Over the past 20 years, my profession and my passion have been about one thing: leadership. Leadership is the key to impacting the lives of students and adults in all of our schools, regardless of geography, economic condition, size, or status as public or private, primary, elementary, secondary, or even post-secondary. As a result, I devote my efforts to growing, sustaining, and supporting leaders throughout the education arena. NSDC and I share this commitment to leaders. Developing school leaders is one of the five priorities outlined in our strategic plan. The assumption behind this priority is that the knowledge, skill, and will of school leaders are essential to improving professional learning and student achievement. To fulfill this priority, NSDC will initiate and lead networks and