Julie Corbett, President and Founder of Corbett Education Consulting LLC, specializes in school and district education reform and turnaround strategies with clients throughout the country. She works with school management organizations, districts, state education agencies, and other non-profit organizations on a variety of improvement-related projects. She's the project lead for the National Comprehensive Center's Systemic Technical Assistance Team (STAT). She's also acted as a Peer Reviewer for USED's Race to the Top District competition, was a member of USED's Race to the Top Reform Support Network, was the Advisor advisor for the School and District Improvement state collaborative (SDI SCASS) with the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO), is a Strategic Partner and a member of the leadership team for the Center on School Turnaround (USED grant awarded to WestEd), and is the author or co-author of a growing list of publications. 

Before launching her own education consulting company in 2010, Ms. Corbett was Program Manager at Mass Insight Education & Research Institute in Boston. There, she led the outreach and dissemination of The Turnaround Challenge's framework and strategies; researched, wrote, and edited a variety of publications for the Meeting the Turnaround Initiative; and worked on a variety of state consulting projects.

Before joining Mass Insight, she was a Research Assistant with The Rodel Foundation of Delaware and assisted with the Vision 2015 education reform. Ms. Corbett also completed a year of service with Americorps VISTA and the Delaware Mentoring Council program, where she was the lead staff in the creation of a Governor’s Executive Order for state employee mentoring (signed by Gov. Minner, Sept. 2005).

Ms. Corbett was a Senior Fellow in the Institute for Educational Leadership’s Global Education Policy Fellowship Program (IEL-GEPFP) in 2013-14  and was a Fellow in Northeastern University’s 2008 EPFP cohort. She has an M.P.A from the University of Delaware and a B.A. from Denison University. 

Ms. Corbett’s guiding principles and love of education are deep seeded and instilled in her background as a frequent leader in mentoring and volunteer programs throughout her residential moves, including: Vermont, Ohio, Delaware, Massachusetts, Illinois, and now Connecticut. Ms. Corbett served as a member of the Norwalk Public Schools Board of Education (2017-19) and was a member of the design advisory team for Norwalk Board Watch (a grassroots accountability mechanism for the local school board) in 2016-17. Ms. Corbett and her husband live in Fairfield County, Connecticut, with their two young sons. 

Corbett Education Consullting LLC works with a handful of consultants to meet the needs of clients. We also regularly partner with other consulting and research organizations to collaborate on projects. 

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Corbett Education Consulting LLC is a certified woman-owned business in Illinois (BEP). The company is registered in Illinois and is registered as a foreign-entity in Connecticut.