Tamu Thomas Walker

UI Executive Vice President

Tamu brings more than two decades of experience serving as a thought-partner and modeling effective communication to ensure the team is continually informed of company and/or departmental activities, challenges, and opportunities for improvement. With knowledge of and an ability to manage in-house services, Tamu is responsible for leadership, strategic planning, consultation, counsel, and continuous improvement of support services across various departments. Tamu works continuously with teams to ensure seamless support for district client’s operations and make certain respective departmental activities/needs are communicated effectively via appropriate channels. Tamu is highly skilled at working collaboratively, facilitating groups to consensus, increasing operational effectiveness, and ensuring high-level client service through process improvement. Tamu is gifted in her ability to set widely shared visions, targets for learning, and fostering a positive climate of mutual trust and respect among staff. Tamu supports budget development and implementation within the operations department and has demonstrated knowledge of Federal and State Laws, regulations, and policies as related to all areas of operations. Tamu has a deep understanding of K-12 state standards-based instruction, Title I mandate and regulations, diversity, and inclusion best practices., curriculum development, staff development training, state educational issues, teaching methods, and achievement strategies among varied student populations. Tamu earned a Bachelor’s in Accounting/Law from Virginia Union University.

tthomaswalker@pcgus.com