Founder/CEO

Dr. Michellea “Redbird” Millis Rucker is the Founder and CEO of Transforming Our Practice, LLC., and BrownSTEM, INC. Her expertise is in transformational leadership coaching, facilitation, leadership development, and thought partnership (consulting). Her coaching stance and philosophy lean into leader identity aligned with beliefs, behaviors, and ways of being. She has over 21 years in Education, 10 years in Non-Profit Administration, and 10 years as an Edupreneur. She is an experienced Instructional, Leadership, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Coach. She is an ICF ACC specializing in transformational leadership and inclusion certified (DEIC). She has a BA Degree in Organizational Management, an MS in Managerial Leadership, M.ED in Educational Leadership, a Harvard Graduate School of Education Alumni with a focus on Leadership and Data, a Master’s in Educational Leadership, and an Ed.D. with a focus in Leadership. Recently, she was featured in the September 2020 edition of the Excelligent Magazine as a Global Education Influencer. She is also a LEGO® SERIOUSPLAY® Methods Facilitator and has a Lean Six Sigma Black Belt in Education. She is a proud active member of the American Education Research Association (AERA), Forbes Coaches Council, Association for International Educators and Leaders of Color (AIELOC), Board member and Advisor for iChange Collaborative, Board President for Westmoreland Institute for Lifelong Learning (WILL), and Native Indian Education Association (NIEA). Active Faculty member and Improvement Coach with High Tech High Graduate School of Education and Windsor University. She is an author, scholar-activist, improvement scientist, and belonging and inclusive culture builder.