Dr. Byron Ernest was the 2010 Indiana “Teacher of the Year” and 2011 Christopher Columbus Foundation Outstanding National Agriscience Teacher. Additionally, Byron was awarded the Lilly Endowment Distinguished Fellow Teacher Creativity Grant, the Smithsonian Teacher Ambassador Diffusion Award, and Inspire Education’s Mentor of Excellence Award, among many other accolades. Now, he’s set his sights on being the source of growth development for educators and aspiring leaders from other industries everywhere as a veritable “map to the stars.”