KELVIN SHAWN SEALEY CV 

Autobiography

Throughout my circuitous professional journey, several distinct facets of my identity have consistently emerged. The most prominent are those of the entrepreneur, the educator, and the research scholar, with an ever-present but less developed facet — the artist — consistently reaching out for more attention. Each facet has risen and fallen in prominence across time, with the educator maintaining the greatest professional consistency. Briefly, this is my story:

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Upon completing my undergraduate studies at the University of Toronto in 1983, I embarked on a multifaceted entrepreneurial career in the US and Canada, which spanned the first decade after uni graduation. During this time, I made strategic investments in real estate, managed a Canadian honey trading enterprise, and launched my first education consulting firm.

In 1993, I transitioned from commerce into independent school education, joining the Packer Collegiate Institute in Brooklyn, New York, as an administrator, eventually becoming dean of students. It was here that my core identity as an educator took shape. During my tenure at Packer, I edited three books, commenced graduate studies, launched my first talk show at New York City’s Schomburg Library, and began teaching media studies at Hunter College and history at York College. Simultaneously, I nurtured an enduring interest in philanthropy, art-making and social enterprise.

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By 1999, after five years at Packer, I ventured into the technology sector, founding my first technology company and establishing a charitable foundation. During this period, I expanded my commercial endeavors, purchasing property in Florida and spending considerable time conducting business in Silicon Valley. However great my tech ambition, this initial foray into the technology sector concluded quietly after two years without major success. Undeterred, I pursued a second technology venture in 2001, though my intellectual property in the project was swiftly acquired by my business partner. Shortly thereafter, in 2002, I returned to graduate studies, dedicating myself to research and writing full time for the next four years.

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At Columbia University, my academic endeavors culminated in the production of my second talk show, Citizen: The Campus Talkshow, and the defense of my dissertation for which Citizen served as primary data. Between 2006 and 2011, I edited two additional books, served as a consultant to the Grenada Mission to the United Nations, became a visiting scholar at Teachers College, and established my third technology company in Grenada.

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In 2011, I returned to independent school education as a faculty member at St. Paul’s School in Concord, New Hampshire, where I remained until 2017. This was followed by a brief tenure at Miami Country Day School as humanities chair, after which I accepted a headship at Dragon Academy in Toronto, Canada, which was ultimately disrupted by the global COVID-19 pandemic. This upheaval prompted a merging of education and entrepreneurship with my co-founding of CaST School in Toronto, where I was founding head, and development of the broader CaST Portfolio for its support. The most successful subsidiary of the portfolio promoted public art projects: large-scale, site-specific public art in Canada. This success in Toronto was the realization of the fullest dimensions of social enterprise and education, and the model of independent school education I created there animates my continued work in Pennsylvania.  

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Today, having moved to Moravian Academy in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania to lead its unique entrepreneurial approach to growing auxiliary revenue, I continue to support the CaST Portfolio as CaST School’s board chair, even while integrating my diverse experiences as an entrepreneur, educator, scholar, and artist into a cohesive professional mission on behalf of Moravian Academy specifically, and independent school generally.