Beth Gellman-Beer, esq., co-founded Evergreen Education Solutions with a vision to build a consulting firm that can provide educational institutions with an authoritative source on federal civil rights laws.
With decades of civil service experience at the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR), Beth is a subject-matter expert on federal anti-discrimination statutes, implementing regulations, and evolving policy perspectives, with specific expertise in how institutions should respond to complaints of discrimination and harassment on the bases of race, color, national origin, shared ancestry, sex, disability and age. While at OCR, Beth served in all aspects of enforcement and regional leadership, including as Chief Attorney and Regional Director of the Philadelphia regional office, and in service to schools throughout the Mid-Atlantic. Beth is known as a national expert in conducting high-profile, highly complex investigations and is frequently called upon to provide training on the federal anti-discrimination statutes in collaboration with community partners.
Before practicing law, Beth worked in human resources management and development, equipping her with insight into workplace dynamics and employment-related compliance challenges. After law school, Beth joined a small plaintiff’s law firm with a focus on labor and employment law. In her free time, Beth also teaches civics and education law at local schools and colleges.
A graduate of Franklin and Marshall College and Temple University’s Beasley School of Law, Beth is driven by the belief that education is the front line of civil rights in the twenty-first century and that creating equitable educational environments and eliminating barriers to access for everyone is of paramount importance to our nation.