Kris DeFilippis
About Company
Dr. Kris DeFilippis serves as a Clinical Faculty member and Program Director for Educational Leadership in New York University’s (NYU) Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development. As an executive director/assistant superintendent in the New York City Department of Education, DeFilippis worked directly with the School’s Chancellor, coaching leadership and faculty to apply critical and context-specific improvement science to reduce disproportionality, complete root cause analyses, strategically goal set, and align multi-tiered systems of support to district goals. In addition to district leadership, Dr. DeFilippis has served public education systems for approximately twenty years in roles including a custodian, teacher’s aid, coach, teacher, department chairperson, and building administrator.
Dr. DeFilippis specializes in continuous improvement, design thinking, improvement science, and strategic planning, particularly towards equitable outcomes. He has also worked with leaders at every level and can provide contextual leadership coaching.
Dr. DeFilippis joined HYA as an associate in 2022 and has supported cabinet level searches, and led several districts through a variety of executive and school based leadership coaching and strategic planning initiatives. He is an educator and scholar whose work centers critical inquiry to advance student achievement, shift organizational culture, and focus on contextual strategic planning.
