Team
We are passionate idealists who see a new future for education.
Kareem Farah, CEO & Co-Founder
Robert Barnett, Chief Product Officer
Aubrey White, Chief Growth Officer
Megan McGregor, Vice President of Programs
Debbie Menard, Senior Manager, Educator Support
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 Marketing and 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, Senior Manager, Instructional Content
Kristen Stone, Senior Director of Partner Engagement
Emily Persons, Senior Director of Research
Sarah Fawzy, Director of HR
Michael Hakkarinen, Partnerships Director
Tameko Collins, Educator Support Manager
Kendal Giacomini, Program Manager for Teacher Implementation
Chandra Price, Program Operations Manager
Tony Xiao, Educator Support Manager
Terri Lichlyter, Junior Salesforce Administrator
Bob Shaw, Partnerships Engagement Manager
Donnie Whitten, Head of National Partnerships
Shannon Lee, Senior Director of Program Operations
Alyson Kong, Development Manager
Moriah Munsch, Accounting Clerk
Jackie Fischer, Partner Engagement Manager
Jessie Lake, Director of Math Curriculum & Support
Monica Hollander, Vice President of Finance & Administration
Kaya Monsen, Math Curriculum & Support Manager
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.
Kareem Farah
Chief Executive Officer and
Co-Founder, Modern Classrooms Project
Dan Friedman
Founder, Thinkful
Arman Gokgol-Kline
Partner at Ruane, Cunniff & Goldfarb LP (an investment firm based in New York City)
Stephanie Kapsis
Founder and CEO,
The Gathering Project, LLC
Dawn Lepore
Former CEO and Chairman
of the Board, Drugstore.com
Tanganyika Millard
Management Support Director of High Schools, Prince William County Public Schools