Delia Stafford is president and CEO of the Haberman Educational Foundation (HEF). She has a bachelor's in education from Harding University in Searcy, Arkansas, and a master's in education administration, elementary education, and teaching from Texas Southern University. In 1994, Stafford chartered the HEF to promote the research of Martin Haberman. Thanks largely to the foundation, Haberman's education models are being used in more than 370 school districts across the United States, especially in schools with large populations of students who are classified as at risk.