Greg Bamford (he/him) is a Co-Founder and Partner at L+D. Prior to this, Greg was Associate Head of School for Strategy and Innovation at Charles Wright Academy in Tacoma, Washington, and Head of School at the innovative Watershed School in Boulder, Colorado. During his time at Watershed, the young school grew to full enrollment and achieved ACIS accreditation for the first time. He is also a former trustee at his alma mater, The Overlake School in Redmond, Washington.

With his experience in school leadership, Greg brings a strategic lens to leadership development, innovation, and change management for Leadership+Design clients. He is particularly passionate about building leadership capacity and the cultural muscle to enact needed change. Greg has been a featured speaker at education conferences nationally and his writing has appeared in publications like Independent School, Net Assets, and The Yield. Greg lives in Tacoma, Washington with his wife and two children.

Isaiah Noriega (he/him) is a partner at Leadership + Design. He is an experienced educator, counselor, and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) practitioner with a passion for student well-being and community building. Isaiah recently served as Dean of Community and Well-being, Chief Diversity Officer, and Founding Director of the Evergreen Institute at Indian Creek School, where he led initiatives that center student well-being, leadership development, and belonging. With a background in clinical-community psychology, Isaiah brings expertise in mental health and organizational psychology to his work. Before joining Leadership+Design full-time, he was a Fellow and a Leader in Residence.

At the heart of Isaiah’s work is a belief in the power of people—their stories, their leadership, and their potential to thrive when truly seen and supported.

Carla Silver (she/her) is the Executive Director and Co-Founder.  She is an experienced independent school educator, school administrator, and experience designer. Carla partners with schools on strategic design and enhancing the work of leadership teams and boards, and she designs experiential learning experiences for leaders in schools at all points in their careers.  She also leads workshops for faculty, administrative teams and boards on Design Thinking, Futurist Thinking, Collaboration and Group Life, and Leadership Development. She has presented regularly at the NAIS annual conference as well as other regional and local seminars, workshops and conferences. 

Antonio Viva (he/him) is a Partner at L+D. He is a designer, educator, and strategic advisor with thirty years of experience helping schools and mission-driven organizations see their world differently and design what comes next. Before joining L+D, Antonio served as Executive Director of Artisans Asylum, one of the country’s largest and oldest makerspaces, where he led a major relocation and helped expand a vibrant community of artists, engineers, and makers. Prior to that, he spent twelve years as Head of School at Walnut Hill School for the Arts, guiding the school through significant programmatic growth and launching the nation’s first high school partnership with Boston Ballet. Earlier in his career, Antonio worked as a Senior Research and Design Associate at the Education Development Center on national school reform initiatives and began his professional life in public schools as a teacher of humanities, arts, and digital media. He holds undergraduate and graduate degrees from Union Graduate College, now part of Clarkson University.