Michael Kleba

An international speaker, author, artist, and entrepreneur, Mike Kleba has been a public high school English and theatre teacher for 20 years. Outside of school, he serves as CEO of college search engine DegreeCast, is co-organizer of the NYEdTech Meetup, and sits on the SXSWedu Advisory Board. Kleba is the co-author of Otherfull, an earnest and irreverent book about the tectonic power and promise of great superintendents, principals, and other school leaders. Interested in courage and vulnerability, he's run the NYC Marathon, gone hang-gliding in Brazil, bungee jumping in New Zealand, and has climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro.