Past Inductees

Kathleen M. Hurley
PLATO Learning Inc.
2003

Kathy Hurley is a more than 30-year veteran of the education industry. She is currently SVP Strategic Partnerships for Pearson and was previously Vice President Education Industry Affairs for PLATO Learning Inc. Prior to PLATO Learning's acquisition of NetSchools Corporation, Ms. Hurley served as the Senior Vice President for NetSchools, where her responsibilities included overseeing the Marketing and Business Development departments of the company.

Ms. Hurley has also served as Senior Vice President of Education Marketing for The Learning Company and Senior Vice President of Skillsbank Corporation (now Achievement Technologies). Ms. Hurley has also held important positions with IBM, Mindscape, Grolier and DLM.

She currently serves on several key industry and education advisory boards, including, the National School Boards Foundation (NSBF), the Software and Information Industry Association Education Division (SIIA) and the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE). She is also past president of the Association of Educational Publishers and was a longtime member of their Board of Directors.

Ms. Hurley began her career in education working with learning disabled students, after receiving her Masters degree at Jersey City State College. To this day, she continues to support her undergraduate institution, the University of Dayton, by serving on the Advisory Board for the School of Education.