Our Team

Mike Rutherford provides high-value training and development experiences for educators through his work as a teacher, speaker, author, and consultant. Mike’s work focuses on high-performance teaching and learning, leadership development, creating and leading team-based organizations, and results-based organizational improvement.  

He has created and developed numerous award-winning educational programs for students, teachers, and education leaders including The Artisan Teacher™, Developing the Artisan Teacher™, The Artisan Teacher:  A Field Guide to Skillful Teaching™, Creating the Learning Centered School™, Skillful Observation and Coaching Laboratory™, LeaderNext™, and Requisites of a Leader™.   Formerly a high school chemistry teacher, coach, and middle school principal, Mike received his BA in Education from Indiana State University, his MA in Educational Administration from Fayetteville State University, and his Doctor of Education degree from Morehead State University.

Michael Rutherford, Jr. is a 2011 graduate of The University of North Carolina at Charlotte in Communication Studies.  At RLG, Michael heads website development, customer relationships, publishing, conferences and events, social media, and RLG Media’s development and distribution of PDFs, podcasts, and videos.  And yes, he’s Mike’s son.

Cindy McPhail creates RLG’s graphics, logos, social media elements, print elements, and website art & graphics.  See her work at cindy-mcphail-portfolio.squarespace.com.  Contact Cindy at cindymcphail@icloud.com.  Here’s an excerpt from Cindy’s bio… “Over the last 10 years or so I have become very passionate about logo design and branding. A successful brand positively and clearly distinguishes a company’s products and services from those of its competitors. Statistics confirm that higher quality brands gain greater market share and profitability than their inferior competition. Successful brand creation is huge, challenging, exciting and exactly what I want to keep doing for a long, long time.”

Ryan McGinnis, founder of SND Designs, creates, hosts, and maintains RLG’s internet site www.rutherfordlg.com.  Ryan has provided a variety of digital marketing solutions to clients nationwide since 2009 and has also taught webdesign and blogging at City Arts in Wichita, KS.    Contact Ryan at ryan@snddesigns.com and www.snddesigns.com.

Jeff comes to RLG with over 12 years of Multimedia experience. From 2004-2014, Jeff maintained many roles for 5 different radio stations on the east coast, most recently ESPN 730 in Charlotte as Executive Producer. Jeff received his B.S. degree in communications, from Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia in 2003. For the past 2 years, Jeff has helped several companies across the country with website maintenance, logo creation, video and audio editing, voiceover services, and marketing initiatives. He and his lovely wife Summer live in Charlotte, NC with their dog Colby. Contact Jeff at jeff.foster1202@gmail.com