Leadership Team
Valentina Texera Parissi
President & CEO
Peter Walton
Chief Financial Officer
Sarah Claypool Friedland
Executive Director of Business Development
Rick Booms
Executive Director of Sales
Louise Galpine
Executive Director of Creative Development
Great Books Team
Denise Ahlquist
Senior Academic Consultant
Kelly Emanuel
Senior Educational Consultant & National Training Instructor
Linda Barrett
Senior Professional Development Consultant
Danielle Martin, M.Ed.
Professional Learning Consultant & Trainer
Dan Lindstrom
Marketing Manager
Brian DeSoto
Assistant Director for K–12 Programs
Matt Lemen
National Consultant for K–12 Programs
Nancy Carr, Ph.D.
Senior Editor and Professional Development Consultant
Amanda Brenner
Senior Production Editor
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
Bridgette Jackson
Senior Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable Specialist
Peter Swanke
Office Services 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 Foundation of America, Illinois Chapter
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
