Robert Proffit has over 28 years of experience coaching teachers, teams, coaches, and administrators.  Coaching pretty much saved his career as a young teacher and he has been passionate ever since about ensuring access to effective collaboration and personalized coaching for all teams and teachers.  During his time as Professional Development Coordinator, Washington County School District has achieved one of the highest teacher retention rates in the state, and some of the highest measures of Student Growth of any large district.  If he ever slows down long enough to write a book, it will be called “The Questions are More Important than the Answers,” “20 years of Site Visits,” or “Where’s my water bottle?” He is married to his personal coach, Peggy, and loves to play ultimate frisbee, create board games, and go trail running with his 5 amazing young adult children.

Carly Maloney is the 2024 Utah State Teacher of the Year. During this time, Maloney started an initiative to celebrate teacher leaders all around Utah. She visits classrooms, honoring and celebrating teachers who were nominated by their school communities as teachers who #leadfromtheclassroom. Maloney had the opportunity to speak with the governor as she represented K-12 education as part of the Utah Priorities Project. She holds numerous leadership roles and has received several prestigious awards, reflecting her dedication to education. Carly is the mom of four. She loves to spend time at Lagoon and Hogle Zoo with her kids. Maloney and her husband have been married for 13 years and reside in Kaysville, Utah.