OUR TEAM
Patty Corum
-Trainer, Developer and Speaker
Dr. Patty Corum is a long-time educational leader who is passionate about the development of adults who take care of children in our schools. With a focus on educational leadership, she has spent the last ten years working with over 40 school districts and universities in Missouri and South Carolina, helping mostly school administrators improve their capacity to communicate effectively, provide meaningful feedback to their faculty and staff and promote better self-awareness and self-care in their roles as educational leaders. Prior to that she spent almost 30 years in public education as a teacher, principal, assistant superintendent for human resources, and deputy superintendent. Along with her educational career, Patty is most grateful for her husband, Dr. Brent Underwood, also a long-time educational leader, her wonderful adult step-children, their spouses and four beautiful grandchildren.
Bryan Corum
-Website Support
Bryan earned his Bachelor’s degree from Columbia College, Columbia, Missouri, and has more than thirty years experience in management, HR and training and development. This alongside ten years of dabbling in website and database management, a handful of amateur writing / editing / publishing forays, seven years in Student Support at the University of Missouri Columbia, and as a Dad, Grandad, Son, Brother and Husband (more than forty years to Jane), contributes to a unique, big-picture perspective and a commitment to lifelong learning.
Kristin Denbow
-Consultant and Trainer
During Dr. Kristin Denbow’s 28 years in public education, she served as the Assistant Superintendent for Learning in the Webster Groves School District, an elementary principal in the City of St. Charles and Webster Groves School Districts and a special education teacher in the Fort Zumwalt and Silex School Districts. Dr. Denbow earned her Educational Doctorate, Educational Specialist and Bachelor’s degrees from University of Missouri-Columbia, and her Master’s degree from Lindenwood University. Along with her consulting work, Dr. Denbow is currently on the executive board of the St. Louis Downtown Neighborhood Association and a Scholar in Residence at the University of Missouri, St. Louis. She is married and the proud bonus mom of two daughters and spoiling grandmother of four granddaughters.
ALICIA UNDERWOOD
- Marketing & PR
With over a decade of experience in social media and influencer marketing, Alicia Underwood has owned multiple agencies and connected the world with nearly a hundred brands. Alicia earned her Bachelor of Journalism degree from Missouri School of Journalism with minors in Psychology and Business. She began her career as a Social Media Specialist at a local agency, writing social media copy for brands such as Walmart and SEARS before leaping into entrepreneurship at 24. Through the years, she's been pushing the creative boundaries of integrating creators, original content, and paid ads as more social channels debut into the scene. Alicia has managed and transformed many local and national businesses, brands’ social media presence, and prominent individuals and authors.