John Hudson has been an educator for forty four years. During that time he has served as the principal of seven high schools and one middle school in three states. Concerned with issues related to at risk youth for his entire career, he has consulted with school districts in eight states on a wide variety of issues including Suicide Prevention & Intervention, Drug and Alcohol Abuse Prevention & Intervention, School Climate, and School Leadership. He has chaired the Governor’s Select Commission on Adolescent Suicide for Arizona; served as a member of the National Association of Secondary School Principals institute staff focused on issues relating to at risk and disaffected youth. He has also served as the Project Manager for the Texas High School Redesign and Restructuring Grant Program and served as the Program Coordinator for the Texas Turnaround Leadership Academy.  Most recently he has consulted for with a variety of non-profit organizations focused on restorative justice, positive school discipline and related educational policy as well as factors related to the School to Prison Pipeline. He has graduate and undergraduate degrees in education from Boston State College and a graduate degree in Organizational Leadership from Teachers College, Columbia University.