I've served as a high school and middle school principal, assistant superintendent, and superintendent for the past twenty-nine years. I am a research-practitioner. I have been a member of the California State University, Fullerton Department of Education faculty for the past fourteen years as a Superintendent in Residence, teaching doctoral level courses, supervising dissertations in practice, and serving on the Executive Committee for doctoral studies. My areas of expertise include strategic planning, governance, decision-making, leadership development and executive coaching, and performance management. As an experienced leader of leaders, I value building leadership capacity in my organizations by creating the conditions for leaders to succeed by providing them with the tools and support necessary to flourish in today's highly-charged and politicized education environment.