Dr. Leah Spangler is the founding Chief Executive Officer of The Learning Lamp & Ignite Education Solutions, a Johnstown, PA-based nonprofit with a mission of engaging all students in the support they need to succeed. The organization serves more than 36,000 students, ages birth to 18, each year in 51 school districts and 19 counties of Pennsylvania.
Spangler is vice chair of State Advisory Council for Pennsylvania’s Office of Child Development and Early Learning and a member of the board for the Pennsylvania Association for the Education of Young Children and PA Humanities. In addition, Spangler teaches leadership and management courses at courses Saint Francis University and Mount Aloysius College. A graduate of Temple and Northwestern universities, Spangler completed her doctorate in Leadership and Administration at Point Park University and is a former Pennsylvania Education Policy fellow.
