Dr. Lowell Holtz is an experienced Lutheran elementary school teacher, public school principal and School District Administrator in small rural and large urban settings. His career began as a Lutheran elementary teacher in Minnesota, before returning to Wisconsin to serve as a public school principal in Cambridge and Peshtigo. While serving in Peshtigo he was honored as Wisconsin’s Elementary Principal of the Year and recognized in Washington, D.C., as a National Distinguished Principal. He has served as a School District Administrator in Wisconsin for 14 years, and as the Director of Safety and Transportation for a large district in the Minneapolis Metro area. Dr. Holtz has taught the Legal Aspects of School Administration at Wisconsin Lutheran College and currently serves as the instructor of The Principalship, at Martin Luther College. He and his wife Sue have been blessed with five children who all graduated from Luther Prep and six grandchildren, including one currently enrolled at Luther Prep.

John Meyer (PhD) is the Martin Luther College (MLC) director of graduate studies and teaches graduate-level courses in areas of school leadership, school culture, and change. He regularly presents about educational change at national conferences like the AERA, EDUCAUSE, and Leadership in Higher Education. He has 21 years of experience as a principal and teacher in Lutheran schools.