Dr. Alison Huguley

Dr. Alison Huguley is the Chief Executive Officer of All Excel Consulting Inc., which supports schools, districts, nonprofit agencies, and advocacy groups in promoting racially equitable and culturally responsive leadership. She leverages her over 25 years’ experience in education as a special education teacher, literacy specialist, school leader, and district administrator to help organizations and individuals build and sustain the capacity and coalitions necessary to create broad improvements in early literacy instruction and equitable leadership. Based in Pittsburgh, Dr. Huguley supports collaborators across the country, and recent partners include FHI 360, The New York City Leadership Academy, Portland (OR) Public Schools, Pittsburgh Public Schools, Black Women for A Better Education (Pittsburgh, PA), The Oasis Project (Pittsburgh, PA), The Great First Eight curriculum design team (University of Michigan), and the University of Pittsburgh Office of Child Development.

Dr. Huguley hosts virtual and in-person executive coaching and professional learning facilitation in several target domains, areas such as continuous improvement cycles, special education, the science of reading research, summer learning, culturally responsive leadership, and anti-racist practices across organizational levels. Prior to consulting, she served as Assistant Superintendent in Pittsburgh Public Schools, where she oversaw the management of a network of 15 schools, in the process stewarding strategy, operations, and the direct supervision and mentoring of school leaders across the network.

Dr. Huguley started her public education career at River East Elementary School in East Harlem, where she taught for six years, and then led as principal for another six years after attending the New York City Leadership Academy. As principal at River East, Dr. Huguley founded the Early Bird Literacy Tutorial program, redefined the school’s Special Education and Inclusion programs, and fostered a culture where motivated teachers transformed students’ lives by stirring their love for learning. A strong leader in touch with the dynamic process of teaching and learning, she holds to core beliefs about educational equity, evidence-based research practices, literacy, instructional quality, community engagement, compassionate teaching, and service learning.

Dr. Huguley received a bachelor’s degree in psychology and education from Swarthmore College, a master’s degree in special education from Bank Street College, a certificate degree in the teaching of reading from Fordham University, and a doctorate in educational leadership from Harvard University.