About
Aaron L. Polansky: Speaker and Author
Aaron has served in the capacity of coach, teacher, or administrator at all levels of education from pre-K through college. He currently serves as a Superintendent in the state of Massachusetts and recently earned his Certificate in School Management and Leadership (CSML) from the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Aaron worked in the private sector as the Executive Sales Manager and designer for a multi-million dollar landscape construction company and as the Director of Massachusetts USA Wrestling (affiliate of the United States Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado) for ten years. He was the Director of Athletics for the 2003 Dalton Award Winning Hopkinton Department of Athletics, a 2x Wrestling Coach of the Year, 2011 Wrestling USA Magazine Massachusetts Man of the Year, 2013 NASSP MA Assistant Principal of the Year, was presented with the Frederick Douglass Award in 2015 for his contributions to 'at-risk' youth, and serves as a Keynote Speaker for events nationwide. Aaron released his first book, Dolphins in Trees in 2018. Dolphins in Trees has been used to guide leadership teams, school systems, cultural expectations, and family values throughout the country and internationally. His second book, Beyond Us, has received national attention and was written about, and illustrated by, one of his students. Aaron’s third book, Finding Purpose, was published in June of 2021 as a tool to help readers move beyond doubt to a place of inspired action.