Team
We are passionate idealists who see a new future for education.
Kareem Farah, CEO & Co-Founder
Robert Barnett, Chief Innovation Officer
Aubrey White, President & Chief Growth Officer
Megan McGregor-Olivares, Vice President of Programs
Lisa Doty, Senior Manager, Teacher Leadership
Emily Dia, Senior Director of Educator Support
Toni Rose Deanon, Senior Manager, Community Engagement
Zawadi B. Walker, Executive Assistant to the CEO & CGO
Allison Vanterpool, Director of Revenue Operations
Samantha du Preez, Senior Director of Marketing and Community Engagement
Molly Hyde, Salesforce Administrator
James Edmond Jr., Vice President of Partnerships
Matt Hickson, Head of Partner Transformation
Calla Miller, Director of Customized Curriculum Solutions
Kristen Stone, Senior Director of Partner Engagement
Emily Persons, Senior Director of Research
Sarah Fawzy, Director of HR
Michael Hakkarinen, Partnerships Director
Tameko Collins, Senior Manager, Educator Support
Kendal Giacomini, Senior Manager, Math Curriculum Development
Chandra Price, Program Operations Manager
Tony Xiao, Senior Manager, Educator Support
Terri Lichlyter, Senior Manager, Program Operations & Systems
Bob Shaw, Partnerships Director
Donnie Whitten, Head of National Partnerships
Alyson Kong, Senior Development Manager
Moriah Munsch, Accounting Clerk
Jackie Fischer, Senior Manager, Partner Engagement
Jessie Lake, Vice President of Product
Kaya Monsen, Director of Math Curriculum Development (Secondary)
Ebony Paster, Director of Learning Design
Mia Flowers, Project Manager, Strategic Initiatives
Sophia Kor, Partner Engagement Manager
Kimberley Nichols, Educator Support Manager
Elisabet Lopez, Math Curriculum Development Manager
Danielle Maciejewski, Math Curriculum Development Manager
Meredith Rosenthal, Director of Math Curriculum Development
Leigh Edmonson, Senior Manager, Educator Support
Paul O'Donoghue, Educator Support Manager
Drake Allsop, Math Curriculum Development Manager
Sean Kim, Vice President of Finance and Administration
Heather Novitski, Math Curriculum Development Manager
Rob Walnock, Senior Director of Curriculum Solutions
Mika Iwasaki, Math Curriculum Development Manager
Sarah Randles, Educator Support Manager
Byron Dover, Head of Engineering
Emmanuel Del Rio, Senior Manager, Educator Support
Lauren Coleman, Senior Director of Curriculum Initiatives
Abigail Donovan, Senior Manager, Research and Development
Erica Dziato, Math Curriculum Development Manager (Secondary)
We couldn’t do this work without our amazing Modern Classroom educators and teacher leaders pushing the movement forward.
Board of Directors
Ned Mandel, Vice Chair
Former Owner and President, AKJ Educational Services
Roger Sherman, Chair
Founder, Waneta Strategies, LLC, and Of Counsel at Jenner & Block
Till Bechtolsheimer
Co-Founder and CEO, Arosa Capital Management
Carmen Coleman
Chief of Transformational Leading and Learning, Ohio Valley Education Cooperative
Shawna Dix
Principal, Browne Education Campus, DC Public Schools.
Arman Gokgol-Kline
Partner at Ruane, Cunniff & Goldfarb LP (an investment firm based in New York City)
Tanganyika Millard
Management Support Director of High Schools, Prince William County Public Schools
Kareem Farah
Chief Executive Officer and
Co-Founder, Modern Classrooms Project
Dan Friedman
Founder, Thinkful
Tom Fry
Venture Advisor,
TGF Advisory Services
Stephanie Kapsis
Founder and CEO,
The Gathering Project, LLC
Tracey Strauss
Acting CEO at Stealth, and Senior Advisor at A-Street
Dawn Lepore
Former CEO and Chairman
of the Board, Drugstore.com