Julie
Evans
Amy Cohen
Cindy Gillis
Karen Greenwood
Laurel Lipsick
Judith Marciante
Kathy Mathieu
Audrey Pearson
Irene K. Spero
Julie Evans
Chief Executive Officer
julie@netday.org
Ms. Evans joined NetDay as the CEO in September 1999. Prior
to NetDay, she enjoyed a very successful 17-year career in the
technology for-profit sector. Her career includes 12 years in
regional sales and marketing management with Unisys including
several years as the Western Region Director of Marketing Services.
Ms. Evans' corporate experiences were a significant asset in
her post-Unisys work with two startup companies in the educational
technology arena.
The first startup, BrightIdeas, was an educational software
distribution firm with community-based consultants who helped
parents and teachers select high quality software for children
through the evaluation of student learning styles matched with
grade and developmentally appropriate curriculum goals. When
Pearson Learning acquired BrightIdeas, Ms. Evans assumed a new
position on the management team as the National Sales Director.
In that capacity, she developed a successful professional development
program for teachers that integrated curricular standards, educational
software, websites and hands-on activities to meet instructional
goals in the K-6 classroom.
Ms. Evans' strong interest in the effective uses of technology
in the classroom led her to become a founding member of the management
team of the Educational Resource Network, a startup company developing
a productivity website for teachers. Her responsibilities as
Vice President at ERN included all content design, development
and acquisition, corporate partnership development as well as
the creation of a new brand identity for the product and the
company. Ms. Evans is a graduate of Brown University.
Ms. Evans is also a mother of three school-age children and
a passionate volunteer in her children's schools. Through her
local hands-on school involvement and her own children's homework,
Ms. Evans lives and breathes the impact of technology on learning
everyday. This special perspective combined with her professional
expertise and commitment to insuring that all children receive
a high quality education provides Ms. Evans with a strategic
viewpoint for exploring the new challenges facing education today.
Ms. Evans is using her belief in the need for strong collaboration
and partnership models between for-profit and non-profit organizations
to guide NetDay into a new era of effectiveness and impact. Ms.
Evans is a frequent commentator for the press on education technology
stories and is a thoughtful and informative speaker at national
education and business conferences on education technology trends.
Amy Cohen
NetDay Student Voices Program Director
amyc@netday.org
Amy Cohen joined the NetDay team in 2004 as Student Voices Program
Director. In her role as Student Voices Program Director, Amy will
continue to advance NetDay’s mission to “connect every
child to a brighter future” by bringing student voices to
the forefront and providing them with tools and resources to make
their voices heard and listened to.
After nine years in the educational publishing business as writer,
editor, curriculum developer, instructional designer, and project
manager, she is happy to bring her expertise in technology and
education to the NetDay organization. In her previous positions,
Amy has been responsible for authoring and producing numerous print
and online curriculum materials supporting math, social studies,
science, language arts, and technology instruction. Her pedagogical
leanings have always been towards the best and most engaging methods
to provide teachers and students with meaningful learning experiences.
Amy received her B.A. in Urban Studies and Planning and her multiple
subject teaching credential from the University of California in
San Diego. She is currently pursuing a Masters degree in Library
and Information Science with an emphasis on Archival Studies. She
also enjoys knitting, yoga, music, volunteering, and is an amateur
history enthusiast.
Cindy Gillis
Editorial Expert
cindy@netday.org
Cindy Gillis has been a member of the NetDay team for over
2 years, serving as the grants and funding researcher for NetDayCompass.org,
as well as a volunteer and special events coordinator. In addition
to her work with NetDay, Cindy serves on the Executive Board
of Rick Rackers, an auxiliary of the Assistance League of Long
Beach, as well as the Executive Board of the PTA at her children's
school. She raises funds and coordinates activities for The Bethune
School for Homeless Children, and has served on the Board of
Directors for Junior League, both in Long Beach, CA. Cindy has
many past work experiences as well: she has worked as an Assistant
Auditor, a Budget/Financial Analyst, an Educational Software
Consultant, a Technology Coordinator for an elementary school,
and finally, an educational technology trainer.
Cindy graduated in 1983 with a BS in Business Administration:
Concentration Information Systems from the University of Lowell
(now University of Massachusetts at Lowell).
Karen Greenwood
Writer-Consultant
kareng@netday.org
Nimble Press President Karen R. Greenwood is a writer and speaker
specializing in network technology and K-12 education. She founded
the Education Network Manager's User Group (ENMUG) in San Jose,
the TechForum annual conference, presents as a technology expert
at education conferences, and writes for the NetDayCompass Spotlight
on Success monthly newsletter. She is on the advisory board of
the Women of Silicon Valley project and the EdNET Conference
2001.
In October 1998, she founded Nimble Press (www.nimble-press.com)
to connect non-profit and educational organizations with high-tech
companies through meaningful projects. She provides project and
business development consulting as well as technical writing
services. She has been interviewed by the San Jose Mercury News,
San Francisco Chronicle, EduVentures, eSchool News, and other
media.
Karen received her master's degree in English from the University
of Iowa Nonfiction Program in 1995. She earned her bachelor's
degree in creative writing from Beloit College in Beloit, Wisconsin
in 1989.
Honors and awards:
David Packard Civic Entrepreneurs Award for Smart Valley, 1998;
Women in Communications Award of Excellence, April 1994.
Laurel Lipsick
Editorial Expert
laurel@netday.org
Laurel Lipsick has been involved in the field of educational
computing for over 17 years. She works with K-12 school staff
in promoting the use of broadcast media and the Internet in the
classroom. She is particularly interested in the use of collaborative
and distance learning projects within the K-12 environment. At
NetDay, she has been a key member in the development and growth
of NetDayCompass. She holds an M.S. in Educational Technology
from SUNY Stony Brook.
Judith Marciante
Web Guru
judith@pointline.net
Judith Marciante is an award-winning graphic designer and web
site developer who has worked with the NetDay team for over 2
years. For more information about Judith and her company, Pointline
Interactive, please see http://www.pointline.net/resume.html.
Kathy Mathieu
Director of Finance and Administration
kathy@netday.org
Kathy joined NetDay in February 2000 as the Director of Finance
and Administration, strengthening the organization with a 20-year
career in accounting management. At NetDay, Kathy is responsible
for all accounting and administration functions.
Kathy's background includes both the corporate environment
and entrepreneurial startup ventures. As Controller at Digital
Venture Solutions, Inc., an Internet startup developing a productivity
website for teachers, Kathy implemented accounting and administration
procedures. During her 6 years as Macrolink, Inc., a manufacturer
of computer hardware, Kathy served as Systems Coordinator/Staff
Accountant, where she coordinated network software among all
departments, implemented cost effective inventory control system,
managed annual physical inventory, and assisted accounting personnel.
For 3 years, Kathy was employed as the Controller at Lectronic
Leaderboard, Inc., a startup venture which developed closed circuit
advertising and tournament scoring for both public and private
golf courses. Her accomplishments at this job included implementation
of an accounting system for a new business, as well as management
of the administrative staff. Kathy began her career as the Accounting
Manager for American Imports, Inc., where she worked for eight
years. Her responsibilities included maintaining accounting records
and financial statements for three companies.
Audrey Pearson
Project Director - Mississippi Delta
audrey@netday.org
Audrey Pearson joined NetDay in 1999 and currently serves as
Project Director of the Teaching, Learning and Technology case
study in the Mississippi Delta. In this role, Audrey works directly
with teachers and administrators in the West Bolivar School District
to help the district integrate technology into underserved schools
and districts in the Mississippi Delta Empowerment Zone. Her
work has been highlighted in Converge magazine, an educational
technology publication.
Prior to joining NetDay, Audrey worked for over 6 years as
an elementary school educator at West Bolivar Elementary School
and Southpark Elementary School in Mississippi, where she began
to use computers in the classroom. In 1998, Audrey served on
the West Bolivar School District Technology Committee, where
she helped write grants for funding technology initiatives in
K-6 classrooms. Her accomplishments during this period included
piloting a web TV and the Internet in an elementary classroom.
Audrey graduated from Delta State University in 1992 with a
Bachelor of Science degree in Elementary Education having an
emphasis in Reading. She is currently working toward her Master's
in Community Development and hopes to pursue an advanced degree
in Educational Technology. Married in 1987, she and her husband
Duane have two children. She enjoys reading, designing interior
spaces, blues music, painting, working on personal development,
and being a life-long learner.
Irene K. Spero
Director, External Relations and Outreach Services
irene@netday.org
Irene K. Spero joined the NetDay team in January 2002. As Director
of External Relations and Outreach Services, Irene works to enhance
the visibility of NetDay with policymakers in Washington, DC,
builds relationships with the educational technology community,
and provides strategic policy information for NetDay. Irene also
serves as vice president of the Consortium for School Networking.
Irene served as Director of External Relations at the Congressionally
chartered Web-based Education Commission. Its report, The Power
of the Internet for Learning, was released to the President and
Congress in December 2000. It outlined the ways in which the
Internet was changing the delivery of education at all levels,
identified the opportunities of the Internet for education, and
noted the obstacles that prevent technology from reaching all
students. She also spent 16 years as Executive Director for Federal
and State Relations at the College Board where she advised policymakers
and commented on issues relating to the transition from secondary
to higher education, access and equity issues. Irene has also
worked at the American Association of State Colleges and Universities,
the Sloan Commission on Government and Higher Education and the
State University of New York.
She received a BA degree cum laude with honors in political
science from Bryn Mawr College and an MA in Public Law from Columbia
University. She is married and the mother of two grown sons.
She is actively involved in a wide range of community and professional
activities in the Washington, DC area.
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