Andraéa LaVant
Youth Development Specialist
National Consortium on Leadership and Disability for Youth
lavanta@iel.org
202-822-8405 x 127
Andraéa LaVant serves as the Youth Development Specialist for the National Consortium on Leadership and Disability for Youth, housed at the Institute for Educational Leadership in Washington-DC. NCLD-Youth is one of 15 Youth Led Resource, Information, and Training Centers funded by the Administration on Developmental Disabilities. In this capacity, she coordinates and oversees the daily operations of the center. In addition, she supports a variety of stakeholders, including the Disability History Education Network, the American Association of People with Disabilities in co-hosting the DC Internship Coalition, Youth Leadership Forums, and the National Council on Independent Living’s Leadership Learning Communities.
With a passion for service and volunteerism, Andraéa’s prior work experience includes working for Youth Service America, a national non-profit that works to improve communities by increasing the number and diversity of young people serving in substantive roles. In her role as Manager of Global Youth Service Day, her responsibilities included mobilizing organizations at the local and state level to prepare for the world’s largest day of service, and serving as advisor to the National Youth Council, a group of high-profile young people who advise and represent the organization at various national events. Her position also included organizing the Youth Service Institute, YSA’s national conference, and conducting a variety of seminars and workshops.
Her own dedication to the national service movement stems from her year of service as an AmeriCorps*VISTA (Volunteers in Service to America) at Volunteer Tennessee, Tennessee’s state service commission.
Andraéa holds a B.S. in Public Relations from Middle Tennessee State University. She also holds certifications from the Grant Institute in Professional Grant Writing and from the Lions Clubs International Foundations’ Lions Quest program in Service-Learning Curriculum for grades K-12.