writer | artist | Leader | Speaker
Career, Calling & Milestones
For more than twenty years Dr. Lacretia Johnson Flash has served as an educator and leader in higher education, working with groups, institutions, and organizations across the U.S. Her creative, scholarly, and professional work focus on how individuals, groups, and organizations can become more open, inclusive, compassionate, and authentic in their individual and collective practices. She approaches this important, but often challenging work with a spirit of compassion, humility, grit, and joy.
In addition to her professional career, Lacretia has maintained two enduring passions. The first was nurtured by her high school English teacher, Mr. Poniatowski, who gave her the writing assignment to keep a journal. She has continued this practice of journal writing since age 15. She also has a deep love for the visual arts. Upon graduating from college, Lacretia became an artist-in-residence specializing in beadmaking with the Studio G program in Washington, DC and later Art is the HeART and Washington Very Special Arts. With a team of artists, she worked with children and their families in hospital, homecare, and hospice settings.
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Lacretia earned a bachelor’s degree in English literature and a master’s degree in Counseling and Personnel Services from the University of Maryland. She earned a doctorate in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies from the University of Vermont.
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Lacretia currently works at Berklee – a premier performing arts institution – as its inaugural Senior Vice President for Community, Culture, and Climate. In her free time, Lacretia enjoys creating art (watercolor painting, collage, and beadwork), writing, and being in nature.
"The threads of our life and all that we have experienced, done, and known have woven itself into the fabric of our story. In this journey, both beautiful and at times painful, may we discover and act from a place of wisdom, strength, compassion, and courage."
Lacretia J. Flash
