Malcolm Gauld has spent 45+ years traveling what he calls "the character ed lane." Most of this time has been spent at Hyde School where he has served as president (1998-2018), head of school (1987-1998), teacher (government, history, English, and music), coach of championship teams in four different sports, dean of admissions and students. In 2018 Malcolm established the Hyde Institute, an organization devoted to developing new platforms designed to share impactful character-based learning opportunities with schools across the United States and beyond. The Institute's inaugural initiative is the Discovery Process, an on-line school culture improvement program for middle and secondary schools. His latest book Culture by Design - The Discovery Process as a New Way for Schools (Rowman Littlefield, 2023) explains the philosophy and methodologies of the program. Malcolm is also the author of two books on college readiness: College Success Guaranteed - 5 Rules To Make It Happen (Rowman, Littlefield - 2011) and CSG 2.0 - 5 Rules for Parents (R,L - 2014). 2022 marks the 20th anniversary of the publication of The Biggest Job We’ll Ever Have – The Hyde School Program for Character-based Education and Parenting (Scribner), a parenting book he and his wife Laura co-authored. A Mandarin Chinese version of the book was released in 2018 in China where it has been enthusiastically received. A Hyde graduate, Malcolm received his B.A. at Bowdoin College and his Masters at Harvard's Graduate School of Education. In 1995, he was a 1995 Klingenstein Fellow at Teachers College, Columbia University. He began his professional career at Trinity-Pawling School (NY) as a teacher and coach. After receiving his Masters degree, he spent two years in the business world as the Director of Education and Training at The Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company in Boston. A lifelong athlete, Gauld continues to play basketball, Grand Masters lacrosse, has completed several marathons, and is active in water sports. He has also completed SEA Paddle NYC, a 26-mile stand-up paddle circumnavigation of the island of Manhattan. He is passionate about music, especially rock, jazz and blues. He has been married to Laura Denton Gauld for 42 years. Laura currently serves as President of School. They have three grown children -- Mahalia, Scout, and Harrison -- and live in Bath, Maine.