Pamela Good

Pamela Good is the co-founder and CEO of "Beyond Basics", a nonprofit organization that provides literacy interventions to students across the state of Michigan.

Education
Pamela graduated from University of Michigan-Dearborn in 2001.

Career
Pamela began delivering coats to struggling inner-city schools in Detroit for several years, but later realized that the children needed more than just coats. This led her to formally incorporate "Beyond Basics" as a 501c (3) non-profit organization in 2002, which today offers intensive one-on-one reading tutoring and literacy enrichment programs for K-12 students.

Throughout the years, Pamela began to recognize illiteracy as a silent epidemic. Data presented by the National Assessment of Educational Progress in 2019 revealed that 69% of eighth graders in the state of Michigan are reading below proficiency. Fortunately, by implementing a structured literacy approach and incorporating evidence-based practices, Beyond Basics participants experienced significant reading improvement in 4–14 weeks.

Under Pamela's leadership, Beyond Basics has expanded its reach to more than 40 locations and now serves thousands of children annually.

Recognitions

 * 2019 - Named "2019 Michiganian of the Year"


 * 2022 - Recognized and named one of Crain's 2022 "Notable Women in Nonprofits"