaluation projects. Ray holds the post of assistant professor in the College of Education at Georgia State University. His career began in 1989 as a program director for African American, Hispanic and Native American students in Engineering and Science.
Ray holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Industrial Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology and a Master’s Degree in Education from Cleveland State University with an emphasis in Curriculum and Instruction and Education Research. He holds a Ph.D. in Evaluation, Measurement and Statistics from Kent State University. Ray has over 15 years of experience conducting program and grant evaluations. He has provided guidance on projects across the country and internationally regarding research methodology, design, data analysis and interpretation, reporting procedures and presentation of results.
Ray has worked on several literacy coalition initiatives including the development of the Literacy Cooperative in Cleveland. Ray is a team leader for the National Institute for Literacy’s Community Literacy Committee.
Ray lives in Atlanta, Georgia
Kimberly Scott
Kimberly Scott’s career has been in philanthropic, corporate and community development settings. Kim is a Literacy Powerline network partner providing consulting services to communities to build coalitions, raise resources and develop sector collaboration. Her expertise includes the design and development of community needs assessments, assessment of literacy services and the analysis of resources to increase the funding base. Kim assists communities in building community literacy plans and is also a leader in the annual National Community Literacy Coalition Conference.
Kim created and led the community-wide literacy initiative of Onondaga County, New York. As Vice President of the Central New York Community Foundation, Kim led the grantmaking process, shared expertise with donors and managed special initiatives. The Community Foundation’s literacy initiative in her own community led to her pursuit of her passion and work with Literacy Powerline. Other communities served since joining the Literacy Powerline network include: Tucson (AZ), Herkimer, Madison, Oneida, Onondaga, and Oswego Counties (NY), Cleveland (OH), and San Antonio (TX).
Kim graduated from Syracuse University, became a Certified Public Accountant, and settled in Central New York. Her work as a CPA began with Ernst & Young and Dannible & McKee. In 2000, Kim left her career in corporate America, after holding senior management positions with Niagara Mohawk/National Grid, a Fortune 500 company serving 37 New York state counties. She committed herself to a life of community service when she joined the Central New York Community Foundation in August of 2000, followed by her work in the community literacy field with Literacy Powerline.
Kim is a 1991 graduate of Leadership Greater Syracuse and a 1996 graduate of Leadership Buffalo, a founding member of Appleseed Trust — a micro-enterprise lending agency, and has served as both volunteer and board member for a number of Central New York nonprofits. Kim currently serves on the boards of the Center for Community Alternatives and the Onondaga Citizens League.
Kim lives in LaFayette, New York.