SES brings together experienced strategists, facilitators, researchers, educators, and practitioners with expertise across organizational strategy, leadership, assessment, policy, education, workforce development, and organizational change.
Our team structure allows SES to match expertise to the needs of each engagement while maintaining a consistent focus on practical solutions, strong facilitation, and measurable organizational results.
Dr. Darrell C. Ray is an executive strategist, organizational consultant, facilitator, and founder of Systematic Equity Solutions. He brings more than 25 years of executive leadership, consulting, teaching, and training experience to organizations navigating strategy, change, growth, and organizational improvement.
His work focuses on strategic planning, organizational assessment, process improvement, change management, leadership development, stakeholder engagement, executive facilitation, program evaluation, and performance measurement. He is particularly skilled at helping leaders translate complex organizational challenges into practical strategies, implementation plans, and measurable actions.
Before launching SES, Dr. Ray held senior executive and administrative roles in higher education where he led complex operations, large teams, multimillion-dollar budgets, strategic initiatives, organizational planning, assessment, staff development, and institutional change. His experience as both an executive and consultant shapes an approach that is practical, structured, and grounded in the realities of implementation.
A former college professor and experienced trainer, Dr. Ray also brings deep expertise in adult learning, curriculum design, learning outcomes, and assessment. He has presented nationally and internationally and has worked with organizations across government, business, nonprofit, philanthropic, healthcare, and educational settings.
Dr. Ray earned his PhD from the University of Georgia and his MA and BA from the University of Alabama.
Equity Strategist
Aleidra Allen is a social change advocate and entrepreneur. With a background in higher education administration. Since 2017, Aleidra has served as a diversity consultant and facilitator. In these roles, she has developed trainings and workshops for universities, corporations, and civic organizations. Aleidra has shared her perspectives to larger platforms as a recurring guest on HuffPost Live. She has also been published on Watch The Yard and Blavity.
Aleidra received her Bachelor of Science in Community Communications and Leadership Development from the University of Kentucky (UK). She later earned her Master of Arts in Education (specialization in Higher Education Administration) from Louisiana State University (LSU). Aleidra is a member of Action St. Louis, a grassroots racial justice organization that seeks to build political power for Black communities in the St. Louis region.
Consultant
Keenan X. Lee, Ph.D. brings over 10 years of impactful experience in K-12 public education. He has served at both the school and central office levels as a teacher, department head, system mentor, and induction coach, directly addressing critical factors in student achievement and teacher retention. His areas of expertise are in curriculum, instructional supervision, classroom observations, job embedded learning, policy implementation, and new teacher induction programs.
Keenan holds a bachelor’s degree in Mathematical Sciences from Georgia Southern University and master’s, specialists, and Doctor of Philosophy degrees in Educational Administration and Policy from the University of Georgia, concentrating in supervision. Dr. Lee has studied how professional learning in a formalized system program impacts first-year teacher retention, a crucial area for improving educational outcomes.
Lead Consultant
Lamara D. Warren, Ph.D. is an influential practitioner-scholar with over two decades of broad and progressive experience driving systemic change and advancing diversity, equity, inclusion, belonging, and access in higher education. Throughout her professional career she has leveraged leadership development, stakeholder engagement, and program improvement to accelerate change and achieve strategic aims within large, complex organizations.
She earned a Ph.D. in Higher Education and Student Affairs and Post-Master’s Certificate in Institutional Research from Indiana University as well as a M.A. in Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis and B.S. in Biochemistry from the University of Missouri-Columbia.
Research & Policy Analyst
Dr. Adam Elder has held a variety of positions public education as a professor of research methodology, as a data analyst for K-12 and postsecondary institutions, and as a math teacher. He also has research experience in the nonprofit sector. Adam received a Ph.D. in Educational Research Methodology with a minor in statistics and an M.A. in Applied Research, Measurement, & Evaluation from Louisiana State University as well as a B.S. in Mathematics Education from Auburn University.
His research has primarily focused on research methods instruction and data use in education, and he is a member of multiple professional organizations related to educational research
Research & Policy Analyst
Andrew Johnson, MEd, is an education policy researcher with expertise in critical quantitative and mixed methods, including experimental evaluation and causal analysis. His areas of research span PK-16 and include the economics of education, decision-making, and student success and persistence. In all lines of research, he focuses on achieving diversity, equity, and inclusion in inputs, process, and outcomes. Before his career in education policy research, Andrew was a middle school math teacher.
Andrew earned a bachelor’s degree in Sociology from the University of Missouri and a master’s degree in Education Policy and Leadership from American University. He is currently a doctoral candidate in the Education Policy PhD program at Michigan State University.
Research & Policy Analyst
Zea Moullet, PhD is a college student affairs scholar practitioner with more than 16 years experience supporting students at a variety of levels. In addition to higher education, she has worked with military service members, veterans, and spouses through a wide range of needs. Dr. Moullet is an engaging facilitator, skilled in public speaking, program development, and assessment.
She earned her Ph.D. in Education and Leadership from Pacific University in Oregon. an M.Ed. from Oregon State University and a B.S. from Ashland University.