CEO, President, Urban Superintendent, C-Suite Leader, and Executive Coach/Advisor, Dr. Lisa Herring has been graced with the gift of leadership in multiple capacities. She currently serves as the Chief Executive Officer of New Leaders, a national nonprofit dedicated to preparing and supporting transformational educators. This role, along with the success of her past leadership as a K-12 district leader and her previous service as Strategic Advisor to the U.S. Secretary of Education, has cultivated a professional journey that is deeply invested in reimagining learning, innovative leadership development, and curating extraordinary corporate partnerships with learning institutions.

Previously, Dr. Herring served as the President of The Propel Center, supported by founding funders Apple and Southern Company. The Propel Center is the country's first HBCU technology/innovation hub designed to work with HBCUs and industry partners across the country to cultivate mutually innovative career opportunities for scholars and industry partners. As Strategic Advisor to the U.S. Secretary of Education, Dr. Herring helped shape the department’s strategy to engage state and local officials to complement the Department's call to action to "Raise the Bar: Lead the World," designed to transform education and unite around what truly works—based on decades of experience and research—to advance educational excellence.

With a wealth of experience spanning public, private, urban, and rural settings, Dr. Herring has garnered recognition for her steadfast leadership driving districts toward measurable and accountable improvements. She stands at the forefront of a movement dedicated to propelling students to new heights of academic achievement.