Our Team
About the Founder & CEO
Dr. Willie N. Brewster III is an educator, researcher, and wellness advocate who transforms how helping professionals approach burnout and sustainable success. As founder and CEO of InterconnectED LLC, Dr. Brewster brings a unique perspective born from lived experience—a former highly effective teacher and transformational principal who achieved remarkable success before experiencing his own burnout.
After leaving the principalship in 2022, Dr. Brewster earned his Doctor of Education from Teachers College, Columbia University, focusing on how coaching supports educators in managing emotional job demands. His signature workshops consistently achieve 96-100% participant satisfaction, and his JAR framework—Joy, Adventure, and Rest—has helped thousands build sustainable balance. His rhythm philosophy and system has helped people build routines, habits and practices to achieve the highest version of themselves personally and professionally.
Dr. Brewster created BalancED to democratize coaching supports for people who help people, providing research-informed tools that help high-capacity professionals prevent burnout and build lives rooted in clarity, intentionality, and sustainable success.
About the Chief Product Officer
Justin Washington is a product strategist focused on helping people move from burnout to a more sustainable, meaningful pace of life.
With a background in Learning Experience Design, he approaches his work through a simple lens: the best tools do more than organize your time, they shape how you live it.
As Chief Product Officer of InterconnectED, Justin advises on the development of tools and experiences that support that vision, helping ensure they are practical, intuitive, and grounded in real life. His work is rooted in a belief that balance is not something you find once, but something you practice consistently over time.
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