Lindsey Gunn, Ph.D.

Senior Associate     
lgunn@cambridgestrategics.com
Office: 800-343-4590

A native of Arkansas, Dr. Lindsey Gunn completed a Bachelor of Arts in Education degree in mathematics at the University of Mississippi where he also lettered as equipment manager for the Ole Miss football program. While serving in a variety of youth ministries in the Dallas area, he completed a Master of Arts degree at Dallas Theological Seminary. Subsequently, he earned both a Master of Education degree in guidance and counseling and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in higher education at the University of North Texas.

During his nineteen year career in the Plano Independent School District, a high performing suburban school system north of Dallas, Texas, Dr. Gunn served as high school math teacher, high school and senior high school guidance counselor, senior high school assistant principal, district research and planning analyst, and district director of quality improvement. As Director of Quality Improvement, his primary focus was the district’s strategic planning process, school improvement process and Total Quality initiatives. He also conducted workshops and directed projects as requested by the superintendent.

Plano ISD honors include Vines High School Teacher of the Year, Ross Perot Excellence in Teaching Award, National Distinguished Service Registry in Counseling and Development, and inclusion in several Who’s Who publications. Notable accomplishments include providing internal support for the district’s initial strategic planning effort, establishing planning at each school as a natural extension of the district’s strategic planning process, facilitating development of the district’s structure for School Based Improvement, and leading the district’s first efforts in the investigation and application of Total Quality.

Dr. Gunn currently provides training, facilitation and consultation in strategic planning and related efforts as Senior Associate with Cambridge Strategic Services, the firm recognized as the leading developer and premier provider of strategic planning services for school systems. He has conducted training sessions throughout the United States and abroad, and has provided facilitation services for more than 100 organizations in over 25 states.

Dr. Gunn’s domestic clients include school systems in Homewood, Alabama; Salinas, San Mateo and Tiburon, California; Alachua County and Polk County, Florida; DeKalb County, Georgia; Amesbury, Massachusetts; Detroit, Michigan; Hattiesburg, Pascagoula and Jones County, Mississippi; Belton, Missouri; Clovis, New Mexico; Wake County, North Carolina; Cincinnati (Milford), Cleveland (Polaris Career Center) and Trenton (Edgewood), Ohio; Austin (Eanes), Carrollton-Farmers Branch, Frisco, Highland Park, Klein, Plano, and Weatherford, Texas; Manassas and Newport News, Virginia; and New Berlin, WI. Other clients include Central Baptist College, Conway, Arkansas; Jacksonville College, Jacksonville, Texas; Ohio Department of Education High Schools That Work; Region 17 Education Service Center, Lubbock, Texas; Texas Association of Secondary School Principals; and The University of Mississippi