Incoming Director of Equitable Practices and Social Impact

We are pleased to announce the appointment of Naledi Sean Semela as Browning’s new Director of Equitable Practices and Social Impact, who will begin his term on July 1.

Naledi is an educator and anti-bias leader who currently serves as the Associate Director of Admissions at Prep for Prep, where he was once a student.

A graduate of Friends Seminary and Colgate University, Naledi is completing work this summer in school leadership at the University of Pennsylvania's Graduate School of Education. He is a member of the New York State Association of Independent School’s Diversity Committee and a Fellow of the Board of Trustees at Friends, where he serves on the Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Committee. Before joining the team at Prep for Prep, Naledi worked at the TEAK Fellowship as Assistant Director of High School Programs and then as Associate Director of Admissions, following a four-year stint at the Spence School as Communications Manager. During his time at Spence, he taught and mentored students in the Interschool Leadership Fellows program, where 11th and 12 graders studied leadership and led civic engagement projects in a two-year program.