Your Experts
Trevor A. Dawes
Trevor brings more than two decades of leadership experience in higher education and library management. A nationally recognized voice in the field, he partners with institutions across the country to strengthen library effectiveness, organizational culture, and institutional impact. Through Inclusive Knowledge Solutions, Trevor delivers high-impact workshops, consulting, and training that help library professionals lead with purpose, navigate change, and build more inclusive, collaborative, and resilient workplaces.
Inclusive Leadership expert
Russell Michalak
Inclusive Leadership expert
Russell brings more than 20 years of experience in library transformation, with expertise in assessment, emerging technologies, EdTech, AI literacy, project management, and organizational change. Through Inclusive Knowledge Solutions, he helps libraries and higher education professionals build more equitable, collaborative, and human-centered workplaces by delivering high-impact workshops, consulting, and training that help library and higher educational professionals lead with purpose. His work focuses on integrating AI tools ethically, strengthening library operations, and creating cultures rooted in inclusion, respect, and shared learning.
Our Combined Expertise
Together, Trevor and Russell are redefining institutional culture. They create inclusive, equitable learning environments where culture drives change far beyond strategy alone.