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President
Dan Caton is Executive Vice President of McGraw-Hill School Education Group, where he leads the program development and product marketing activities for all PreK-12 educational programs and services. Dan previously served as President of McGraw-Hill Learning Group, the McGraw-Hill publisher of special needs and supplemental print and technology instructional materials. Dan began his career as a middle school teacher in southern California. He moved to educational publishing, where he oversaw the creation of educational programs in nearly all areas of elementary and secondary publishing. Dan also served in marketing capacities, most notably in product management and as a supervisor of market research. Beginning in 1986, Dan also supervised the development of electronic education, beginning with stand-alone disc-based software and moving on to early CD-ROM development. He later oversaw development of some of the first educational web pages in the areas of biology, chemistry, physics, and elementary and secondary mathematics. Dan then served as Vice President, Product Development for Computer Curriculum Corporation in Sunnyvale, California. Prior to joining McGraw-Hill in April of 2007, Dan served as President of Pearson Learning Group, the Pearson unit responsible for alternative basal, supplemental materials, and formative assessment. Dan serves as the President-Elect of the Board of the Association of Educational Publishers. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Columbus Symphony and on the Business Advisory Council of the Columbus College of Art and Design. Dan holds a BA in Literature from Claremont McKenna College and an MA in Education from Claremont Graduate School, both located in Claremont, California.
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Neal Goff is President of Egremont Associates, LLC, a consultancy that provides marketing and strategic advice to publishers and educational technology companies. Prior to forming Egremont Associates, he was President of the Weekly Reader Publishing Group. In this role, he oversaw Weekly Reader’s 12 classroom magazines, its Curriculum and Custom Publishing businesses, the FactsforLearning database business and Weekly Reader’s other digital activities. Neal has been in publishing for most of the last three decades, much of that time working in children’s and educational publishing. From 1982 to 1993, he worked at Time Inc., where he held senior positions at Time-Life Books and Book-of-the-Month Club. While there, he led the start-up of Children’s Book-of-the-Month Club, which he managed through its initial launch to profitability. He later became President of Prentice Hall Direct, then the direct marketing division of Simon & Schuster, and President of Scholastic Library (formerly Grolier) Publishing. Neal graduated from Trinity College in Hartford, CT, and has an MBA from the Columbia Graduate School of Business. He is a former board member of the Association of American Publishers, the Book Industry Study Group, and AuthorHouse, the leading self-publishing company. He currently serves on the Boards of the Association of Educational Publishers and the Urban Education Exchange. Neal and his wife live in New York City. They have two children. |
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PCI Education offers real-life approaches to teaching basic academic skills and life skills to struggling students, from Special Education to the regular classroom to ESL to Adult Education. Lee has completed two terms on the AEP Board of Directors. He has more than 20 years of experience in the K-12 field with expertise in strategy, products, marketing, and sales issues for technology and print publishers. Prior to joining PCI Education, he operated Headway Strategies, an Texas-based management consulting firm focused on the education industry. He has also served as Vice President, Marketing and Chief Marketing Officer at Harcourt Achieve; Regional Vice President of Pearson Learning Group; and General Manager of K12Planet.com at Chancery Software. In his seven years at Apple Computer Lee held a variety of positions, including Business Development Manager and K-12 Enterprise Solutions Marketing Specialist. He has an MBA from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and a bachelor’s degree in history and political science from Princeton University. |
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Kevin McAliley is an experienced executive in educational media, currently providing strategic consulting services to software and print educational companies, and investment advisory services to financial institutions and private equity firms. Kevin was the CEO of Triumph Learning and led its growth from $15MM in 2001 to almost $90MM in 2008. Kevin was also CEO of Channel One Communications, the world's largest private satellite network, and Films Media Group. Earlier in his career he led the team that launched Newbridge Educational Publishing, which grew from a business plan to a $24MM publisher, and was also twice nominated for an Emmy Award as an educational TV producer. Kevin has been the principal in over $500MM of mergers and acquisitions in print and digital educational media. He has been a speaker at SIIA, EdNet, and AEP events. He earned an MBA from Columbia and an A.B. from Harvard. |
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Past President
Suzanne Barchers began her career as a teacher and administrator, working in primarily urban settings across the country. She also served as education director and deputy director of the Children’s Museum of Denver. After the publication in 1990 of her first book, Creating and Managing the Literate Classroom, Suzanne became acquisitions editor for Teacher Ideas Press, a division of Libraries Unlimited. She next developed a line of books for teachers, parents, and children for Fulcrum Publishing, a trade publishing company in Colorado. From 1990 to 1999, she served as an affiliate faculty member at the University of Colorado, Denver. Suzanne has written extensively for the education market, completing two college textbooks, more than 20 teacher resource books, more than 50 articles, a geography CD-ROM, and a keyboard curriculum. She has written more than 72 children's books and readers for various publishers, bringing her total number of published and forthcoming books to more than 100. She is a seasoned speaker, having presented at regional, national, and international conferences. Before going to LeapFrog, she was Managing Editor at Weekly Reader. She currently writes and consults from her home in Stanford, CA. Suzanne has a bachelor’s degree in elementary Education
from Eastern Illinois University, a master’s degree
in education from Oregon State University, and a doctorate
of education in curriculum and design from the University
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David Beacom is currently Associate Executive Director and Publisher for the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA), where he heads the product development effort—which includes books, professional journals, a newspaper, websites, and e-newsletters. David joined NSTA after two decades with the National Geographic Society, where he developed hundreds of school programs—ranging from traditional print and audiovisual media to advanced technologies. During his tenure at the Society, he was the lead creative and editorial voice in education and developed Geographic’s pioneering electronic media titles. He has written on travel and design for National Geographic Traveler, The Washington Post, The Chicago Tribune, and other publications, and on publishing for ASAE’s Association Now. David lives in Washington, DC. |
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Corinne Burton is the President of Shell Education and of Teacher Created Materials. Corinne joined Teacher Created Materials full time in 2000 and started, in partnership with Deanne Mendoza, Shell Education in 2005. As Shell Education continues to grow into a strong supplemental publishing and professional development company, Corinne continues at both Shell Education and Teacher Created Materials. Having worked in each department at Teacher Created Materials, Corinne has an in depth understanding of operations, finance, sales/marketing, and editorial. Her comprehensive insight and leadership has grown Teacher Created Materials and Shell Education into companies that operate throughout the United States and over 90 countries around the world. Prior to joining Teacher Created Materials full time, Corinne was an elementary school teacher in the Capistrano Unified School District. Teaching made Corinne a strong advocate for education. Corinne works with schools and districts to understand the needs of educators, celebrate the achievement of students, and support districts, parents and teachers along the way. She has helped build Teacher Created Materials and Shell Education by respecting teachers, listening to them, and appreciating their contributions. Corinne attended the University of California, San Diego where she earned a Bachelors of Arts in Political Science. She continued her education with a California Teaching Credential from University of California, Irvine and her Masters in Educational Technology from Teacher’s College at Columbia University. As a local of Huntington Beach, California, Corinne lives in the city where she grew up and currently lives with her husband and three daughters. |
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Mr. Coughlan and his wife, Michelle, have three children and reside in MN. He enjoys being involved in CEO peer to peer roundtables, reading and traveling with his family. Currently, Bob is a Board member for the Mankato United Way, Greater Mankato Early Learning Initiative and Association of Educational Publishers. Bob graduated from Gonzaga University in Spokane, Washington with a bachelor of arts degree in History. Capstone is the leading publisher of children’s books and digital products and services, offering everything from nonfiction, fiction, and picture books to interactive books, audio books, and literacy programs. Imprints and divisions include Capstone Press, Compass Point Books, Picture Window Books, Stone Arch Books, Red Brick Learning, Capstone Digital, and Heinemann-Raintree. |
Grant Davies is Chief Executive Officer of Teaching Strategies Inc., an early childhood publishing and education services company. Prior to joining Teaching Strategies, he was CEO of Davies Consulting Inc. He has more than thirty years experience collaborating with clients in the education, healthcare, and publishing industries as a management consultant. He has provided consulting services to these industries on strategic and business planning, financial systems, operations improvement, and change management. Mr. Davies currently sits on the boards of The American Hospice Foundation and Bethesda MD Fire Department. Mr. Davies received his MBA from McGill University and is both a Chartered Public Accountant (Canada) and a Certified Management Consultant. |
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David Glover is the CEO of Learning Media, the largest educational publisher in New Zealand. The company is government-owned and provides contract publishing and professional development services, as well as marketing its own publications worldwide. David is a seasoned leader with over 15 years' experience at CEO level and 25 years at Board level. He began his career working in London as an award-winning copywriter for Time-Life Books, then went on to become Creative Director and CEO of McCann-Erickson Worldwide advertising agencies in the U.K., Australia, Indonesia and New Zealand. In 2002 David settled permanently in New Zealand and acquired and managed the country's most respected business training company. In 2008 he sold the business, joined Learning Media and returned to the world of publishing. David holds an MA(Hons) from Jesus College, Cambridge University.
He is a Fellow of the NZ Institute of Management, an accredited
member of the NZ Institute of Directors and a director of
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Linda Hanger was most recently the President of Evan-Moor Educational Publishers. Founded in 1979, Evan-Moor publishes supplemental educational materials which support the PreK-6th classroom across the curriculum. Previous positions include President & CEO, Nolo, Berkeley, CA (1993-2004); Faculty, Stanford Professional Publishing Course, Stanford University (1999-2004); Senior Vice President & Publisher, M & T Publishing, San Mateo, CA (1989-1993); and Vice President/Sales & Marketing, Osborne/McGraw-Hill, Berkeley, CA (1982-1989). Current Board of Director positions include Nolo (1999 to present) and Schoolwise Press (Publishing 20/20) (1995 to present). |
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Since 1985 Michael has been designing, developing, and delivering technology solutions for government entities, publishing companies, universities, public and school libraries, and classrooms of all types. In 2008, Michael founded Full Potential Associates which is a consultancy focused on the strategic and technical issues facing the publishing and education world. His career spans small technology companies such as The Library Corporation all the way up to large multinational distribution companies such as Follett Corporation. In 2000, while at Follett, Michael started his involvement in strategy at the broader Group and Corporate levels. This strategy work was well beyond products and existing markets involving things such as corporate strategy and M&A. In 2005, Michael founded the Follett Digital Resources business unit within Follett Corporation. In addition to running that business unit, Michael was a member of Follett’s Senior Leadership Group and Follett’s IT Leadership Council. Michael’s operation was the group charged with driving Follett Corporation’s digital strategy. Michael was involved in a series of M&A activities during his time at Follett with two of the projects (ICI and Fourteen40) ending up be directly acquired by Follett Digital Resources. Michael has been involved in a wide variety of industry committees, sub-committees, work groups and the like. He is a frequent panelist, moderator, or speaker on strategic and technical topics across the country and abroad. In 2008, Michael was named to the Board of Directors for the Association of Educational Publishers. |
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With over 20 years of business leadership and success in driving new business growth through innovation, Fady Khairallah is currently the President of MDR, a Dun and Bradstreet Company in Shelton, CT. MDR is a leading provider of sales and marketing solutions for the education sector. Under Fady’s leadership, MDR has grown from $27 to $53 million in yearly revenue while improving net margin to a world-class 53%. Fady brings MDR and its customers extensive experience in marketing, technology and operations to solve challenging business problems. Before assuming the GM role in April 2005, Fady served as MDR’s COO. Khairallah has driven an accelerated product development process and championed investment in sales and customer support to meet MDR customer needs. Previously, Fady served as COO of Sound Vision Inc, a VC-backed startup in Wayland, MA. Fady was recruited to assist the Chairman in implementing a transition strategy that moved the company’s business focus from a supplier of ASICs to a player in the consumer digital photography market. In 2000, Fady founded Deligent, a web consultancy focused on creating state of the art CRM systems. Deligent’s client list included Aetna, Johnson & Johnson, Schering Plough, Fidelity, HelpCare, and iPRO Exchange. Deligent developed Answer Center™ a unique system that captures best-of-class CSR behaviors implemented in a self-service environment. Before founding Deligent, Fady was Managing Director at Zentropy Partners, where he managed 200% company growth and spearheaded the company’s launch, transition and integration from several of the Interpublic’s interactive companies including Hill Holliday Interactive, where he served as Chief Technology Officer. Prior to joining Hill Holliday Interactive, Fady was Chief Technology Officer at SiegelGale. Among Fady’s proudest achievements is his work as director of research and development for the Associated Press, where he oversaw and designed the conversion of AP’s photo operation to satellite delivery. He was instrumental in the engineering of the first digital news camera in a joint venture with Kodak. Fady resides in Fairfield County, CT with his wife, Pamela, a reading teacher, and his two school-aged children. Fady holds a B.S. in engineering from Stevens Institute of Technology, a master’s degree in computer engineering from Syracuse University, and an executive M.B.A. from Columbia Business School. He is fluent in French and Arabic. |
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Victoria Porras is the founder, president, and owner of Victory Productions, a full-service educational developer of K–12 print and online instructional materials for English- and Spanish-speaking students. Founded in 1995, Victory is a multinational company with headquarters in Worcester, Massachusetts, a composition facility in Medellín, Colombia, and a translation office in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Victoria brings to Victory six years of experience as a teacher, five years as a fine artist with a concentration in sculpture and engraving, and twelve years as the owner of a graphic arts and corporate communications firm. While teaching, Victoria developed a compelling interest in how teachers teach and students learn a second language. Her mission for Victory is to develop dynamic educational tools that exceed all expectation in inspiring students and enhancing the lives of others. Victoria earned a BA with a major in fine arts and a minor in education and an MFA from the Universidad Nacional in Bogotá, Colombia, in sculpture and printmaking. She studied printmaking at Saint Martin’s School of Art in London, England. She pursued independent studies of sculpture at the technologically innovative Center for Advanced Visual Studies at MIT, and graphic design at the Rhode Island School of Design. |
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Joining K12 in 2000, Maria brought with her over 18 years of strategy and development capability. Previously, she served as practice director at Operon Partners, an e-business consulting firm where she led consulting teams; she worked at Telecom New Zealand rolling out the company’s Online Solutions Business; and she served for eight years as a management consultant at KPMG. Maria started her career at Shearson Lehman. She holds a B.S./B.A. from Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University and an M.B.A. from American University. |
Bret D. Thomas is President and CEO of Bayard, Inc., part of a worldwide, dynamic, and creative multimedia group committed to publishing Christian materials for schools, parishes, and homes. Its three divisions in the United States include Twenty-Third Publications, the Bayard Magazine Group, and Creative Communications for the Parish. Bret has earned graduate and undergraduate degrees from the University of Pittsburgh and the University of Dayton. He came to Bayard, Inc., after most recently serving as President and CEO of Peter Li Education Group and as National Sales Manager of Technology Publishing Company. Bret currently serves as president of the National Catholic Educational Exhibitors association and sits on the Catholic Book Publishers Association board of directors, the board of trustees for the Bergamo Center of Lifelong Learning, and the advisory council for the University of Dayton’s School of Education and Allied Professions. |
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360KID is a youth-focused technology company specializing in product ideation, market testing, and product development of kids’ interactive media for the consumer marketplace as well as the classroom. Formerly, Scott was a computer science instructor for 12 years at Harvard University's Extension School. He is also actively involved in research, writing, and speaking about child engagement through new technologies, social media, and various consumer-based delivery systems. Scott serves on the Board of the Exploration School, a summer enrichment program for 3rd through 12th graders on the campuses of Yale University, Wellesley College, and St. Marks School in Southborough, MA. He also advises a small number of venture backed online learning startups in the K12 space. |
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Randy Wilhelm co-founded netTrekker in 1999 to enhance the education of youth through innovative technology. Since then, Wilhelm has effectively navigated his company through the ups and downs of the dot.com <http://dot.com> craze and bust to create a highly successful organization. He currently serves as CEO of netTrekker. netTrekker is a leader in the delivery of digital K-12 educational content. netTrekker is the #1 educational search tool in K-12 schools and delivers engaging, educational digital content in a safe, easy-to-use format. With netTrekker, Wilhelm was able to change how digital curriculum is tagged, sorted and delivered to all stakeholders in K-12 education. netTrekker is serving more than 10 million students in thousands of schools globally and is currently expanding its international reach into the United Kingdom, Asia-Pacific and Middle East regions. Peers, educators, and parents have honored netTrekker over 25 times for its contribution to education. In 2007, netTrekker was named the Best Education Solution in SIIA's CODiE award competition, and was named to the 2007 Inc. 5000 and 2006 Inc. 500 lists as one of the fastest-growing private companies in the United States. Wilhelm has built partnerships throughout the education and technology industries, including those with major hardware manufacturers, educational publishers, and software developers. He has spoken at numerous events such as EdNET, Software and Information Industry Association (SIIA), and The Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) conferences. Prior to netTrekker, Wilhelm spent over a dozen years principally consulting Fortune 500 businesses on how to better analyze and control costs in their employee benefit packages. An Executive Vice President at USI Midwest (NASDAQ:USIH), he was the key leader that managed the delivery of rapid and sustainable growth at one of the world's leading insurance brokers. In 2009, Wilhelm was honored as the Larry Albice Award recipient, given by the Hamilton County Development Company for entrepreneurship and community involvement. Wilhelm serves on several education and youth related not-for-profit and for-profit boards and committees including:
He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from DePauw
University and lives in Mason, Ohio, with his wife and five
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Ira has overall editorial responsibility for all content--including 11 in-school magazines, digital publications, and the Weekly Reader web site. He oversees the flagship Weekly Reader magazines, which are produced in six editions from Pre-K through sixth grade, and five other publications that cover career education, current events, health, literature, and science. Prior to joining Weekly Reader, Wolfman spent 25 years directing educational publishing programs. He was editorial director, and later Vice President and Group Publisher, of magazines for parents, children, and teachers at Children's Television Workshop (now known as Sesame Workshop). Wolfman has also worked at the New York Times Magazine Group and New York Daily News Magazine. He has frequently served as a judge for the American Society of Magazine Editors' National Magazine Awards and the AEP Distinguished Achievement Awards and for many years served on the faculty of the NYU Summit Publishing Institute. |
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As President of Scholastic Classroom and Library Group, Greg Worrell is responsible for the development and management of Scholastic's business strategy for "supplementary programs" within the Education market. As part of this, he oversees the publishing, marketing and selling activities of Scholastic's vast print and reference resources used in schools, libraries, extended day and after school program as well as homes nationwide. Specifically, the Scholastic Classroom and Library Group includes Scholastic's Classroom Magazines, Classroom Books, Literacy Initiatives and Library Publishing divisions. As a Group, this entity provides educational materials that reach more than 25 million students and 65% of U.S. schools. Worrell has been responsible for reinvigorating this area of the company's business, strengthening the Scholastic brand through critically acclaimed book series like 24/7: Science Behind the Scenes and supplemental programs like Muhammad Ali presents: Go the Distance! Worrell has also been a champion in reinforcing the important role libraries play in supporting student achievement through the publication of research reports like School Libraries Work! This resulted in Scholastic’s recognition by AASL with the Crystal Apple Award. Worrell has also been personally recognized for his commitment to learning through libraries by the California School Library Association and by the Links of Westchester County, NY, for community work in support of children. Worrell joined Scholastic in 1992, responsible for business development and marketing of Classroom Magazines. He also served as General Manager for Quality Education Data (QED) a division of Scholastic, after Scholastic acquired this educational research and database company in 1999. Before joining Scholastic, Greg worked for MCI Telecommunications in Marketing and Sales Management. Worrell holds a degree from St. John's University and lives in New Jersey. |
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CEO
Charlene F. Gaynor is CEO of the Association of Educational Publishers. AEP safeguards the professional and business interests of the country's leading print and digital supplemental publishers. Supported by over 500 members of all media and sizes, AEP provides the information, training, and outreach necessary to the development of quality K-12 publications, software and instructional materials. It facilitates communication between key interest groups such as educators, policy makers, foundations, associations, business and the media. AEP also seeks to increase public awareness of the importance of a wide range of learning resources to successful teaching and learning. Charlene is a graduate of Marquette University. She came to AEP from Learning, a national magazine for elementary teachers, where she was publisher. Charlene has over 20 years experience in startups and turnarounds. She is an alumna of the Stanford Professional Publishing Course and the Center for Creative Leadership. She has served on the advisory boards of the Bicentennial Commission of the United States, the Learning Center of Philadelphia, and the Rowan University School of Communications. |
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