CEO/President, J. Casas & Associates; Former Principal; Leadership Coach; Adjunct Professor, Drake University; Former Senior Fellow, International Center for Leadership in Education; Author, Live Your Excellence: Bring Your Best Self to School Every Day (2020) and Culturize: Every Student. Every Day. Whatever It Takes (2017); Co-Author, Handle With Care: Managing Difficult Situations in Schools with Dignity and Respect (2021), Stop. Right. Now.: 39 Stops to Making School Better (2018), and What Connected Educators Do Differently (2015)