Dr. Sarah Odell is the assistant head for teaching and learning at the Ellis School in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She has previously served as a Dean of Faculty at San Francisco University High School, Director of Faculty Practice and Research at the Hewitt School and an instructor of English and varsity squash coach at Miss Porter’s School and the Hill School. She is committed to work focused on gender diversity in school leadership and systems that support excellent faculty work and student achievement. She earned her Ph.D. in Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.