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 ofTeach 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.
Palmina Fava
Partner
DLA Piper
Christine Fowler-Mack
Former Superintendent
Akron Public Schools
Will Ethridge
Principal
Ethridge Advisors
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
Managing Director
Alix Partners
Mark Zurack (Chairman)
Senior Lecturer in Finance
Columbia Business School
John Deasy (Observer)
President
Bezos Family Foundation
Titola Harley (Observer)
Senior Program Officer
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Lewis Leiboh (Observer)
Deputy Director, Education R&D
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Mike Bezos (Emeritus, Founding Board Member)
Vice President and Co-Founder
Bezos Family 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
Senior Vice-President
LRP Publications
Former Superintendent
Palm Beach County School District
Kenetta Bailey
Senior Vice President
Clear Channel Outdoor
Neeraj Bewtra
Former Managing Director
J.P. Morgan
Emma Bloomberg
Founder & CEO
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 America
Meta
Luyen Chou
Entrepreneur, Education Technology
Former Chief Product Officer 2U
Matthew Ferri
Consulting Partner
PDT Partners
Margo Georgiadis
President and CEO
Ancestry.com
Jesse Hertzberg
Growth Partner
Great Hill Partners
Bradley Horowitz
Vice President and Advisor
Google
John Katzman
Chief Executive Office and Founder
Noodle Education
Former Chairman and Founder
2U
Wendy Kopp
CEO and Co-Founder
Teach for All
Founder
Teach for America
Joshua Lewis
Founder and Managing Principal
Salmon River Capital
Jeff Li
Math Teacher
KIPP Infinity Charter School
Kelly Merryman
CEO
The Capra Project
Joe Negron
Managing Director of Middle School
KIPP NYC
Adam Pisoni
Founder and CEO
Abl Schools
Richard Sarnoff
Chairman of Media, Entertainment, and Education
KKR
Gideon Stein
President
The Moriah Fund
Philip Uri Treisman, PhD
Executive Director
The Charles A. Dana Center at the University of Texas at Austin
Marla Ucelli-Kashyap
Assistant to the President for 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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