Meet Our People

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Dr. Patrick Duffy

Chief Executive Officer

Scholar, author, former principal, and district leader with more than 25 years of transformational school systems  leadership experience

Freida Bailey

Lead Leadership Consultant

30+ years as a highly effective elementary principal, literacy coach, multilingual education director, workshop facilitator, and racial equity specialist

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Rev. Anthony Galloway

Lead Youth Development Consultant

Pastor, Author, Podcast creator, Artist, Storyteller, Keynote Speaker, and Youth Development Expert. Partner with Dendros Group

Seema Pothini

Leadership Consultant and Lead Facilitator

Author, urban and suburban educator; youth engagement specialist, and director of multiple non-profit boards

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Dr. LeeAnn Stephens

Instructional Leadership Coach

Minnesota Teacher of the Year  Math, Literacy, and Equity Coach with 30+ years of  immersion and IB experience from grades K-12

Gloria Ruff

Instructional Leadership Coach

Multilingual educator and Episcopal equity leader specializing in elementary instructional leadership and immersion programming

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Kim McVay

Instructional Leadership Coach

A seasoned elementary teacher, coach, and assistant principal with experience coaching all levels including  early childhood and special education 

Dr. Laurie Inman

Executive Leadership Coach

Over three decades of K-12 administrative and higher education leadership development work for social justice, serving aspiring principals, school leaders, and scholars

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Dr. Emily Lilja Palmer

Executive Leadership Coach

High School principal with 25+ years of 6-12 leadership experience.  Scholar and researcher on transformative school leadership

Erik Dussault

Executive Leadership Coach

Student Activities and Student Union leader with more than 25+ years of identity development work in higher education

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Rebecca Kaye

Executive Leadership Coach

Scholar practitioner with more than two decades of urban district leadership with extensive experience in superintendent and school board development

Tom Marble

Instructional Technology Leadership Coach

Three decades as an instructional technology executive leader. Has worked to integrate technology into classroom settings and district management systems

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Apelila Peniata

Operations Manager

Seasoned School Support Staff with over 20 years of public executive administration work and corporate operations, and event management