Mike Feinberg is Co-Founder of the KIPP (Knowledge Is Power Program) Foundation and the Superintendent of KIPP Houston, which includes two middle schools, an early childhood and elementary school and high school. After graduating from the University of Pennsylvania, Mike joined Teach For America and taught fifth grade in Houston, Texas. In 1994, he co-founded the Knowledge Is Power Program (KIPP) with Dave Levin and established KIPP Academy Houston a year later. 

Mike has been awarded the Jefferson Award for Outstanding Public Service from the City of Houston; the Crystal Award; the Seed of Freedom Award by the Gulfton Area Neighborhood Organization (GANO); and the Heritage Foundation's Salvatori Prize for American Citizenship. In 2004, Mike was named an Ashoka Fellow, awarded to leading social entrepreneurs with innovative solutions and the potential to change patterns across society.

In 2005, he was the commencement speaker for the University of Pennsylvania College of Arts and Sciences. Today, KIPP is a network of over 45 high-performing schools around the nation. KIPP has been featured on CBS Sixty Minutes and ABC World News Tonight, and in The New York Times, Houston Chronicle, and Washington Post.

Mike is married to Colleen Dippel, and on April 30, 2005, they welcomed their pride and joy, Gus, to the world.