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Delavan, Maxwell, and Sena join leadership institute faculty

April 4, 2022—The Association of Technology Leaders in Independent Schools (ATLIS), the only professional association for independent school technology directors, announced today the selection of three new faculty for its premier leadership programming.

• Ethan Delavan, Director of Technology, Systems and Extended Programs, The Bush School (Washington)
• Dr. Marsha Maxwell, Head of Technology and Innovation, Atlanta International School (Georgia)
• Anne Sena, Director of Technology, St. David’s School (North Carolina)

Continuing members of the ATLIS Leadership Institute faculty are Peter Antupit, Chief Information Officer at Crystal Springs Uplands School (California), and Susan Davis, Professional Development Director for ATLIS. 

The ATLIS Leadership Institute is a year-long professional development program designed specifically to grow the leadership skills of technology professionals working in independent schools. The Institute is built around a cohort model, employs five key challenges that technology leaders face at the schools they serve, and culminates in a capstone project where teams design a new resource for the broader educational technology community. Institute fellows are each partnered with a technology leader from the independent school world for additional coaching and mentoring. Applications for the Institute are currently being reviewed for the 2022-2023 cohort.

More about the most recent additions to the ATLIS Leadership Institute faculty.


Ethan Delavan
Director of Technology, Systems and Extended Programs
The Bush School, WA
Ethan Delavan has been teaching, consulting, and leading in the Seattle area since 1995. He is currently Director of Technology, Systems and Extended Programs at The Bush School, where he founded the Middle School Media Festival, the Seattle Techathon, and the Robotics Collaborative. Delavan attended the very first ATLIS Conference and has been an enthusiastic contributor to the community ever since, serving as a coach for the ATLIS Leadership Institute, as well as contributing to the ATLIS Think Tank and chairing the ATLIS Annual Conference Advisory Committee in 2021.  Along with Anne Sena, he will deliver the first-ever ATLIS Leadership Spotlight at this year’s annual conference in Orlando on the topic of “Igniting Change Leadership with Intention.” The Spotlight brings together fellows who have completed ATLIS Leadership Institute to further develop their leadership skills with a new critical focus each year.

Dr. Marsha Maxwell
Head of Technology and Innovation
Atlanta International School, GA
With more than 25 years of strategic, tactical, and operational technology experience, Dr. Marsha Maxwell harnesses the power of emerging technologies and neuroscience to enhance how educators can engage students and to foster a culture of innovation in organizations. Maxwell has been an active member of the ATLIS Think Tank and Annual Conference Advisory Committee; she currently co-chairs the ATLIS DEI Advisory Committee and serves as a coach for the ATLIS Leadership Institute. Her areas of expertise include education technology, innovation leadership, strategic analysis and decision-making, and the intersection of equity and inclusion with technology. 

Anne Sena
Director of Technology
St. David's School, NC
Anne Sena has been in IT and operations roles throughout her career, leading successful change at all levels of global corporate and school organizations.  After almost two decades at a Fortune 100 global IT company, Sena intentionally transitioned into the Director of Technology position at St. David’s School in Raleigh to apply her experience and expertise in support of education. At St. David’s School, she has successfully led projects to revamp the school’s website presence, as well as to adopt new learning management and school information systems. Anne has been a strong supporter of ATLIS over the years, leading discussions for its Information System User Group and mentoring fellows in several cohorts of the ATLIS Leadership Institute. Along with Ethan Delavan, she will deliver the first-ever ATLIS Leadership Spotlight at this year’s annual conference in Orlando on the topic of “Igniting Change Leadership with Intention.”