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
Linda Barrett
Senior Professional Development Consultant
Amanda Brenner
Director of Production
Carly Brink
Business Development Representative
Nancy Carr, Ph.D.
Senior Editor and Professional Development Consultant
Punit Dhandhania
Senior India Educational Consultant
Michael Elsey
Director of Digital Media and President of International Training
Cody Fuerst
Director of Human Resources and Administration
Jay Geverola
Regional Sales Representative
Bridgette Jackson
Senior Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable Specialist
Matt Lemen
National Consultant for K–12 Programs
Dan Lindstrom
Marketing Manager
Danielle Martin, M.Ed.
Professional Learning Consultant and Trainer
Josh Sniegowski
Multimedia Content Developer
Peter Swanke
Operations Assistant
Roula Villis
Customer Service Representative
Pam Vogan
Senior Sales Support Specialist
肖连余丨Shawn Xiao
China Educational Consultant
Ellen Youniss
IT Director
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
Associate Board of Ambassadors
Lana Burge
Sr. Strategic Planner
Haygarth
Kendall McDermott
Strategic Planner
TracyLocke
Michael Heaney
Vice President
Cresa