Director, REL Northwest
Steve Fleischman
Steve Fleischman provides overall leadership and management of REL Northwest. He also serves as the Deputy Executive Officer of Education Northwest (formerly known as Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory), the organization that has managed the regional laboratory since 1966. During the last 25 years, Fleischman has focused on the production, promotion, and use of evidence to drive sustained school improvement. His professional experience includes serving as Vice President at the American Institutes of Research (AIR) and creating and directing the nonprofit Education Quality Institute (EQI). He began his education career as a secondary school social studies teacher and has also served as a Deputy Director of the Educational Issues Department at the American Federation of Teachers.