Jody Spiro is the Wallace Foundation's director of education leadership; she began working at the foundation as a senior program officer in 2002. Her career as a senior educator and manager of education programs has spanned the private, public, nonprofit, and international sectors. Her areas of specialization include leadership, facilitating active learning, and systemic change processes. For many years, Spiro has also served as adjunct professor at New York University's Wagner Graduate School of Public Service, teaching courses in strategic management, the management of change, and international nongovernmental organizations. She is the author of Leading Change Step-by-Step: Tactics, Tools, and Tales (2011, Jossey-Bass) and High Payoff Strategies: How Education Leaders Get Results (2015, Jossey-Bass).

Douglas Anthony is the associate superintendent of the Office of Talent Development for the Prince George's County Public Schools (PGCPS) system. In his 26 years with PGCPS, he has served in several roles, including teacher, assistant principal, principal, central office administrator, executive director, and interim chief of human resources. In his current role, he champions the district's leadership development efforts, Wallace Foundation initiatives, organizational culture work, succession planning strategy, university partnerships, and a recently awarded Teacher and School Leaders grant funded through the U.S. Department of Education.

Damaries Blondonville has served Prince George's County Public Schools (PGCPS) as a classroom teacher, integrated learning teacher, instructional specialist, content supervisor, and project manager at both the school and district level which have allowed her to conceptualize and employ various systemic professional learning programs. She currently serves as the Senior Project Manager for the USDE 25 million Teacher Leader School Incentive grant, which was awarded to PGCPS in 2017. She continues to share the district's successful work on national platforms while also developing the PGCPS Leadership Pipeline.