Leadership

Co-Founders

Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer

Co-Founder

Leadership

Our team possesses a collective 300+ years of teaching experience, and many of our leaders previously served in key roles in leading educational and technology-based organizations.

President of Teach to One

Chief Financial and Administrative Officer

Chief Academic Officer

Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer

Vice President of Sales and Marketing

Vice President of Policy and Advocacy

Board of Directors

The New Classrooms Board of Directors provides strategic direction and oversight for the organization.

Will Ethridge 

Principal
Ethridge Advisors

Palmina Fava

Chief Integrity Officer
The Magnum Ice Cream Company

Christine Fowler-Mack

Former Superintendent
Akron Public Schools

Matthew Gross

Founder and Executive Chair
Newsela

Dennis Miller

Former President
The CW Network

Matthew Pittinsky

CEO
Parchment

Rick Segal

Managing Partner
Banyan Seed Ventures

Rob Stavis

Partner
Bessemer Venture Partners

Lawrence Young

Senior Managing Director
Alix Partners

Mark Zurack (Chairman)

Senior Lecturer in Finance
Columbia Business School

Mike Bezos (Emeritus, Founding Board Member)

Vice President and Co-Founder
Bezos Family Foundation

John Deasy (Observer)

President
Bezos Family Foundation

Titiola Harley (Observer)

Senior Program Officer
The Gates Foundation

Lewis Leiboh (Observer)

Deputy Director, Education R&D
The Gates Foundation

Co-founder Joel Rose also serves on the Board of Directors.

Board of
Advisors

The New Classrooms Board of Advisors is a volunteer team of prominent education leaders who provide strategic guidance on academic and organizational issues including learning progressions, program research, evaluation design, school culture, teacher professional development, organizational design, fiscal management, governmental relations and communications.

Susan Asiyanbi

Founder & CEO
The Olori Network

Robert Avossa

CEO
K-12 Leadership Matters, LLC.
Former Superintendent
Palm Beach County School District

Kenetta Bailey

Senior VP of Marketing
Clear Channel Outdoor Americas

Neeraj Bewtra

Former Managing Director
J.P. Morgan

Emma Bloomberg

CEO and Founder
Murmuration

Doug Borchard

Managing Partner
New Profit Inc.

Chris Cerf

Former Commissioner of Education
State of New Jersey

Albert Chan

Director, Head of Sales, Small Business Group – North
Meta

Luyen Chou

Co-Founder & CEO
DeweyLearn, Inc.

Margo Georgiadis

Co-Founder & CEO
Montai Therapeutics

Jesse Hertzberg

Former Growth Partner
Great Hill Partners

Bradley Horowitz

General Partner
Wisdom Ventures

John Katzman

Chief Executive Officer & Founder
Noodle Education
Former Chairman & Founder
2U

Wendy Kopp

CEO and Co-Founder
Teach for All
Founder
Teach for America

Joshua Lewis

Adjunct Professor
The Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth

Kelly Merryman

Chief Executive Officer
The Wonder Project

Joe Negron

Co-Founder
KIPP Beyond Middle School NYC

Richard Sarnoff

Partner and Chairman of Media, Entertainment, and Education
KKR

Gideon Stein

President
Moriah Fund

Philip Uri Treisman, Ph.D.

Executive Director
The Charles A. Dana Center at the University of Texas at Austin

Marla Ucelli-Kashyap

Senior Director, Educational Issues
American Federation of Teachers

Tom Vander Ark

Founder
Getting Smart

Gene Wilhoit

CEO
Center for Innovation in Education
Former Executive Director
Council of Chief State School Officers


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