Dr. Mark L’Esperance is a professor and dean of James Madison University’s College in Harrisonburg, Virginia. He has presented and published extensively at the state, national, and international levels on issues of school reform. L’Esperance has worked with public-school systems in coaching hundreds of administrators related to strategic planning and instructional leadership in low wealth schools. The College he directs currently has more than 100 full-time faculty and staff, 187 part-time faculty, 1,300 students in teacher licensure programs, and over 30 initial licensure programs.