Randy Barth

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Founder & CEO THINK Together @ THINK Together
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Santa Ana, California, United States, United States
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About Randy Barth

Randy Barth is the Founder and CEO of Think Together. Think Together is a nonprofit organization that partners with schools to change the odds for underserved students. They provide Early Learning Programs for 0-5 year old's, Expanded Learning Programs for students K-12, and School Systems Improvement through its Orenda Education Division. Think Together serves more than 250,000 students across more than 1,200 programs in more than 60 school districts, and 50 charter schools statewide in California. Think Together has more than $200 million in annual revenue and more than 6,000 employees. Think Together acquired Orenda Education which, for more than 25 years, has provided systems change for schools and school districts to drive performance in student achievement. Using its Response to Intervention for Systems (RtI4S) methodology, a research-validated school and district-strengthening model, Orenda provides professional development and coaching for teachers and administrators and develops software tools that enable the use of data to help drive performance. Some of the top performing low-income schools and school districts in California are Orenda schools & districts.Before embarking on his work as an education entrepreneur, Randy had a successful business career for more than twenty years, first as an investment advisor with various major Wall Street firms (E.F. Hutton, Drexel Burnham, Smith Barney) and later as a corporate CEO (National Management). Randy holds a B.A. in Economics from UCLA and did graduate work at the Drucker School of Management, Claremont Graduate University. Along with former LA Times reporter Jennifer Delson, he is the co-author of the best-selling book "Think Together: How YOU can play a role in improving education in America." Randy has served on a number boards and as a Senior Fellow at UCLA's Luskin School of Public Affairs. Specialties: Leadership, management, strategy, finance, K-12 education.

Randy Barth's Current Company Details
THINK Together

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Randy Barth Work Experience Details
  • Think Together
    Chief Executive Officer
    Think Together Aug 2003 - Present
    Santa Ana, Ca, Us
    Randy Barth is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Think Together, a non-profit education company that provides Early Learning, Expanded Learning, and School Improvement at schools statewide in California.Barth began his work in the after school arena when he founded the award-winning Shalimar Learning Center as a volunteer after a gang shooting in a tough barrio in Westside Costa Mesa in 1994. The success of that model resulted in the establishment of Think Together as a non-profit organization in 1997 with Barth serving as volunteer Board Chair. Upon the sale of his company, Barth came to work at Think Together as CEO in late 2003. Think Together has grown more than one hundred-fold since then making it one of the fastest growing non-profits in the U.S. Since becoming Chief Executive Officer, Barth:Revitalized financially struggling organization; Solidified the organization then developed public/private model and scaled the organization from $1.5 million budget serving 2,000 students to $150 million budget serving more than 200,000 students; Provides services at more than 600 schools; Developed and implemented successful strategic plan; Raised more than $75 million of private philanthropy to leverage more than $750 million of public funds; Acquired bank financing to cash flow rapid growth; Completed the acquisition of Bay Area After School All Stars; Recapitalized and acquired a minority interest in the Principal's Exchange (rebranded as Orenda Education); Acquired the Expanded Learning Division and GEAR UP programs from Youth Policy Institute; Acquired the balance of Orenda fully integrating it into Think's 501(c)3. Built deep management team and strong results-oriented culture; Achieved some of the strongest academic outcomes in the nation; Built a replicable, scalable school support model. Organization is poised to continue to grow at a rapid rate.
  • National Management
    Chief Executive Officer
    National Management Jan 1998 - Jan 2003
    Managed privately held set of companies that provided delivery services to various high volume users from the title insurance industry, payroll services industry, optical industry and medical supplies industry. Led National through an infrastructure rebuilding process, a corporate restructuring and a successful strategic re-positioning that led to a period of dramatic growth and profitability. Sold company in 2003.
  • Ef Hutton/Drexel Burnham/Smith Barney/Crowell Weeden
    Investment Adviser
    Ef Hutton/Drexel Burnham/Smith Barney/Crowell Weeden Jan 1982 - Jan 1997
    Built a successful investment advisory practice serving high net worth individuals mostly in Southern California. Provided investment advice resulting in tens of millions of dollars of profit for clients which drove the growth of the practice. Honored as a top producer at each of the firms over a fifteen year period. Honed strategy skills and developed a wide network of contacts among Southern California's wealthy and powerful elite. Leveraged connections to serve low-income children in his volunteer and later professional activities.

Randy Barth Skills

Nonprofits Strategy Program Management Community Outreach Leadership Strategic Planning Public Speaking Fundraising Management Leadership Development Program Development Staff Development Volunteer Management Event Planning Non Profits Event Management Coaching Grant Writing Social Networking Finance Marketing Strategy Social Media Youth Development Budgets Sales Time Management Public Relations Entrepreneurship Research Community Organizing Workshop Facilitation Curriculum Design Community Development Grants Teaching Board Development Strategic Communications Customer Service Philanthropy Team Leadership Organizational Development Non Profit Administration Government Employee Relations Higher Education Small Business Training Policy Public Policy Program Evaluation

Randy Barth Education Details

  • Ucla
    Ucla
    Economics
  • Claremont Graduate University - Peter F. Drucker Graduate School Of Management
    Claremont Graduate University - Peter F. Drucker Graduate School Of Management
  • Warren High School
    Warren High School

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