Dr. Matthew Militello is the Wells Fargo Distinguished Professor in Educational Leadership at East Carolina University. He has held faculty positions at North Carolina State University and the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Before his academic career, Militello taught and served as a principal in Michigan. Militello has more than 60 publications, including seven books. He has received more than $22 million in external funding focused on community-engaged leadership. In 2023, he received the ECU Eminent Career Trend Setter Award, and in 2024, he received the David G. Imig Distinguished Service Award from the Carnegie Project on the Education Doctorate. Recently, Dr. Militello has funded and facilitated delegations of eastern North Carolina superintendents in learning exchanges in Wales and Argentina. Militello earned his undergraduate teaching degree from the University of Michigan and his masters and PhD in Educational Administration from Michigan State University. Matt has been married to Elizabeth for 32 years and is the father of four wonderful boys.