Full name: Kristy Hebert
Title: Executive Director
Company: ADVANCE BATON ROUGE
Age: 46
Hometown: Oak Grove
Why do you do what you do?
I have a passion and a determination to create and/or redesign public schools so that children and families can choose a learning place that ensures student achievement.
What is your greatest professional accomplishment?
So far, this is it!
What was your first job?
Secondary English/Social Studies teacher in Richland Parish Schools
What is the best advice you've ever received?
“Just because someone doesn’t do something as you would doesn’t mean that what s/he is doing it bad; it’s just not how you would do it.”
If you could have any job other than your own, what would it be?
Anthropologist
What is the greatest personal or professional obstacle you've overcome?
Certainly while dealing with both is emotionally exhausting, each brings its own challenges; they feel the same and they are different. Personal: death of my brother, professional: sexual harassment in the work place
If you started over, what would you do differently?
I would shed some of my naiveté.
What is your prescription for life?
Insist upon a good education; don’t be afraid to take risks; forgive others as you would want them to forgive you.
What book are you currently reading?
Loving Frank
If you could have dinner with any three living people, who would they be? (Authors? Leaders?)
Dalai Llama—spiritual leaders, Margaret Wheatley—author (of chaos theory within organizational design), Jonathan Kozol—social activist, author
Who would play you in a movie?
Jessica Lange
What do you do to unwind?
Read
What is the most expensive purchase you've made for yourself?
Probably car—nothing out of the ordinary
What is your favorite weekend activity?
Curling up on the sofa and watching a movie on a Saturday afternoon
What's your favorite spot in Baton Rouge?
Capitol grounds
How do you take your coffee/tea?
Coffee—black, one Sweet'N Low
What is your favorite movie? TV show? Band?
Dead Poets Society; Law and Order, Cowboy Mouth
What is your favorite gadget?
I don’t like gadgets.
What is something that you can't live without?
Diet Cokes
If you could change one thing about Baton Rouge, what would it be?
Public education
What is your greatest hope for Baton Rouge?
That other cities begin to “canvas” here because they want to know what is our secret for success in community development.
What is your greatest fear for Baton Rouge?
Those who don’t want us to progress will prevail over those of us who do.
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