Todd Zoellick is an author, educator, attorney, business owner, and frequent lecturer on education, literacy, and policy issues. He is an advocate for children and education across the United States and around the world.

Zoellick is the Founder and President of Zoellick Enterprises, LLC, an education consulting firm specializing in creative and engaging solutions for public, private, charter, and non-traditional schools to transform education systems into high-achieving and effective centers of learning. Zoellick is committed to true education reform and improving education opportunities for all students. He advises clients throughout the Midwest, and works with educational organizations in other parts of the country, as well as internationally. Zoellick is also a university professor and lecturer on education, law, and public policy topics. Additionally, he continues to practice law and advise clients.

Prior to establishing Zoellick Enterprises, Zoellick was the Deputy Secretary's Regional Representative for Region V at the United States Department of Education. He was appointed by President George W. Bush to that role in 2005 and served as one of U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings' top officials for Region V, which included Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin, until 2009. During his tenure at the Department of Education, Zoellick visited thousands of schools throughout the region and actively engaged students, teachers, parents, administrators, business and civic organizations, and government officials to explain education policy and to build bridges between practitioners and policy makers.

Zoellick is committed to children. He works tirelessly for education improvement and reform so all children receive the high-quality education they deserve. He is a champion for children's literacy and believes that the ability to read is one of the greatest gifts we can give a child. Zoellick is thrilled to contribute to children's literature by writing Daniel Harrington Fairbanks the Third and the Dog that Wouldn't Bark.