Leadership Team

Valentina Texera-Parissi President & CEO

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

Charlie Adam
National Educational Sales Consultant

Denise Ahlquist

Denise Ahlquist
Senior Academic Consultant

Joi Arceneaux
Professional Learning Consultant

Michelle Barreras

Michelle Barreras
Assistant Director of Sales

Linda Benson Royal Customer Service and Onboarding Representative

Linda Benson Royal
Customer Service and Onboarding Representative

Carly Brink

Carly Brink
Business Development Representative

Andrew Castle

Andrew Castle
K-12 Partnership Support Manager

Even Eisenberger

Evan Eisenberger
K–12 Partnership Manager

Mike Elsey

Michael Elsey
Director of Digital Learning

Laura Exline

Laura Exline
Senior Content Editor

Bridgette Jackson

Bridgette Jackson
Senior Accounts Receivable and Accounts Payable Specialist

Teri Laliberte

Teri Laliberte
Professional Learning Consultant

Enora Lecuyer

Enora Lecuyer
Application Support Engineer

Matt Lemen

Matt Lemen
Director of Sales and Marketing

Dan Lindstrom

Dan Lindstrom
Marketing Manager

Gina Linko Production Editor

Gina Linko
Production Editor

Danielle Martin

Danielle Martin, M.Ed.
Senior Professional Learning Consultant

Kim Rockwood

Kim Rockwood
Manager of Customer Service

Nic Rueth
Content Editor

Josh Sniegowski

Josh Sniegowski
Digital Marketing Manager

Peter Swanke

Peter Swanke
Operations and Training Associate

Roula Villis
Customer Success Manager

Katherine Young E-Learning Product 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