Michigan Leadership Fellows
MCAN, in partnership with the Michigan Association of Secondary School Principals, is proud to offer a 18-month fellowship designed to prepare K-12 leaders to become the next generation of equity-minded, transformative school principals across Michigan. Michigan Leadership Fellows is grounded in the 4 Dimensions of Leadership from the Center for Educational Leadership to address overarching questions of how school leadership can ensure equitable postsecondary education opportunities for all Michigan students.
Michigan Leadership Fellows is open to assistant principals, associate principals, district or ISD staff, or school deans who have served in their role for at least three years and have the desire to move into secondary school principalship in the next one to four years.
The application for Cohort 3 is now open! The deadline to apply is Dec. 12, 2025.
If you have questions about this fellowship program, please email Jeneen Hatoum, MCAN director of high school innovation.
2025-26 cohort of Michigan Leadership for Equity and Transformation Fellows:
- Tara Becker-Utess, Mason High School
- Elizabeth (Betsy) Christensen, Bay City Western High School
- Matthew Hawkins, Vicksburg High School
- Nail Jadallah, Fordson High School (Dearborn)
- Amber Kravitsky, Sandusky Jr./Sr. High School
- Darci Merillat, Bay City Central High School
- Maymon Mustafa, Fordson High School (Dearborn)
- Douglas Radcliffe, Woodworth Middle School (Dearborn)
- Fellicia Searles-Powell, Ferndale High School
- Jordan Stoyek, Sashabaw Middle School (Clarkston)
- Anthony Tocco, Henry Ford II High School (Sterling Heights)
- Bridget Warnke, Manistee Middle High School