Dr. Sean Conley

Dr. Conley is an experienced and accomplished leader and educator. He has spearheaded projects in Japan, Saudi Arabia, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, and the U.S., modeling the kind of adaptability and broad perspective he encourages in his teaching.

His academic career includes significant contributions to institutions such as Marlboro College Graduate School, The New School University, the School for International Training's Graduate Institute, and Tokyo Joggakan College. He has held various leadership positions, including program chair, department chair, dean, and institutional chief learning officer, giving him a comprehensive understanding of educational leadership and organizational dynamics.

Dr. Conley is a skilled consultant specializing in collaborative learning strategies organizations can use to navigate rapidly changing contexts and environments. His expertise ranges from guiding NGO boards in governance and strategic planning to helping a ministry of education change its culture of supervision. He is an NBI Thinking Preferences practitioner, enabling him to analyze individual and team thinking styles for enhanced collaboration. Additionally, he is a certified Trainer of Trainers for Results-Based Accountability (RBI), a valuable methodology for establishing performance metrics in mission-driven organizations.

As an invited speaker, Dr. Conley has presented workshops and plenaries for a wide range of organizations from Google's annual Education Summit in California to an Open Society Institute Conference in Kyrgyzstan to a US State Department project in the Republic of Georgia bringing together teachers from Azerbaijan, Armenia and Georgia focused on peace-building.

Beyond his primary role, Dr. Conley remains an affiliated faculty with the School for International Training, and with the MindKind Institute, where he collaborated on a World Bank project. He also works with AIM to support leaders in school districts in California and New York develop their leadership and culture-building skills. Dr. Conley's commitment to collaborative learning, mindful leadership, and positive change transcends borders and disciplines.