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 President of The Propel Center and Strategic Advisor to the US Secretary of Education. These two roles, along with the success of her past leadership as a K-12 district leader, have 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 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 US Secretary of Education, Dr. Herring helps 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 equity and 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 equitable, measurable, and accountable improvements. She stands at the forefront of a movement dedicated to propelling students to new heights of academic achievement, ensuring that every background is represented and celebrated. In her most recent transition out of urban superintendency, she celebrates improving systems that she led by first healing organizational culture and establishing measurable outcomes.   The Atlanta Public School System, where she held her last superintendency, celebrated under her leadership, the highest graduation rate in the 150-year history of the organization, in spite of leading and innovating during a global pandemic.