Jini Rae Sparkman

Sr. Consultant

Jini Rae Sparkman (she/her/hers) is a white, Queer, cis-female educator and consultant committed to
imagining and working towards the possibilities of a liberated future. She is currently the Director of the
Office of Equity and Inclusion at Holderness School, also serving as an English faculty member, dorm
director, and softball coach.

She joined Holderness School from Plymouth State University where she taught in the English and
Women’s Studies Department. Jini is also the Co-Founder of the Network for Independent School Equity (NISE), an affinity-focused group in Northern New England for faculty who identify as BIPOC and/or LGBTQ+. She serves as a consultant who has worked with non-profit organizations, recruitment and strategic consulting firms, independent and public schools, and collegiate athletics. She facilitates white antiracism awareness and accountability groups and supports individuals as an executive coach.

Jini’s work is founded on creating partnerships and learning opportunities centered in antiracism and
antioppression practices as a means of being. All of this is in the hope of a liberated future so that we
might all realize a more just world. A Texas native who found her home in the mountains of New
Hampshire with her wife, Courtney, and their French bulldogs, Dublin and Oggie. She holds a B.A. and an
M.Ed, both from Plymouth State University, and an M.Ed in Educational Leadership from Columbia
University's Klingenstein Center where her research included developing metrics for determining levels
of inclusion based on alumni, student, and parent feedback loops and competencies to support BIPOC
adults, students, and communities within schools.