About Ready4K

Megan is the Director of Partner Success at ParentPowered. After teaching lower elementary for nine years she moved to the edtech world, where she has worked in customer success at various edtech startups (Hapara, Nearpod, and Handshake). She holds a B.A in Child Development from Michigan State University, a M.A. in Elementary Education from the University of Michigan, and a M.A. in Instructional Technologies from San Francisco State University.

Weezie is the Director of Strategic Partnerships at ParentPowered. She has spent over a decade of her career cultivating and managing relationships that support financial sustainability and bolster social impact. Weezie has worked for businesses, public benefit corporations and nonprofits, including Giving Assistant, GreatSchools, and Sesame Workshop. She holds a B.A. in political science from Louisiana State University.

Natalie has worked in Public Education for 15 years, first as a High School Registrar and later in the District Central Office of Data and Assessment. More recently, Natalie transitioned into sales and business development for Illuminate Education and later with Renaissance Learning. In this role, she consistently excelled by establishing genuine rapport, remaining curious and staying committed to the power of positive interaction. Natalie holds a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from California State University, Northridge.

Susanna is an Academic Advisor of ParentPowered, and a Professor of Education and International and Public Affairs at Brown University. She is also the Director of the Annenberg Institute for School Reform at Brown, and was previously the Director of the Center for Education Policy Analysis at Stanford University. Susanna holds a doctorate in economics and a master of public policy from the University of Michigan, and a bachelor’s in political science and civil engineering from Stanford.

Mindy is the Director of Business Operations at ParentPowered. Before joining ParentPowered, Mindy worked in Public Education at a national K-12 charter management organization serving low-income children as well as various early education technology companies. Mindy holds a B.A. from University of California Irvine, and an M.B.A from University of Oxford.

Matthew is Chief Operating Officer for ParentPowered. Before joining ParentPowered, Matthew served as president of GreatSchools. He began his career in education and social impact work in various operations leadership roles at Aspire Public Schools and Tides. Previously, Matthew spent several years in digital media as a co-founder of Organic and founding management team member of Wired magazine’s online venture, HotWired. Matthew has a B.A. from Earlham College and an MBA from The Wharton School.

Alex is the Senior Software Engineer at ParentPowered, responsible for the design, development, and maintenance of the technical side of the Ready4K program. He is an IT specialist with a focus on web development, and has helped build numerous web apps and services. Alex holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science from the National Research Nuclear University MEPhI in Moscow, Russia.

Adam is a Director of Strategic Partnerships at ParentPowered, who has been an advocate for underserved families and children through academic, MTSS and SEL evidence-based programs for over 30 years. Before joining ParentPowered, Adam served as a Title I elementary and high school teacher, a school administrator, and as a district administrator over Professional Development for school and district administrators throughout Florida. Over the last nine years, Adam supported school districts around the country as an educational consultant for different organizations, including McGraw Hill Education and Illuminate Education.

Adam holds a Bachelor of Science in Early Childhood and Elementary Education from Barry University and both a Master of Science in Elementary Education and an Education Specialist degree in Educational Leadership from Nova Southeastern University.

Heer is the Program Success Manager for Distance Learning at ParentPowered. She began her career designing a mobile public education program for the government in Pakistan and teaching in underserved areas in Karachi. More recently, she worked as the Tech & Data Lead responsible for Pre-K for All Outreach in New York City. Heer has a Masters in Education Policy from Harvard Graduate School of Education.

Maya is the Senior Director of Product at ParentPowered. Before joining ParentPowered, she developed an English coaching platform for adult immigrants, and helped students and teachers get easy access to online learning at Clever. Maya holds a B.A. from Tufts University, and an M.A. in Learning, Design, and Technology from Stanford’s Graduate School of Education.

Jon is the Chief Technology Officer of ParentPowered. A lifelong lover of technology, Jon spent his early career helping to build the mobile Internet, and most recently worked at Jawbone as a Software Architect helping people to take control of their fitness and health through award-winning wearable technology. He holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from the University of California at Berkeley.

Ben is the founder of ParentPowered and a member of the Company’s Board of Directors. Prior to founding ParentPowered, he was the Executive Director of CEPA Labs at Stanford University. It was at Stanford where Ben and colleagues first studied the Ready4K approach. His career spans education technology, education research, public education as an after school program manager, philanthropy, and finance. Ben has a Bachelor of Arts in economics from the University of Colorado, summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa, as well as a Master of Arts in political science and a Ph.D. in education from Stanford. He enjoys spending his free time with his wife Shelly and daughters Ellie and Emma.