EDUCATION
Alaina Wood is an experienced professional whose background includes education, athletics, and human services. She deploys her organizational and people skills to manage the CSL Leaders Investing in Future Teachers Initiative with public school districts in Mount Clemens, Hazel Park, Ecorse, and Taylor, Michigan, as well as the Oakland Schools Charter Network. She embraces the project’s goal of strengthening student learning by recruiting and managing the professional growth of a diverse educator workforce.
Living abroad ignited Alaina’s love for student excellence, where she observed the transitions and educational journeys of professional athletes. She studied the connection and sense of belonging student-athletes had at their respective universities—and the impact it had on their future—through her work at Oakland University. Alaina created and implemented diverse educational programs and projects, offered academic guidance, and facilitated brave spaces for students at multiple levels.
Recently, Alaina took great pride in tackling college food insecurity by developing and coordinating a campus-based food pantry.
