Mary Hemphill-Joseph
Mary Hemphill is North Carolina’s first state director of K-12 Computer Science and Technology Education. With over 15 years of professional experience as a teacher, administrator, state director and university professor, Hemphill understands the importance of fusing education, empowerment and leadership as she works with communities as a leadership expert and coach and inspirational speaker. She has reached over 25,000 individuals with a message of transformation and innovation, self-empowerment and leadership.
In her role as state director for computer science, Hemphill is leveraging support and leadership around CS initiatives through the development of the #IAmCS campaign. #IAmCS aims to move the needle on equity-focused strategies to strengthen the North Carolina CS landscape for all students.
She has presented at such
conferences as the Model Schools Conference, All Things Open, The
Future of Tech is Female and the NCASA Conference on Educational
Leadership. In 2018, Hemphill was named Regional Principal of the
Year for the Sandhills Region of North Carolina. She is the
co-founder of a 501c(3), Rebrand NC
Education, which helps North Carolina school leaders shatter
the status quo and shift the conversation around public
education.
Hemphill holds a Ph.D. in leadership studies from North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University.