Stu Silberman is the Organizational Development - Lead for Strategic Educational Services. Stu is the co-author of Asking The Right Questions: A Guide to Continuous Improvement With Stakeholder Input.  He has led two school districts to prominence in the state of Kentucky and has three times been named the state Superintendent of the Year (twice by KASA and once by KSBA). He was among the four finalists for the National Superintendent of the Year Award.  Stu also served as the Executive Director of the Prichard Committee, a non-profit citizens group established in 1983, that advocates for excellence in education.

Stu served for nine years in the Daviess County Public Schools in Kentucky where achievement significantly rose and had an appearance on the NBC Today Show for a brain development initiative. In 2004 Stu became the fifth superintendent in three years for the second largest district in Kentucky, the Fayette County Public Schools.  FCPS was a district with an enrollment of roughly 38,000 students and a budget of approximately $500 million.  During his tenure in Fayette County, student achievement skyrocketed, with nearly 40 percent of local schools surpassing state proficiency standards six years early.  Stu has a clear focus on closing achievement gaps and holding all students to high expectations.  His tenure in Fayette County was marked by a commitment to transparency and openness with the public, fiscal responsibility and a tremendous community effort to redesign education in Fayette County called 2020 Vision.

Stu taught in the state’s new superintendent training program on Board-Superintendent relationships for several years, helping new superintendents get off to a good start.  He has worked with many superintendents and boards on how to enhance and improve working relationships.  In his #1 new release in school administration book on Amazon,  he outlines a simple process for determining the DNA of organizations and developing plans to move to the next levels. 

Stu Silberman served as an educator for 41 years and will always be a teacher.  He is married to Kathy Silberman and they have three grown daughters and four grandchildren.  He holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, did post-masters work at the University of Alabama and received an honorary doctorate from Kentucky Wesleyan College.