Leadership Team
Valentina Texera-Parissi
President & CEO
Peter Walton
Chief Financial Officer
Sarah Claypool Friedland
Executive Director
of Operations and Training
Louise Galpine
Executive Director
of Creative Development
Great Books Team
Charlie Adam
National Educational Sales Consultant
Denise Ahlquist
Senior Academic Consultant
Joi Arceneaux
Professional Learning Consultant
Michelle Barreras
Assistant Director of Sales
Linda Benson Royal
Customer Service and Onboarding Representative
Carly Brink
Business Development Representative
Andrew Castle
K-12 Partnership Support Manager
Evan Eisenberger
K–12 Partnership Manager
Michael Elsey
Director of Digital Learning
Laura Exline
Senior Content Editor
Bridgette Jackson
Senior Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable Specialist
Teri Laliberte
Professional Learning Consultant
Enora Lecuyer
Application Support Engineer
Matt Lemen
Director of Sales and Marketing
Dan Lindstrom
Marketing Manager
Gina Linko
Production Editor
Danielle Martin, M.Ed.
Senior Professional Learning Consultant
Kim Rockwood
Manager of Customer Service
Nic Rueth
Content Editor
Josh Sniegowski
Digital Marketing Manager
Peter Swanke
Operations and Training Associate
Roula Villis
Customer Success Manager
Katherine Young
Digital Product Manager
Board of Directors
Chairman
Charles Brummell, Jr.
Lupus Society of Illinois
Vice-Chairman
Paul Barton
Holy Innocents’ Episcopal School
Members
Barbara T. Bowman
Chicago Public Schools
Lindsey Ciochina
Cloud for Good
Karen MacGilvray
World Family English
Alex J. Pollock
The Mises Institute
James M. Reum
Winston & Strawn, LLP (Retired)
George L. Schueppert
The Great Books Foundation
Marcia Wachs Dam
USA for UNHCR
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
Associate Board of Ambassadors
Lana Burge
AbelsonTaylor
Kendall McDermott
HLK
Victoria Conner
Jade and Co Candles
Michael Heaney
Avison Young