Meet Our Leadership Team

New Classrooms is committed to an organizational culture that values imaginative thinking, superior execution, ongoing professional development, and open and purposeful collaboration. The individuals who make up the New Classrooms team possess a diverse set of talents. Our team possesses a collective 300+ years of teaching experience, and many of our leaders previously served in key roles in leading educational and technology-based organizations.

Joel Rose
Co-­Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Chris Rush
Co-Founder and Chief Program Officer
Susan Fine, PH.D. - Chief of Learner Development
Susan Fine, Ph.D.
Chief of Learner Development
Jason Schmidt Chief Financial Officer
Jason Schmidt
Chief Financial Officer
Beth Cohen
Vice President of External Relations
Jennifer Kohn
Vice President of Marketing & Communications
Theresa Poprac
Vice President of Growth and Expansion
Christine Sargent
Vice President of Program Operations
Jerry Wang
Vice President of Technology

Board of Directors

Trey Beck
Former Managing Director
D. E. Shaw & Co., L.P.

Mike Bezos
Co-Founder
Bezos Family Foundation

Palmina Fava
Partner
Paul Hastings LLP

Shavar Jeffries
National President
Democrats for Education Reform

Joshua Lewis
Founder and Managing Principal
Salmon River Capital

 

 

Paul Massey
President
New York Investment Sales at Cushman and Wakefield

Gideon Stein
Founder and CEO
LightSail Education

Jeff Wetzler
Co-Founder
Transcend

Sara Allan (observer)
Deputy Director
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Joel Rose and Chris Rush also serve on the Board of Directors.

Board of Advisors

Norman Atkins
Co-Founder and President
Relay Graduate School of Education

Doug Borchard
Managing Director
New Profit Inc.

Anthony Bryk
President
Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching

Tom Carroll
President Emeritus
National Commission on Teaching and America’s Future

Susan Fuhrman
President
Teachers College, Columbia University

John Katzman
Chairman and Founder
Noodle Education
Former Chairman & Founder
2U

Wendy Kopp
Founder
Teach For America
CEO and Co-Founder
Teach For All

David Levin
Co-Founder
KIPP

Jeff Li
Math Teacher
KIPP Infinity Charter School

Ellen Moir
Founder and CEO
The New Teacher Center

Wes Moore
CEO
Robin Hood Foundation
Joe Negron
Managing Director of Middle School
KIPP NYC
Tom Payzant
Former Professor of Practice
Harvard Graduate School of Education
Former Superintendent
Boston Public Schools

Adam Pisoni
Founder and CEO
Always Be Learning

Doug Rohde
Engineering Manager and Education Community Liaison
Google Inc.

Richard Sarnoff
Senior Advisor
KKR

Marla Ucelli-Kashyap
Assistant to the President for Educational Issues
American Federation of Teachers

Tom Vander Ark
Founder
Getting Smart

Gene Wilhoit
Former Executive Director
Council of Chief State School Officers