Leader Chat:
MOVING FORWARD

Glenn E. Singleton has devoted over thirty years to constructing racial equity worldwide and developing leaders to do the same. He is the author of “Courageous Conversations About Race: A Field Guide for Achieving Equity in Schools,” a protocol for sustained, deep dialog, and the creator Beyond Diversity™, the curriculum that has taught hundreds of thousands of people how to use it. As Founder and President of Courageous Conversation, Singleton has created an agency that has developed racially conscious leaders in a variety of sectors: education, government, business, law enforcement, and community organizing among them.

A licensed psychologist, author, and emotional intelligence expert, Dr. Adam Saenz has dedicated his career to helping teachers and other school leaders navigate stressful situations and build relationships through the art and science of emotional intelligence (EQ). Dr. Saenz has worked in collaboration with the College of Education at Texas A&M University. He has also lectured at Texas A&M’s Mays Business School. Among his publications are the best-selling The Power of a Teacher, Relationships That Work, and his most recent book, The EQ Intervention: Shaping a Self-Aware Generation Through Social and Emotional Learning. His Educator Assessment of Social and Emotional Learning, or EASEL, is one of the first SEL assessments built specifically for teachers.

Luvelle Brown is the Superintendent of the Ithaca City School District (ICSD) in Ithaca, New York. During his tenure, ICSD has experienced unprecedented levels of success. Dr. Brown has facilitated conversations in multiple communities that have resulted in transformative shifts in culture and achievement. Using systems thinking in schools, Dr. Brown’s leadership has led to innovative programs, redesigned learning spaces, numerous technology initiatives. Dr. Brown has published numerous articles, the author of Culture of Love: Cultivating a Transformative and Positive Organizational Culture and the co-author of ThinkTweets: 100 Transformative Tweets for Educators.

Philip Martell is currently serving as the superintendent of Blairsville-Saltsburg School District in Pennsylvania, and prior to that he was the superintendent in Connellsville Area School District in Pennsylvania, both considered small rural districts. He has served as a District Business Manager, Director of Human Resources and the Chief Deputy Clerk of Courts. Philip has done some outstanding work managing facilities and budgets to create revenue streams that have impacted technology purchases furthering educational equity in his schools. His experience leveraging capital projects to support educational programs is critical now and will be even more so in the future.