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 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, Customized Curriculum Solutions
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, Senior Manager, Program Operations & Systems
Bob Shaw, Partnerships Director
Donnie Whitten, Head of National Partnerships
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
Ebony Paster, Director of Learning Design
Mia Flowers, Project Manager
Sophia Kor, Partner Engagement 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.
Arman Gokgol-Kline
Partner at Ruane, Cunniff & Goldfarb LP (an investment firm based in New York City)
Tanganyika Millard
Management Support Director of High Schools, Prince William County Public Schools
Kareem Farah
Chief Executive Officer and
Co-Founder, Modern Classrooms Project
Dan Friedman
Founder, Thinkful
Tom Fry
Venture Advisor,
TGF Advisory Services
Stephanie Kapsis
Founder and CEO,
The Gathering Project, LLC
Tracey Strauss
Acting CEO at Stealth, and Senior Advisor at A-Street
Dawn Lepore
Former CEO and Chairman
of the Board, Drugstore.com