Doctor Ian Andre Roberts is a former Olympic athlete, turned American speaker, author, educator who teaches school and school district leaders how to turn around schools and school districts.
Education
Roberts completed undergraduate studies at Coppin State University, Baltimore, Maryland, in Criminal Justice, master"s degree studies in Education at Saint Johns University, Queens, New York, master’s degree in Executive Leadership from Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business, and doctoral degree in Urban Educational Leadership from Morgan State University. His postgraduate work was completed in Urban Education Leadership at Harvard University.
Career
He credits qualifying for and participating in the Olympics to the influence of a school administrator who gave him a second chance. His educational work is centered on the idea that all children deserve “Seven Second Chances”. As a male middle distance runner from Guyana, South America, Ian specialized in the 800m.
He competed in the 2000 Summer Olympic Games in Sydney, Australia.
He went on to Saint John"s University where he competed in the Big East Conference winning several championships, and making the National Collegiate Athletic Association finals in 1999. After winning conference titles in both Division 1 Conferences, he competed internationally.
He competed in the 1999 World Indoor Championships in Maebashi, Japan but failed to advance past the quarter finals. He competed in the 1999 World Outdoor Championships in Seville, Spain but failed to advance past the quarter finals.
He competed in the 1999 Pan-American Games in Winnipeg, Canada where he fell in the 800m finals.