Team
We are passionate idealists who see a new future for education.
Kareem Farah, CEO & Co-Founder
Robert Barnett, Chief Program Officer
Aubrey White, Chief Growth Officer
Megan McGregor, Vice President of Programs
Annie Cole, Vice President of Evaluation & Data Strategy
Christine Barford, Vice President of Partnerships
Debbie Menard, Director of Virtual Mentorship
Lisa Doty, Senior Program Manager, Teacher Leadership
Emily Dia, Director of Partner Support, Partnerships
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., Senior Director of Partner Engagement
Matt Hickson, Head of Partner Transformation
Calla Miller, Senior Manager, Instructional Content
Kristen Stone, Senior Manager, Partner Engagement
Emily Persons, Director of Research
Sarah Fawzy, Director of HR
Michael Hakkarinen, Partnerships Director
Tameko Collins, Partnerships Manager
Kendal Giacomini, Program Manager for Teacher Implementation
Chandra Price, Partnerships Coordinator
Caitlyn Schwarz, Partnerships Manager
Tony Xiao, Partnerships Manager
Tre Christopher, Partnerships Director
Avery Balasbas, Partnerships 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
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