Brian A. McNulty

Dr. Brian McNulty is a Founding Partner with Creative Leadership Solutions (http://creativeleadership.net)

Dr. McNulty has over 35 years of experience as a nationally recognized educator in leadership development to his current position at Creative Leadership Solutions. Prior to his current position he was the Vice President for Leadership Development at the Leadership and Learning Center. Before that he served as the Vice President for Field Services at the Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning (McREL). Before coming to McREL, he was an Assistant Superintendent for Adams County School District 14, and the Assistant Commissioner of Education, for the Colorado Department of Education.

Brian's work and writing have been featured in books, scholarly journals and periodicals throughout the world. An author of more than 40 publications, Brian's most recent books include, Leaders Make It Happen (2014) with Laura Besser (an AASA member book) and School Leadership that Works: from Research to Results, an ASCD best selling publication co-authored with Robert Marzano and Tim Waters. His most recent chapter Students with Disabilities: Moving Your Numbers (2014) with Deborah Telfer in Navigating Achievement for Struggling Students with the Common Core State Standards. (eds.) Englewood CO: Lean + Learn Press.

Although Dr. McNulty is well known as a both a researcher and a keynote speaker, his primary work has focused on long-term intensive partnerships with schools, districts, state education agencies and educational service agencies in applying the current research to field based problems. His recent research has focused on developing continuous improvement frameworks based on data and inquiry.