Peter DeWitt (Ed.D) is the founder and CEO of the Instructional Leadership Collective. He was a K-5 teacher for 11 years and a principal for 8 years. For the last 10 years, he has been facilitating professional learning nationally and internationally based on the content of many of his best-selling educational books. DeWitts professional learning relationships are a monthly hybrid approach that includes both coaching and the facilitating workshops on instructional leadership and collective efficacy. Additionally, in the summer of 2021, DeWitt created a year-long on-demand asynchronous coaching course through Thinkific, where he has created a community of learners that include K-12 educators in leadership positions. DeWitts work has been adopted at the state level and university level. He works with numerous school districts, school boards, regional networks, and ministries of education in North America, Australia, Europe, Asia, the Middle East and the U.

K. DeWitt writes the "Finding Common Ground" column for Education Week. In 2020 DeWitt co-created Education Weeks "A Seat at the Table" where he moderates conversations with experts around the topics of race, gender, sexual orientation, research, trauma, and many other educational topics. Additionally, he is the co-host of Corwin''s podcast Leaders Coaching Leaders. He is the 2013 School Administrators Association of New York States (SAANYS) Outstanding Educator of the Year, and the 2015 Education Blogger of the Year (Academy of Education Arts & Sciences). DeWitt sits on numerous advisory boards and is the author or co-author of several books, including Corwin bestsellers such as Collective Leader Efficacy, Instructional Leadership,and De-Implementation. Michael Nelson. For almost 40 years, Nelson has been an educator.

Even though he still considers "teacher" as his primary title, he has served in roles of principal, district instructional leader, superintendent, and currently as assistant executive director developing programs and initiatives for superintendents and district leaders in the state of Washington. One foundational leadership value in which he leads is the development of a kind, compassionate, and empathetic culture rooted in belonging and equity. He describes his leadership work as building human connectedness, recognizing you must always model what you lead as you build teams of individuals supporting students in their learning. The Muckleshoot Indian Tribe awarded him with their official blanket for building a collaborative partnership between the Tribe and school district, the highest honor of the Tribe and the first non-Tribal member to receive this blanket. Nelson has received many state and national awards during his time as a principal and superintendent. As a principal, he was acknowledged by Pacific Lutheran University as its Outstanding Recent Alumni in 1997. At the same time, the school he was leading as principal received the National Blue Ribbon Award from the United States Department of Education. As a superintendent, he was named Washington state''s 2019 Superintendent of the Year.

During his tenure as superintendent, Nelson was elected President of the Washington Association of School Administrators (WASA) by his peers. While WASA President, he was one of two superintendents in the nation selected to participate in the Embark Program facilitated by the United States Navy. He spent time on the USS Ronald Reagan learning from all levels of the men and women serving on this aircraft carrier. He also has received the Washington State Association of Supervision and Curriculum Development Educating the Whole Child Award. Nelson is the co-author of Leading with Intention(Corwin 2024) and co-host of Corwin''s podcastLeaders Coaching Leaders.