Richard “Lennon” Audrain (enrolled member of the Shawnee Tribe and Cherokee Nation) is a research assistant professor in Arizona State University’s Mary Lou Fulton College for Teaching and Learning Innovation. He leads the educator pathways, innovation and policy initiatives for the Next Education Workforce Initiative. Previously, he led an $8.2 million U.S. Department of Education Teacher & School Leader grant, awarded to ASU in partnership with Mesa Public Schools, to redesign human capital management systems to support the design, building, and scale of team-based staffing models across the district.
