The CGN Team

13+ years of experience in developing and scaling multi-million dollar B2C and B2B digital marketing campaigns across several industries

Proven expertise in strategizing and implementation of complex, multi-channel campaigns for email, digital advertising, and commercial space

Part of a family of long-term educators spanning K-12

Parent of one student entering college and another who is a rising junior.

Former VP of Corporate Development for ACT

CEO of Professional Examination Service (acquired by ACT)

Built and managed partner ecosystem for Family Education Network (acquired by Pearson in 2000)

Cengage, EVP Technology & Development

Blackboard, SVP Technology & Product Development

High School Mom

Worked within Boston Public Schools to initiate and execute on strategic partnerships aimed at meeting students’ basic needs for food, clothing and medical care.

Developed content with outside partners as a senior producer for FamilyEducation Network.

Former teacher at the high school and college levels, as well as developmental editor in textbook publishing for the college market.

Led customer-facing product development efforts at CollegeVine, closing the guidance gap at high schools across the United States

Managed engineering team responsible for the performance of Wikimedia Foundations software and properties (Wikipedia, Wiki data, and others)

Led a team of engineers at Hubspot (pre- and post-IPO) to understand and quantify the impact of performance problems and reliability issues, customer comm., and more.

Parent of two middle-schoolers

Seventeen years of documentary filmmaking

One Peabody Award, six Emmy nominations, two wins. 15+ other awards.

Spent five years at edX.org, where he learned the core principles of successful e-learning

Emory University, Class of 2022

BAs in Human Health and Integrated Visual Arts

Selected to Emory's Leadership Oxford program

Lead Diversity Ambassador at Emory

Interned at City of Atlanta

High School Dad

Scaled first national college admissions advisory brand in U.S. to over 500 advisors while striking large strategic partnerships with Fidelity, US News, NPR, and Care.com (CollegeVine)

Built largest event management and fundraising platform for school/charity fundraisers with half a billion dollars raised (Bidding For Good)

Built largest K-12 education website with 25% of all U.S. school districts building their first website (Family Education Network)

9+ years experience working as a senior college advisor for several international companies

Lived in China for 6+ years, helping students and high schools plan their college admissions

Former middle school teacher in Asia

Worked with several US admissions firms assisting American students in finding their right school fit

Father with college up ahead

Senior Coordinating Producer ESPN

Led production for 10 Super Bowls and 6 Olympics

Coordinated content production across TV, radio, print, digital, and social

Nominated and winner of multiple Emmy awards

Parent of two college graduates

SVP of Education for PBS

SVP Product Development for Discovery Education

SVP & GM of Programming for FamilyEducation Network (acquired by Pearson)

Member of College Guidance Network advisory board

Executive Director, AASA, The National Superintendents Assoc (retired)

Chairman, ACT Board of Directors

Superintendant, Fairfax County Public Schools

High School Dad

VP of Applied AI, McGraw Hill

CTO, Authess (AI startup acquired by Reed Elsevier)

Director, Analytics Platform Development, Warner Brothers Games