Leadership Team

Valentina Texera Parissi
President & CEO

Peter Walton
Chief Financial Officer

Sarah Claypool Friedland
Executive Director of Operations

Rick Booms
Executive Director of Sales

Louise Galpine
Executive Director of Creative Development
Great Books Team

Denise Ahlquist
Senior Academic Consultant

Brian DeSoto
Assistant Director for K–12 Programs

Linda Barrett
Senior Professional Development Consultant

Danielle Martin, M.Ed.
Professional Learning Consultant & Trainer

Dan Lindstrom
Marketing Manager

Bridgette Jackson
Senior Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable Specialist

Matt Lemen
National Consultant for K–12 Programs

Nancy Carr, Ph.D.
Senior Editor and Professional Development Consultant

Amanda Brenner
Director of Production

Michael Elsey
Director of Digital Media and President of International Training

Josh Sniegowski
Multimedia Content Developer

Ellen Youniss
IT Director

Pam Vogan
Senior Sales Support Specialist

Jay Geverola
Inside Sales Manager

Roula Villis
Customer Service Representative

Cody Fuerst
Director of Human Resources and Administration

Peter Swanke
Operations Assistant

Carly Brink
Executive Team Assistant

肖连余丨Shawn Xiao
China Educational Consultant

Punit Dhandhania
Senior India Educational Consultant
Board of Directors
Chairman
Charles Brummell, Jr.
Lupus Society of Illinois
Vice-Chairman
Alex J. Pollock
R Street Institute
Members
Paul Barton
Holy Innocents’ Episcopal School
Barbara T. Bowman
Chicago Public Schools
Lindsey Ciochina
Cloud for Good
Alyssa Conrardy
Prosper Strategies
Marcia Wachs Dam
USA for UNHCR
James M. Reum
Winston & Strawn, LLP (Retired)
George L. Schueppert
The Great Books Foundation
David Ward
Great Books Summer Program
Life Members
James W. Haugh
Jane C. Hunt
College of DuPage
Michael L. Igoe
William Lawlor
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney