Dr. Antoinette Gutierrez is an educational leader, consultant, and author whose work sits at the intersection of emotional intelligence, equity, and school leadership. A former principal and central-office leader in California, she founded the CALSA Coachella Valley chapter and served as its president, and now works in career technical education, keeping schools calibrated to the pace of industry. Her doctoral research focused on emotional intelligence in educational leadership. She is an active voice in ACSA, CALSA, CABE, and WASC, and has been recognized with honors including the Equity Warrior Award and CALSA’s Honoring Our Own.
Her book, Healing for Leadership: How Emotionally Intelligent Leaders Build Safe, Resilient Teams, guides leaders through the internal work required to build trust and create emotionally safe environments where people thrive.
