Lisa Herring

CEO, President, Urban Superintendent, C-Suite Leader, and Executive Thought Leader, Dr. Lisa Herring has been graced with the gift of leadership in multiple capacities. She currently serves as the President of The Propel Center and most recently served as Strategic Advisor to the US Secretary of Education, Dr. Miguel Cardona. These two roles, along with the success of her past leadership as Superintendent of Birmingham City Schools and most recently Superintendent of Atlanta Public Schools, she has cultivated a professional journey that is deeply invested in reimagining learning, innovative leadership development and curating extraordinary corporate partnerships with learning institutions. Supported by founding funders Apple and Southern Company, The Propel Center, in partnership with APPLE and Southern Energy Company, is the country's first technology/innovation hub designed to work with colleges and universities and industry partners across the country to cultivate mutually innovative career opportunities for scholars and industry partners for upskilling. As Strategic Advisor to the US Secretary of Education, Dr. Herring helped shape the department’s strategy to engage state and local officials to compliment the Department's call to action to "Raise the Bar: Lead the World", designed to transform education and unite around what truly works. She also serves as CEO/ President of Blue Heron Innovation, LLC, her own Learning Innovation and Disruptive Education consulting firm.