Debbie Daniels has served in many roles in education throughout her career. These have included: Dean of the School of Education for the University of the Cumberlands; director of the Kentucky SAM Project; lead implementation specialist, SAM Coach, and educational consultant in the areas of principal and teacher leadership development; adviser of low-performing schools on the implementation of P-12 turnaround strategies; Kentucky Highly Skilled Educator; director of the state Wallace Foundation Leadership Grant; director of Kentucky Department of Education’s Instructional Leadership Teams and Support Network; online Teaching for Understanding coach for WIDE World at Harvard University; Harvard Fellow; facilitator for the redesign of all Kentucky university and college principal preparation programs; facilitator for the Wallace Foundation’s University Principal Preparation Initiative in Georgia and ESSA Leadership Learning Community in Tennessee and Florida.
Debbie was a founding member of the NSIP Board in 2011 and served as Secretary before becoming a NSIP Board Emeritus Member in 2023.