With more than 30 years of education experience, Corinne Vinal is a Facilitator & Coach at The Leadership Academy. She works with clients who include system leaders, principals, assistant principals, and other school-level leaders, providing coaching support and designing and delivering professional learning focused on student-centered practice and talent development.
Corinne joined The Leadership Academy in 2014 as a facilitator and coach for the organization’s work with aspiring principals. In her time with The Leadership Academy, she’s partnered with districts and systems in Arizona, Nevada, New York, Michigan, and Pennsylvania, helping education leaders in public and charter school systems, as well as blended learning schools. Corinne’s work has also included facilitating professional learning for leaders at education nonprofits and helping to grow the next generation of leaders by supporting engagements with students at Bank Street College of Education and Harvard University’s Graduate School of Education.
She started her education career as a teacher before later becoming a school leader. Her connection to The Leadership Academy began when she was a member of the organization’s first Aspiring Principals Program cohort. She was later a mentor principal to other aspiring leaders as they went through that same program. Corinne was previously the principal at Manhattan Center for Science & Mathematics in New York City, as well as the founding principal of Sunset Park High School in Brooklyn, New York.
A graduate of Baruch College with a Master of Public Administration, Corinne also earned two degrees in English—a Master of Arts from the State University of New York at Albany, and a Bachelor of Arts from Wagner College. She also holds a Sixth Year Certificate in Educational Leadership & Administration from City University of New York, College of Staten Island. Corinne is based in New York City.
