Delia Stafford is president and CEO of the Haberman Educational Foundation (HEF). In 1994, Stafford chartered the HEF to promote the research of Martin Haberman. Thanks largely to the foundation, Haberman's education models are being used in more than 370 school districts across the United States, especially in schools with large populations of students who are classified as at risk. Stafford trains school leaders to use research-based protocols for selecting teachers and principals who will work well in schools serving large numbers of children in poverty. She travels nationally to conducts professional development training events.