Buddy Farmer, education program associate at JFF, organizes and facilitates residencies and academies at the UPCS Institute for Student Success. He also teaches at the University Campus Park School.
Mr. Farmer is founder of the Center for Academic Excellence, Inc., a Florida nonprofit dedicated to the mentoring and advancement of underserved students in the Tampa Bay area. He is co-founder of Success N’ Schools, an organization that provides tutoring for students K-16. He serves on the Rhode Island Governors Board for Higher Education’s dual enrollment commission, which develops strategy and the budget for dual enrollment statewide.
Prior to joining JFF, Mr. Farmer was a research assistant with JWB Children’s Services Council of Pinellas County, Florida, where he drafted policy on the role of faith-based organizations as human service providers, provided program consultation to community-based literacy providers, and researched strategies for increased parental participation. He also served as an intern at the Rhode Island Office of Higher Education, where he collaborated on the Pathways Through College dual enrollment pilot program.
Mr. Farmer received an A.A. from Tallahassee Community College in Florida and a B.S. in secondary mathematics education from St. Petersburg College. He attended the Master’s program in urban education policy at Brown University, where he received the Bernard E. Bruce award. He is currently enrolled in a doctoral program in education leadership and policy at Vanderbilt University.
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