In my capacity as VP of Partnerships for Kovexa, I bring decades of experience as former educator, administrator, business development professional and executive leader. In keeping with the spirit of our thought leadership and industry insights, I am excited to collaborate with the team on strategies to bring our AI solutions to K12 and postsecondary education. In doing so, we will improve successful outcomes for more students, enable educators to more effectively support students, and empower more individuals to become part of an equitable and inclusive society.

Thinking Nation is a national non-profit committed to cultivating thinking citizens and addressing societal challenges with innovative, data-driven, student-centered social studies curriculum, assessments, and professional development programs. As Chief Partnership Officer I have led development of our strategic plan, opportunities for thought leadership and advocacy for change.• Established partnerships with leading educational, civic and policy making non-profits.• Expanded school and district partnerships to more than double the previous year.• Brought Thinking Nation into the conversation at a national level in conference events and educational publications..

EduCo Accelerate is a powerful digital platform that, paired with EduCo’s extensive student recruitment network in key markets, enables universities to rapidly scale up and diversify their global reach and international enrollments. Our intuitive recruitment platform, time-tested university support model, and global presence in key international student source markets have helped universities achieve their recruitment and student retention goals. EduCo is a global community of recruitment managers, advisers and campus coordinators that helps connect international students with a network of universities in the USA, Australia, Canada, UK and Ireland.My Role:I lead business development for the US, and develop and nurture relationships with decision- makers at target post-secondary institutions. I created the go to market strategy for the Accelerate platform, an innovative tool to help students find the right fit university for their studies. This includes developing appropriate messaging, marketing materials and crafting the value proposition which to date has led to over 100 partnerships in the US alone.

Education is our greatest equalizer. If we are to become a more equitable and inclusive society, we must do more to increase awareness for all about the opportunities that exist within the world of work with some level of post-secondary training or credential. VitaNavis empowers individuals to make informed decisions based on their interests, strengths and personal insights. The platform expands the student success conversation across campuses, providing staff, faculty and administrators with personalized and aggregated data around their students' vocations, interests and success factors, and leads to informed admissions conversations, effective enrollment and matriculation actions, efficient education planning, and personalized career planning. My Role:I lead business development, marketing and client engagement efforts to increase awareness and serve a mission to lead us to a more equitable and inclusive society through education and attainment for all. I developed our go-to-market strategy for product launch. I work with our CTO to define product priorities and product development. I invest in close relationships with partner campuses to understand opportunities for product enhancements.• Create partnerships to adopt a framework for effective outreach and student engagement strategies• Institute internal processes for client support, for all stages of implementation and training.• Established a sales process resulting in high closure rate of 34% for new business opportunities, and 95% renewal rates• Establish high level affiliate relationships with state and national associations to achieve unit goals

ACUE was founded in 2014 by leaders in higher education to promote quality instruction at colleges and universities nationwide. ACUE’s comprehensive Course in Effective Teaching Practices prepares college educators to implement all of the essential practices shown to improve student outcomes.

Schoology—used by millions of students and educators in K-12 schools and universities around the world—combines dynamic learning management, an easy-to-use collaborative interface, and next-generation API integration into one innovative solution. Schoology transforms learning into a media-rich interactive experience where students, teachers, parents and administrators work together to raise student achievement worldwide.

Starfish Retention Solutions is a leading provider of student success systems for higher education. The company offers a collection of software solutions that harness the power of the campus community in order to engage, motivate, and graduate more students — securing valuable tuition revenue through retained students.

Part of a team that Developed and launched new sales division for a Fortune 500 Company. Hired and trained exceptional team of sales professionals to target key market segment in Western US region. Set sales goals and analyzed opportunities to grow market share and increase visibility.

Represented one of the nation's largest education loan providers, a joint venture between two Fortune 500 companies. Effectively developed customer base through prospecting and networking.

Managed national team of account managers marketing a financial aid management software tool. Developed and maintained relationships with strategic national accounts and large corporate clients.