Brendan Hoyle is the director of arts and innovation at Norfolk Collegiate School in Norfolk, Virginia. Previously at NCS, Hoyle served as the chair of both the fine and performing arts department and the design thinking and computing department as well as theater director and coordinator of maker education. Brendan has worked in arts and creative education for the past 20 years. Brendan has a master’s degree in education from Vanderbilt University and a bachelor’s degree from Sarah Lawrence College.