Hacking Leadership

Joe Sanfelippo is the superintendent of the Fall Creek School District in Fall Creek, Wisconsin. Joe holds a BA in elementary and early childhood education from St. Norbert College, a MS in educational psychology from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, a MS in educational leadership, and a PhD in leadership, learning, and service from Cardinal Stritch University. Joe is also an adjunct professor in the Educational Leadership Department at Viterbo University. Joe has taught Kindergarten, 2nd Grade, and 5th Grade. He was also a school counselor and coach prior to taking on an elementary principalship in 2005. He has been the superintendent in Fall Creek since 2011. Joe cohosts the Successful Schools podcast, and coauthored, with Tony Sinanis, The Power of Branding-Telling Your School's Story and Principal Professional Development: Leading Learning in a Digital Age. He was selected as one of 117 Future Ready Superintendents in 2014 by the US Department of Education and attended a summit at the White House. Joe has been a featured speaker in multiple states in the areas of advancing the use of social media in school districts,creating a culture of yes, professional growth for staff, and organizational and systems change.

Tony Sinanis received the national 2013 Bammy Award for Elementary School Principal of the Year and the 2014 New York State Elementary Principal of the Year Award. As part of his doctoral studies at the University of Pennsylvania, He studied the relationship between active participation on Twitter and the professional development of principals. Tony is active on Twitter (@TonySinanis) and serves as the founder and co-moderator of #NYedchat. He is also the cohost of the Successful Schools podcast with Dr. Joe Sanfelippo. Finally, Tony is coauthor, with Joe Sanfelippo, of The Power of Branding: Telling Your School's Story and Principal Professional Development: Leading Learning in the Digital Age.

Patrick Lawlor has recorded over three hundred audiobooks in just about every genre. He has been an Audie Award finalist several times and has received several AudioFile Earphones Awards. He has won a Publishers Weekly Listen-Up Award, numerous Library Journal and Kirkus starred audio reviews, and multiple Editors' Picks, Top 10, and Year's Best lists. He is the only male audiobook narrator in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. To relax in his spare time, Patrick runs marathons.