Danielle ‘Nell’ Thompson, PhD CCC-SLP, is a coach, influencer, literacy leader, teacher of teachers and, insatiably curious about all things that make people’s lives better. She is an agent of positive change working to help leaders and educators re-think, unlearn, and up-level their knowledge, leadership skills, instructional practices, and collective impact. From her rural roots in North Dakota to her time spent as a Peace Corps volunteer in a school for the deaf she spent a decade working as a PreK-12 Speech Language Pathologist and Educator in Colorado, Montana, and Alaska public schools and Head Starts.

And then one day, Dr. Nell realized she needed to do more for those who could not read and who were not being reached due to broken systems. She spent the next decade studying and researching, she became one of the original national LETRS trainers, and she obtained two leadership coaching certifications. Currently, she reaches and teaches leaders and educators as the President and Founder of The Transformative Reading Teacher Group, President of The Reading League Montana, as a Certified High Performance Coach, a Maxwell Certified Leadership Speaker and Coach, and the Founder and creative force for change behind the The Big Sky Literacy Summit.