Mr. Brian Sinchak

Brian Sinchak serves as President of Lakewood Catholic Academy, a regional elementary school in Cleveland, Ohio. Lakewood Catholic Academy serves approximately 720 students from six weeks old through eighth grade. Brian is a frequent presenter at state and national conferences including a regional TEDx conference and is passionate about educational innovation. His leadership in education has earned recognition by the National Catholic Education Association where he served on the advisory committee for marketing and communications and has authored for the organization’s magazine, Momentum. Brian’s educational leadership helped Lakewood Catholic Academy become Ohio’s very first Catholic elementary school to be designated an International Baccalaureate World School as well as a School of Innovation by Today’s Catholic Teacher Magazine. An advocate for global education focusing on service and social justice, Brian has organized student and teacher volunteer experiences in Ecuador, Nicaragua, Kenya, India, and China. He has continued his own graduate studies in Diversity and Inclusion at Cornell University. Brian has served as an award-winning speech and debate coach and theatre director for both high school and middle school students. He is a strong proponent of the inclusion of communications classes into the core curriculum.