Moira Kelly, President, EXPLO

Moira Kelly is the President of Exploration School, commonly known as EXPLO.  Founded 50 years ago from the halls of MIT, the organization runs two divisions. Its academic enrichment programs have enrolled 90,000+ students in grades 4-12 from 101 countries.  EXPLO Elevate is the organization’s consulting division and has worked with 90+  independent schools in the U.S. and internationally on governance, strategy, program design, and leadership development.  Under Moira’s leadership, EXPLO earned its accreditation from the Middle States Association of Schools and Colleges; developed a teacher training program that has served 1200 aspiring and experienced teachers; designed 100+ experiential courses with industry partners; and built a robust leadership training program.  Moira has served on the board of the Association of Independent Schools in New England, is the Chair of the Committee of Trustees for the Inly School, served on the national advisory board for Bowdoin College admissions, and since 2000 has worked as Associate Producer with the Commission on Presidential Debates.  She earned her undergraduate degree from Bowdoin College and her Juris Doctorate from Boston University.

Crystal Lands, Partner, Leadership + Design

Crystal Land (she/her) is a Partner at L+D. Crystal has spent her career as a leader in independent schools and as a facilitator with schools and teams. Prior to joining L+D, Crystal served as Head of School at The Head-Royce School in Oakland, where she also served in a variety of roles from Assistant Head of School and Admissions Director to English teacher over her 30+ year career. Over the past two decades, Crystal has designed and facilitated workshops for school leaders in the Bay Area and nationwide on topics including strategic planning, developing capacity in leadership teams, school governance, writing and meditation and women in leadership. She writes articles and thought pieces for various publications and has presented locally and nationally on effective school leadership.

Crystal has served on the Boards of the Global OnLine Academy, the Seven Hills School, the CAIS Secondary School Accreditation panel, Vincent Academy, and the California Teacher Development Collaborative (CATDC); she is currently a trustee at Marin Primary and Middle School. She holds a M.A. in English from Middlebury College, a M.A. in Education from Stanford University and a B.A. from U.C. Berkeley in English and Political Science. She appreciates big messy problems and truly enjoys helping leaders and schools find ways to successfully navigate them. She and her husband lives in Marin, CA and are the parents of two adult children and one beloved dog.

Antonio Viva, Partner, Leadership + Design

Antonio Viva (he/him) is a Partner at L+D. He is a designer, educator, and strategic advisor with thirty years of experience working at the intersection of creativity, learning, and organizational leadership. Antonio helps schools and mission-driven organizations imagine new possibilities, design meaningful experiences, and navigate complexity with clarity and curiosity. Before joining L+D, Antonio served as Executive Director of Artisans Asylum in Boston, one of the country’s largest and oldest makerspaces, where he led the organization through a major relocation and expansion of creative studios. Prior to that, he spent twelve years as Head of School at Walnut Hill School for the Arts, guiding the school through significant programmatic growth and launching the nation’s first high school partnership with Boston Ballet. Earlier in his career, Antonio worked as a Senior Research and Design Associate at the Education Development Center, designing national school reform initiatives for the US Department of Education.

He began his career in public schools as a teacher of humanities, arts, and digital media. Antonio holds undergraduate and graduate degrees from Union Graduate College, now part of Clarkson University. His work today focuses on experience design, futurist thinking, strategic leadership, and helping organizations cultivate cultures rooted in curiosity, creativity, and human-centered design. He lives in Boston with his family and two cats and maintains his private art studio on Cape Cod.