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About Great Minds

Great Minds PBC is a public benefit corporation and a subsidiary of Great Minds, a nonprofit organization. A group of education leaders founded Great Minds® in 2007 to advocate for a more content-rich, comprehensive education for all children. In pursuit of that mission, Great Minds brings together teachers and scholars to create exemplary instructional materials that provide joyful rigor to learning, spark and reward curiosity, and impart knowledge with equal parts delight.

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Our Mission

At Great Minds we want to make the world a more knowledge-rich place. We know every child is capable of greatness. We are here to improve Pre-K through grade 12 education by supporting teachers with best-in-class curriculum materials and implementation products and services in math, English, science, history and other subjects. Best-in-class curriculum is knowledge-driven, coherent, uses research-based instructional methods that are proven to work for all learners, including but not limited to striving readers, students with dyslexia and English language learners.

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Our Leadership

David Blair

Chief Business Operations Officer

David leads initiatives aimed at achieving operational excellence across the enterprise. He guides t...

Donna Brown

Interim General Counsel

Donna M. Brown joined Great Minds in January 2021 and is a senior corporate, securities, and privacy...

Pete Datos

Chief Operating Officer

Pete Datos serves as Chief Operating Officer, responsible for ensuring Great Minds operations meet t...

Pam Goodner

Chief Knowledge Officer - Science

Pam leads a team of teacher-writers in developing PhD Science®, Great Minds’ latest curriculum offer...

Lorraine Griffith

Chief Knowledge Officer - Humanities

Lorraine oversees the development of the Great Minds Humanities curriculum and supporting products. ...

JULIE HUSTON

Chief Revenue Officer

Julie leads a dynamic sales team that is fulfilling the growing demand from districts nationwide for...

Ian Lotinsky

Chief Technology Officer

Ian leads the teams responsible for the software products in support of Great Minds curricula. Previ...

SYDNEY NORTON

Chief Marketing Officer

Sydney comes to us from The Martin Agency where she accumulated 25 years of diverse marketing experi...

ANDREA PERSILY

Chief Financial Officer

Andrea comes to us from FLG Partners, a financial consulting and advisory practice of experienced CF...

Dr. Steven Shadel

Chief Knowledge Officer - Math

Steven directs the continued development of Great Minds’ Eureka Math® and Eureka Math2® curricula an...

RACHEL STACK

Chief Product Officer

Rachel leads the product development teams across math, science, and ELA. Rachel joined Great Minds ...

JOHN WHITE

Chief Success Officer

John White serves as Chief Success Officer, responsible for ensuring that Great Minds products meet ...

RODNEY WHITMORE

Chief Human Resources Officer

Rodney brings extensive experience in leading human resources departments across multiple industries...

Tom Kuo

Board Member

Tom is a Co-Founder and Managing Director at A-Street. Prior to A-Street, Tom was a Managing Directo...

Nell McAnelly

Board Member

Co-Director Emeritus of the Gordon A. Cain Center for STEM Literacy at Louisiana State University Ne...

Serena McCalla, PhD

Board Member

Serena has dedicated her life to the advancement of science and to science education with the nation...

Lynne Munson

CEO & Founder

CEO and founder Lynne Munson launched Great Minds® in 2007 as a research and advocacy organization i...

Maria Neira

Chairman

Former Vice President, New York State United Teachers Maria Neira, an elementary school bilingual te...

Christopher Sprigman

Board Member

Sprigman is the Murray and Kathleen Bring Professor of Law at the NYU School of Law. He came to the ...

Marc Sternberg

Board Member

Marc Sternberg is Co-Founder and Managing Director of A-Street. Prior to launching A-Street, Marc se...

    David Blair

    Chief Business Operations Officer

    David leads initiatives aimed at achieving operational excellence across the enterprise. He guides t...

    Donna Brown

    Interim General Counsel

    Donna M. Brown joined Great Minds in January 2021 and is a senior corporate, securities, and privacy...

    Pete Datos

    Chief Operating Officer

    Pete Datos serves as Chief Operating Officer, responsible for ensuring Great Minds operations meet t...

    Pam Goodner

    Chief Knowledge Officer - Science

    Pam leads a team of teacher-writers in developing PhD Science®, Great Minds’ latest curriculum offer...

    Lorraine Griffith

    Chief Knowledge Officer - Humanities

    Lorraine oversees the development of the Great Minds Humanities curriculum and supporting products. ...

    JULIE HUSTON

    Chief Revenue Officer

    Julie leads a dynamic sales team that is fulfilling the growing demand from districts nationwide for...

    Ian Lotinsky

    Chief Technology Officer

    Ian leads the teams responsible for the software products in support of Great Minds curricula. Previ...

    SYDNEY NORTON

    Chief Marketing Officer

    Sydney comes to us from The Martin Agency where she accumulated 25 years of diverse marketing experi...

    ANDREA PERSILY

    Chief Financial Officer

    Andrea comes to us from FLG Partners, a financial consulting and advisory practice of experienced CF...

    Dr. Steven Shadel

    Chief Knowledge Officer - Math

    Steven directs the continued development of Great Minds’ Eureka Math® and Eureka Math2® curricula an...

    RACHEL STACK

    Chief Product Officer

    Rachel leads the product development teams across math, science, and ELA. Rachel joined Great Minds ...

    JOHN WHITE

    Chief Success Officer

    John White serves as Chief Success Officer, responsible for ensuring that Great Minds products meet ...

    RODNEY WHITMORE

    Chief Human Resources Officer

    Rodney brings extensive experience in leading human resources departments across multiple industries...

    Tom Kuo

    Board Member

    Tom is a Co-Founder and Managing Director at A-Street. Prior to A-Street, Tom was a Managing Directo...

    Nell McAnelly

    Board Member

    Co-Director Emeritus of the Gordon A. Cain Center for STEM Literacy at Louisiana State University Ne...

    Serena McCalla, PhD

    Board Member

    Serena has dedicated her life to the advancement of science and to science education with the nation...

    Lynne Munson

    CEO & Founder

    CEO and founder Lynne Munson launched Great Minds® in 2007 as a research and advocacy organization i...

    Maria Neira

    Chairman

    Former Vice President, New York State United Teachers Maria Neira, an elementary school bilingual te...

    Christopher Sprigman

    Board Member

    Sprigman is the Murray and Kathleen Bring Professor of Law at the NYU School of Law. He came to the ...

    Marc Sternberg

    Board Member

    Marc Sternberg is Co-Founder and Managing Director of A-Street. Prior to launching A-Street, Marc se...

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