Robert Sanborn is a nationally known activist for education and children and is the President/CEO of Children At Risk in

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. He has been president since 2005.''Houston Chronicle''. 2005, December 11. "People In Business." p. B4.''Houston Press''. 2006, February 23. "Children at Risk." NEWS; Featured Stories. Sanborn was born in

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and raised in

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. Sanborn served on the staff and/or faculties of

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(Associate Dean & Faculty),

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(Dean & Faculty),

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(Staff & Faculty), the

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(Vice President & Faculty), Emory University (Staff) and the University of Massachusetts (Faculty). He also served as the CEO of the Education Foundation of Harris County where his accomplishments included a significant rise in resources, partnerships and visibility for urban public education. He earned his undergraduate degree at

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and his doctorate at Columbia University in New York City. He has also served as an advisor and board member to numerous non-profit organizations. Dr. Sanborn has pushed to expand CHILDREN AT RISK. Notable achievements include opening up centers in Dallas and Fort Worth; launching the Public Policy & Law Center, the CHILDREN AT RISK Institute, the Center for Parenting and Family Well-Being and the Center to End Trafficking and Exploitation of Children; directing significantly increased media attention to the issues championed by the organization; and increasing the organizational capacity to drive macro-level change to improve the lives of Texas’ most defenseless children. Sanborn is the Executive Editor of two peer reviewed, open access academic journals, the ''Journal of Applied Research on Children'' and the ''Journal of Family Strengths''. He is also the host of the popular radio program and podcast Growing Up in America on the Pacifica Radio Network. Dr. Sanborn is an editor of '' Growing Up in Houston'' and has authored 12 books and over forty articles on education, career development and related education topics. He has hosted his own radio and television programs, and has spoken to numerous conferences, civic, business, education, and student groups on a variety of topics. On May 1, 2009, the

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announced that Sanborn was one of four candidates to become the next president of the university. He is currently an adjunct professor of Leadership in Non-Profit Organizations and Resourcing the Non-Profit Organization at UHD. Dr. Sanborn was awarded the 2017 Humanitarian of the Year award by the

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on April 19, 2017

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sanborn, Robert American children's rights activists Florida State University alumni Teachers College, Columbia University alumni Rice University faculty Hampshire College faculty Columbia University faculty University of Tulsa faculty American nonprofit chief executives 1959 births Living people People from Caribou, Maine American education activists 21st-century American people