Dr. Mark Covelle is an education leader, keynote speaker, and strategist whose work sits at the intersection of leadership, career-connected learning, and school design. With experience spanning traditional K–12 classrooms, school leadership, and career and technical education, he brings a rare perspective on how schools can be redesigned to prioritize engagement, relevance, and real-world readiness.

Over more than two decades in public education, from English teacher to building-level administration to career and technical education leadership, Dr. Covelle has built a reputation for challenging outdated narratives and helping leaders rethink what it truly means to prepare students for the future.

His guiding belief is simple: all education is career education. Whether students pursue college, the trades, the military, or entrepreneurship, schools must be intentionally designed to develop purpose, agency, and real capability.

Dr. Covelle holds degrees from Boston College, Wilkes University, Lehigh University, and Drexel University, where he earned his doctorate in educational leadership. His academic foundation, paired with applied system-level leadership experience, informs his work in school culture, leadership development, and organizational improvement.

He currently serves as the Administrative Director of the Middle Bucks Institute of Technology. In this role, his work focuses on leadership development, modern career-connected learning, and helping schools align instruction with the realities of a changing workforce.

Beyond his on-site leadership and speaking, Dr. Covelle is an active voice in education media. He hosts the aMBITious podcast and regularly contributes to national conversations through podcast appearances, conference panels, and professional forums focused on leadership, innovation, and storytelling in education.

Dr. Covelle’s work also includes international engagement centered on career and technical education and workforce systems. He has represented Pennsylvania CTE as part of global education delegations and continues to collaborate with international partners to study innovative approaches to workforce preparation and leadership development.

As a keynote speaker, Dr. Covelle is known for delivering sessions that are clear, relevant, and grounded in real-world leadership experience. His presentations challenge education leaders to rethink engagement, readiness, and system design, while offering practical frameworks that can be applied immediately. He regularly speaks to superintendents, principals, educators, policymakers, and education organizations navigating the evolving demands placed on schools.

Dr. Covelle remains actively involved in national and state education organizations, including ACTE, NCLA, SREB, and PACTA.

Grounded in purpose and driven by impact, Dr. Covelle works with education leaders ready to move beyond tradition and toward intentional design, building systems where engagement, relevance, and opportunity are embedded, not added on.