Bio
Felix Yerace has over two decades of experience working in both the education and nonprofit sectors, working with both students and adults in individual and group contexts.
Currently, Felix is an educator at the South Fayette School District, where among other responsibilities he teaches two semester long leadership classes for high school students, using a curriculum he designed. Working with the University of Pittsburgh, he helped establish a College in High School (CHS) Leadership course for high school students. Felix has completed the International Leadership Association (ILA) Leadership Education Academy. Felix also teaches a semester-long elective in Applied Positive Psychology at his school.
Felix also serves on the Executive Board for the Pennsylvania Association of Student Councils (PASC), where he helps plan and execute leadership programs for middle and high school students across the state. At his own school, he has helped his students raise hundreds of thousands of dollars for charity through student council. He is also coadvisor for the SF BeWell organization, an affiliate of the national Work2BeWell organization.
Felix also served a two-year term as an adult member of the NASSP Student Leadership Advisory Committee, where he helped create a student leadership and engagement initiative on Global Citizenship that was offered to over 30,000 schools in the US. He was also the 2019 National Student Council Conference host adviser.
Felix also has served as President of the Board of Directors of The Global Switchboard, a nonprofit in Pittsburgh, and is on the Executive Board for Pennsylvania ASCD and a member of the Pennsylvania Teachers Advisory Committee. He is also a peer reviewer for the International Journal of Servant-Leadership.
Felix has presented at numerous conferences to both students and adults, including the National Conference on Student Activities, the Pennsylvania ASCD Conference, the Western Pennsylvania Principals Academy, the Michigan Student Leadership State Conference, and the RYLA District 7300 Conference. He is also a faculty member for the NASSP NHS State Summit Series and has taught Project Management and Sociology through the Jesuit Worldwide Learning - Higher Education at the Margins program.
Felix has been recognized for his work by being named a 2015 ASCD emerging leader in education and the 2010 PASC high school student council advisor of the year, among other awards.
In addition to his MAPP degree, Felix holds a BA degree from the University of Pittsburgh (History, Political Science, Economics), a Master of Education degree from Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania, a Master of Public Management degree from the H. John Heinz III College at Carnegie Mellon University, and a Ph.D. in Leadership Studies from Gonzaga University.
