Our initiatives are guided by advisory boards compromising distinguished experts including school district leaders, ed-tech entrepreneurs, research experts, and other thought leaders in education.
Terry Bowman
Executive Director
ReadWorks®
Dr. Randolph Crew
President
Medgar Evers College
Dr. James Egenrieder
Research Faculty and Director
Qualcomm® Thinkabit Lab® Virginia Tech National Capital Region
Dr. Cindy Elsberry
Former Superintendent
Horry County, SC & Talladega County, AL
Dr. Esther Klein Friedman
Former Executive Director of Literacy & Academic Intervention, Division of Teaching & Learning
NYC Department of Education
Sue Gamm
Consultant
PCG Education (Public Consulting Group)
Walt Griffin
Retired Superintendent
Seminole County Public Schools
Annette Gurley
Retired Chief Officer of Teaching and Learning
Chicago Public Schools
Shelley Jallow
State Monitor
New York State School District
Dr. Jallow’s classroom and administrative experience is vast, having served as a mathematics teacher, mathematics director, director of curriculum and instruction, chief academic officer, founding principal, assistant superintendent, deputy superintendent, and associate professor. She has served traditional and charter school organizations throughout New York tri-state area, including 3 New York City school districts, Hartford, CT, New Orleans, LA, Prince Georges County, MD, Trenton, NJ, and Mt. Vernon, NY.
Lynn Moody, Ed.D
Founder
ReThink ED
Debra Moran-Reimonenq
Associate Superintendent
Saint Louis Public Schools
Dan Shimoff
Vice President of Engineering
OurCrowd
Malbert Smith, PHD
CEO , Co-founder, President
MetaMetrics Inc.
Dr. Donna Wright
Former School Superintendent
Wilson County Schools
Dr. Randy Bridges
President
Creative Education Solutions, Inc.
Dr. Bridges received his associate in arts degree from Louisburg Junior College, undergraduate and masters’ degrees from the University of North Carolina at Pembroke, and a Doctor of Education from Fayetteville State University.
Dr. Bridges was named North Carolina Superintendent of the Year by the North Carolina School Boards Association and the North Carolina Association of Educators during his ten years as a superintendent. In 2015, he received The Order of the Long Leaf Pine Award, which is the highest civilian recognition presented by the Governor of North Carolina.
Dr. Bridges and his wife Vernetta are the parents of two adult children: daughter, Dr. Randi Bridges-Raynor, who is the Director of Pharmacy for Iredell Health in Statesville, North Carolina, and son, Garrett Bridges, who is the Assistant Men’s Basketball Coach at The University of Pacific in Stockton, California. Dr. Bridges and his wife have four grandchildren, Nova and Grey Bridges and Bryce and Dez Raynor.