Executive Management |
Ron Packard
Chief Executive Officer and Founder of K12| Ron Packard, chief executive officer and founder of K12, was previously a vice president of Knowledge Universe, and CEO of Knowledge Schools, which provides high-quality childhood education in community and employer-sponsored centers, and invests in, incubates, and operates several charter school companies. Previously, Mr. Packard worked for McKinsey & Company as well as for Goldman Sachs in mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Packard holds a B.A. in Economics and Mechanical Engineering (with honors) ... |
| | Bruce Davis
Executive Vice President of Worldwide Business Development| Bruce Davis, executive vice president of worldwide business development, ran his own strategy consultancy in the education industry prior to joining K¹² . His clients included premier organizations as Laureate Education Inc., Discovery Communications, Pearson Publishing, Sylvan Learning Systems, Educate Inc., AICPA, and USAID. Mr. Davis has also been chief executive officer of Medasorb Technologies Inc, a biotechnology company, and Mindsurf Networks, a wireless educational system provider. He ha... |
| | Celia Stokes
Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer| Celia Stokes, chief marketing officer, brings more than 20 years of branding and marketing experience to K12. Celia came to K12 from Independence Air where, as Vice President of Marketing, she presided over all aspects of the largest and fastest brand launch in aviation history. The brand achieved a #1 ranking out of all US airlines in customer satisfaction.. Before joining Independence Air, she consulted to to organizations such as Fox TV, PBS, the National Gallery of Art, JWalter Thompson, and... |
| | Chip Hughes
Executive Vice President of School Services| Chip Hughes, executive vice president of school services, joined K12 in July 2007. From 1997 until joining K12, Mr. Hughes was a co-founder and managing director of Blue Capital Management, L.L.C., a middle-market private equity firm. He previously served as a partner of McKinsey & Company, Inc., a global management consulting firm, in McKinsey’s Los Angeles and New Jersey offices, where he was a member of the firm’s Strategy and Health Care practices. Mr. Hughes serves on the National Board of ... |
| | John Olsen
Executive Vice President, Operations| John Olsen, senior vice president, high school programs and classroom solutions and distribution, joined K12 in 2004. Prior to that he was vice president of performance improvement for America Online's Broadband, Premium, and Advanced Technology Services. Mr. Olsen previously served as a management consultant at Diamond Technology Partners where he practiced in the telecommunications, financial services and consumer products industries. Before receiving his MBA from the University of Michigan, h... |
| | Howard D. Polsky
Senior Vice President and General Counsel| Howard D. Polsky, senior vice president and general counsel, has a unique combination of legal and public policy experience. As Vice President and General Counsel of Lockheed Martin Global Telecommunications, he managed a wide range of legal matters including antitrust, telecommunications, employment, commercial contracts and transactions, litigation management, mergers and acquisitions, foreign joint ventures, intellectual property, and corporate governance and compliance. From 1992-2000, Howar... |
| | Howard Allentoff
Senior Vice President of Human Resources| Howard Allentoff, senior vice president of human resources, brings over 20 years of HR experience to K12. Prior to joining the company in December of 2008, he was Consultant & President of Strategic People Solutions where he assisted companies of all types in both strategic and operational HR issues. Primary areas of expertise included staffing, retention, compensation, performance management, training and development, process improvement, organizational development, communication and project ... |
| | Bryan W. Flood
Senior Vice President, Public Affairs| Bryan W. Flood, senior vice president, public affairs, joined K12 in 2002. Mr. Flood previously served as a public affairs strategist, consultant, and spokesman for corporations, interest groups, and senatorial, gubernatorial, and presidential campaigns. As Vice President at the MPGH Agency, a Virginia-based public affairs consulting firm, he advised clients ranging from high tech start-ups to Fortune 500 firms, including several leading education companies. Mr. Flood helped clients like MCI, Th... |
| | Keith T. Haas
Senior Vice President, Finance and Investor Relations| Keith T. Haas joined us in July 2003, and was named Senior Vice President, Finance & Investor Relations in November 2008. Prior to this appointment, Mr. Haas served as Vice President, Financial Planning and Analysis and Investor Relations and Director, Financial Planning and Analysis. From 1999 to July 2003, Mr. Haas served in finance and consulting roles for several start-up technology companies. Prior to that, Mr. Haas held the position of Principal at SCA Consulting from 1998 to 1999. Mr. Ha... |
| | John Holdren
Senior Vice President of Content and Curriculum| John Holdren, senior vice president of content and curriculum, came to K12 from the Core Knowledge Foundation, one of the country's most trusted and respected education centers, where he was vice president and director of Research and Publications. Mr. Holdren (along with E. D. Hirsch, Jr.) oversaw development of the Core Knowledge Sequence and co-edited the Core Knowledge Series of resource books. He taught literature and writing at the University of Virginia and Harvard University, as well as ... |
| | Janet Matricciani
Senior Vice President of Corporate Development| Janet Matricciani, senior vice president of corporate development, has held a variety of senior executive positions in her professional career, most recently as Chief Strategy Officer and EVP of Strategic Planning at Countrywide Financial Corporation. Prior to that, Janet was a Director of Global Financial Services at Capital One Financial Corporation, where she managed the US-based International Corporate Development team and later ran Capital One’s Installment Loans business. Ms. Matricciani a... |
| | Peter Stewart
Senior Vice President of School Development| Peter Stewart, senior vice president of school development, works with parents, teachers, community groups, school districts, school boards, departments of education, and policy makers across the United States and internationally to start new high-tech schools that use the K12 academic program. In the past seven years he has helped develop large-scale, public e-learning programs in sixteen states that currently serve over 100,000 courses annually. Prior to working for K12, Peter was a Head of Sc... |
| | Maria Szalay
Senior Vice President of Product Development| Maria Szalay, senior vice president of product development, brings over 18 years of strategy and development capability to K12. Ms. Szalay joined K12 in 2000, and has served in a variety of roles including logistics, contract negotiations, strategy and corporate development. Prior to joining K12, Ms. Szalay served as practice director at Operon Partners, an e-business consulting firm. At Operon Partners, Ms. Szalay led consulting teams assisting clients with turnkey eBusiness strategy, product ... |
| | Ray Williams
Senior Vice President of Systems and Technology| Ray Williams, senior vice president of systems and technology, brings a broad range of experience gained over an 18-year career in the software industry. Prior to joining K¹², he held the position of senior vice president of product development and operations for Ruckus Network, where he was responsible for all managing content integration, systems, and software development. At America Online, Mr. Williams served in numerous roles, most recently as senior technical director of the "You've Got Pi... |
| | Charles Zogby
Senior Vice President of Education and Policy| Served as secretary of education for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania prior to joining K¹² in 2003. In this position, Mr. Zogby managed the agency that oversaw kindergarten through college education with a $10 billion budget and more than 800 personnel. During his tenure, Mr. Zogby won passage of a first-in-the-nation virtual charter school law, implemented the state’s plan for the federal No Child Left Behind Act, and led the state’s takeover of the Philadelphia School District. Prior to his po... |
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