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 brings over 14 years of multimedia experience to RLG, building on a decade of work across multiple East Coast radio stations and a B.S. in Communications from Liberty University (2003). Over the past ten years, he has partnered with companies nationwide as a multimedia content creator specializing in website management, graphic design, photography, and videography.

He is the founder of Actum Media, a full-service production company providing professional photography, videography, and drone services. Jeff and his wife Summer live in Atlanta, Georgia, with their dogs Ben and Lilly.

Contact: jeff@actummedia.com