People on the Move
THE Journal welcomes submissions about new hires and promotions among ed tech industry executives and K–12 public school administrators in the United States. Contributed news items will be published once a week on THEJournal.com; the archives can be accessed at any time at THEJournal.com/articles/list/people-on-the-move.
To submit news about new leadership and management changes at K–12 ed tech companies and at nonprofits in the K–12 ed tech space, complete the form at bit.ly/EdTechPeopleNews.
To submit news about new hires and promotions among K–12 public schools administration, complete the form at bit.ly/K12AdminNews.
Ed tech companies announcing new executive appointments in the first quarter of 2023 include Discovery Education, EDC, GoGuardian, Panorama Education, Kami, Tools for Schools' BookCreator, PowerSchool, 7 Mindsets, and FEV Tutor.
- By Kristal Kuykendall
- 03/07/23
Ed tech providers announcing new executive roles include the CEO position at Newsela, president and COO at Instructure, five leadership positions at Discovery Education, and a new board of directors member at DreamBox Learning.
- By Kristal Kuykendall
- 03/01/23
The Association of Latino Administrators and Superintendents recently named Daisy Torres as the recipient of its 2022 ALAS Scholarship, sponsored by Curriculum Associates, according to a news release.
- By Kristal Kuykendall
- 01/04/23
Executive leadership appointments recently announced in the K–12 ed tech sector include Dawn Thomas at Specialized Education Services; Michael Jonas at GoGuardian; Jason Ediger at Newsela; Craig Robinson at Matriculate; Michael Woods at Council for Aid to Education; Jennifer Geisler and Matt Kane at Cypher Learning; Jonell Sanchez, Keith Look, Rebecca Busacca, Julie Murphy, Joe Green, and Eric Stoller at Territorium; Todd Provino at EverDriven; and Jen Newton at The Nora Project.
- By Kristal Kuykendall
- 01/04/23
October 2022 People on the Move for K-12 education include Judi Dodson at Tools 4 Reading, Camila Franco at Newsela, Sashangar “Sash” Sreetharan at ParentSquare, Ty West at Age of Learning, Andrew Poggio at DreamBox Learning, Dionna Smith and Ya Xu at GoGuardian, David Dimmett at Project Lead The Way, Marlon Marshall at City Fund, and dozens of leadership awards recipients at the Association of Latino Administrators and Superintendents annual conference.
- By Kristal Kuykendall
- 10/31/22
People on the Move in K–12 education for September are ParentSquare’s Jim Yang; Newsela’s Derrick Ware, Holly Cafiero, Igor Beckerman, and Gloria Lee; Phil Charland at SchoolStatus; Dwight D. Jones at the Institute for Education Innovation; Scholastic’s Jeffrey Mathews; and Jennifer Stimpson at T.D. Jakes Foundation.
- By Kristal Kuykendall
- 09/26/22
Ed tech leaders recently appointed to new executive roles include Brian Cully and Justin Beck at Instructure, Randi Economou at Capstone, Trisha Thomas at Reading Horizons, Michael Hinojosa at Engage2learn, Caroline Wynne at MIND Research Institute, Chris Porter at Follett School Solutions, and Jim Yang at ParentSquare.
- By Kristal Kuykendall
- 09/01/22
New leadership roles at ed tech companies were recently announced for Krzysztof "Chris" Skrzypek, Alysha Hearn, Shannon Osgood, Amy Nakamoto, Jackie Smalls, Joshua P. Starr, and Benita Flucker.
- By Kristal Kuykendall
- 08/26/22
People on the Move ed tech newsmakers include Gus Schmedlen at Texthelp; Jennifer Mullin at DreamBox Learning; Donna Blackman at Stride; Cheretta Clerkley at ISTE; Shiren Vijiasingam at Instructure; Shannon Terry and Kate Crawford at Safari Montage; and William Hansen at Building Hope.
- By Kristal Kuykendall
- 07/18/22
People on the Move newsmakers include Sulaekha "Sue" Kolloru at Pearson, Heather Adams and Kevin Gallman at Otus, Marty Metcalf at ISG, Allison Serafin at Building Hope, and Brian Deveaux at Hussey Seating Company.
- By Kristal Kuykendall
- 06/06/22