Hunter Ogletree

 Professional Summary:

 

For many years, Hunter Ogletree was a champion of the Latino migrant community in Henderson County in western North Carolina. From 2006 to 2010, in the role of Migrant Education Program Specialist for Henderson County Public Schools, Hunter Ogletree coordinated and managed a variety of services aimed at providing opportunities for the children of migrant workers. Responsible for a $20,000 budget, Ogletree successfully doubled the size of a youth summer program designed to promote educational and social well-being. As Migrant Education Program Specialist, Hunter Ogletree advocated on behalf of more than 150 Latino migrant farm worker families with school officials and community service agencies. Hunter Ogletree also supported migrant workers’ rights in his free time as an active volunteer. In 2007, Hunter Ogletree served on the Board of Directors of Henderson County’s Latino Advocacy Coalition, whose mission is to bring together community members, service providers, educators, and clergy to host informational and cultural events for the area’s growing immigrant population, as well as provide a central resource hub geared toward meeting this group’s unique needs. Dedicated to the issues that concern Henderson County and its environs, Hunter Ogletree was a graduate of the Leadership Class for Civic Leaders offered by Vision Henderson County, a local organization promoting citizen volunteerism, in 2007. In 2009, Hunter Ogletree shared the knowledge he gained working on behalf of migrant students with a broader audience, presenting at the 41st Annual National Migrant Education Conference in San Antonio, Texas. Hunter Ogletree is an alumnus of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he was awarded a Bachelor of Arts in International Studies and Spanish in 2002. Hunter Ogletree also holds an International Master of Business Administration from Gardner-Webb University in North Carolina, which he earned in 2008.

 

Professional Experience:



Henderson County Public Schools

Migrant Education Program Specialist

Education, Youth Development,

Henderson, NC US

05/1/2006 — 09/1/2010

 

 

• Coordinated and supervised the logistical components of a $20,000 ten-week summer program for over 70 migrant youth, doubling the size of the program from 2008 to 2009. • Managed programming that addressed the unique issues that face at-risk migrant youth including access to health, stable educational services, as well as other community social services. • Assessed the educational needs of and administered and educational case management to over 150 migrant Latino farmworker families by coordinating with school officials and community agencies.

Presenter at the National Migrant Education Conference in 2009

 

 

 Education: 

 



Gardner-Webb University

Business

International Master of Business Administration (IMBA)

Boiling Springs, NC US

01/1/2007 — 08/1/2008

4.0 GPA

 

 

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

International Studies and Spanish

Bachelor of Arts (BA)

Chapel Hill, NC US

08/1/1998 — 08/1/2002

 

Junior Year Abroad at University of Sevilla, Sevilla, Spain

 

 Interests:

 

Traveling, Learning about other cultures, spiritual growth

 

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