B. Keith Simerson, Ed.D. serves as a Board Member of the Hispanic Innovation Center Chicago Foundation. He has 30 years of experience providing consultation, executive coaching, and leadership development in the areas of strategy formulation and execution. He is the co-author of Leading with Strategic Thinking and four additional books including Strategic Planning: A Practical Guide. In addition to his private practice, B.K. instructs graduate courses in the MSLOC program at Northwestern University, Evanston, IL. He holds an Ed.D. (with a concentration in Management and Organization Development) from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, and a Master’s Degree in Administration, Supervision, Higher Education from Appalachian State University.