Dr. Michael J. Bakalis

“Dr. Michael J. Bakalis is founder, President and Chief Executive Officer of American Quality Schools. He also serves on the faculty of the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University, where he teaches in the field of public and not-for-profit management and policy and in the area of management and strategy. Bakalis’ administrative experience has been in government and higher education. He has served as Illinois State Superintendent of Education and as Illinois State Comptroller. President Carter appointed him Deputy Undersecretary of Education in the U.S. Department of Education where he administered ten regional office of the department across the United States. He has also held positions as Dean of the School of Education at Loyola University and President of Triton College.”