Office of the President
Valerie Greenhill
President
Valerie Greenhill is president of the Southern Regional Education Board. An education leader with decades of success building mission-driven organizations, she joined SREB on Feb. 2, 2026.
Greenhill is a pioneer in the portrait of a graduate movement and a recognized authority on educational innovation, strategic leadership and organizational development. She served as vice president at Battelle for Kids, was a founder of EdLeader21, and was most recently vice president of product management at a private-sector digital skills curriculum company.
Raised in Oklahoma with family roots in farming and teaching throughout the South, Greenhill’s career has focused on finding common ground while advancing evidence-based solutions. She holds a master’s degree in educational technology from Arizona State University, a master’s in English from the University of Arizona, and a bachelor’s degree in English from Vassar College.
Dan Mollette
Chief Development Officer
Dan Mollette is chief development officer for SREB. He previously served as director of school improvement programs and resources. He joined SREB in 2010 as the director of training and lead math consultant for the school improvement team, where he led literacy and mathematics efforts in six SREB states. Prior to SREB, he was a math teacher and math specialist for the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction.
Linda Tyree
Program Director, SREB Crisis Recovery Support Network
Linda Tyree leads the Crisis Recovery Support Network at SREB, managing, directing and providing professional learning for the crisis recovery counselors across the SREB region. She joined SREB in 2025, bringing more than 35 years of experience in the public education sector. Linda served as a teacher, school counselor and school safety consultant. She led crisis response teams in Kentucky at both the regional and state level. She is also a past president of the Kentucky School Counselor Association.