Dr. Judy Nazirah Rashid is Founder of the Care and Share Foundation. She has been involved in education since 1973 as teacher and school principal (K-12), university senior student affairs administrator, and as adjunct faculty in Liberal Studies (Conflict Resolution) and the PhD Program in Leadership Studies. As the Associate Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs, she has supervised Counseling Services, Student Conduct, International Students, Veterans and Student Disability Support Services, Multicultural Students, Greek Life, and Student Government.
She retired as the Associate Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs / Dean of Students from her undergraduate alma mater, North Carolina A&T State University (USA) and where she now also serve as Adjunct Graduate Faculty in the Dept. of Leadership Studies and Adult Education ,
Since 1989, Dr. Rashid has been professionally involved in conflict management education and training including international conflict resolution in South Africa. For almost two decades, she has garnered financial and educational support for South African youth and adults.
Dr. Rashid received her Bachelor of Science and Masters’ degrees (both summa cum laude) from North Carolina A&T and her doctoral degree in higher education administration from North Carolina State University in Raleigh. She holds certification in both interaction management and performance management from the State of North Carolina, advanced training in teaching negotiation in the organization from Harvard University, complete course training in N.C. Law for Non-Attorney Mediators, Mediation Certification Training/N.C. Superior Court Mediated Settlement Conferences, and Mediation Certification Training/Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
Dr. Rashid is a member of the N.C. Bar Association (Dispute Resolution Section) and the NC Association of Retired Governmental Employees. Dr. Rashid dedicates her civic life through service to the less fortunate and is a Charter Member of both the National Museum of African American History and Culture of Washington D.C. and of the International African American Museum in Charleston, S.C.
In 2019, an Education and Leadership Center in Vanderjilpark, South Africa was named in her honor.