Chief Strategy Officer

kgray@learnwithsam.org

Keisha Gray currently serves as the Chief Strategy Officer at the Spartanburg Academic Movement (SAM).  She joined SAM after serving as the Director of Human Resources with Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Keisha also spent time in Sarasota, FL where she served as the Director of Human Resources with the Herald-Tribune Media Group.  While in Spartanburg, she served as the Program Director for Early Childhood Development investments at the Mary Black Foundation.  Keisha is a graduate of the University of South Carolina, where she received her Bachelor of Science degree, majoring in Biology with a minor in Psychology.  She also received her Master’s degree from Webster University in Human Resource Development. 

Keisha has been involved with several community organizations and Boards throughout her career.  These affiliations include:

Tampa Bay Thrive by Five Business Partnerships Workgroup
Tampa Bay Partnership Racial Equity Task force
Spartanburg Regional Fellows graduate
Former Spartanburg Housing Authority Commissioner
Former Adjunct Professor, USC-Upstate, teaching course work in Community Health Management Education (CHME)
Member of Altrusa International of Spartanburg, SC, Inc.
Graduate of Leadership Sarasota
Board of Directors for Spartanburg Preparatory School
Active Member of the Junior League of Spartanburg
2011 graduate of Leadership SC
2007 Graduate of the Furman University Riley Institute Diversity Leadership Academy

Keisha counts her greatest achievement as the day she found true love in her high school sweetheart, Darryl G. Gray, Jr., and together they have parented five children: Justus, Darryl, Derrick, Deanna and Dara’.