Paul Forbes
Cohort 4 Alum - 2024-2025

Paul Forbes is a bias awareness and educational equity consultant who focuses on implicit bias or what he refers to as “the work behind the work”. A native New Yorker who was born, raised, and still lives in Brooklyn, he has dedicated his professional life to working with students and families from historically underrepresented neighborhoods and communities. Paul spent almost 20 years as a central administrator in various roles within the NYC Department of Education.

In his last role in the NYC DOE as Executive Director for Educational Equity, Anti-Bias and Diversity, Paul provided oversight and support for the effective implementation and continuous development of the Implicit Bias/CRE initiative. He also helped develop a strategic vision to guide the implementation of trainings and professional development to schools, after-school providers, districts, and central offices on equity topics within education that included implicit bias, culturally responsive education and discussions around systemic and structural racism.