Gayle Allen

Gayle Allen Ed.D. MBA, is a dynamic speaker and presenter on leadership, learning, and change. Her expertise lies in building collaborative teams, deepening leadership capacity, tapping into the power of action learning, and leveraging technology for transformative leadership, teaching, and learning.

Gayle was the founder and director of two national professional learning institutes for teachers and administrators. She has been a teacher, dean of faculty, associate head, and an adjunct professor at Teachers College, Columbia University. She has also authored articles on learning and leadership for MindShift, EdSurge, Educational Leadership, Edutopia, and Getting Smart.

Gayle is a founding member and Chief Learning Officer of an education software company where she leads a team of education researchers, learning designers, and statisticians. She earned her Ed.D. and M.Ed. from Teachers College, Columbia University, and her MBA in innovation and global leadership from MIT. She is an expert in adult learning and in teaching and learning with technology. She interviews innovators in action on her podcast Curious Minds.