Doug Carnine, professor emeritus at the University of Oregon and president of the Choose Kindness Foundation, spent the first 20 years of his career focused on improving the achievement of K–12 students who too often fail in school: children of poverty, limited English speakers, and students with disabilities. His scholarly works have been cited in over 5,000 books and journals from around the world. He spent the next 12 years of his career leading a campaign to increase the importance of evidence in education decision-making. This campaign involved working with business and government groups, ranging from large cities like Los Angeles to the U.S. Congress and the U.S. Department of Education. He received a presidential appointment, with Senate confirmation, to the National Institute for Literacy Advisory Board and later received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Council for Exceptional Children. For the past 12 years, he has focused on mindful kindness, first coordinating the all-volunteer Spreading Kindness Campaign for Lane County, Oregon, and then launching the multimillion-dollar Choose Kindness Foundation that works with schools, businesses, prisons, and social service agencies across the United States.