Executive team

Scott Hartl, President and CEO
Scott has been directly involved in our success and growth over nearly two decades. Prior to his current appointment, he served as the first school designer, the Northeast Regional Director, the Director of Research and Evaluation, the Director of Strategic Planning and Partnerships. He founded and ran a high-performing EL school in Boston. Before joining Expeditionary Learning, Scott led major expeditions to mountains in Nepal, Alaska, and throughout the United States as an Outward Bound instructor, taught high school in Schenectady, NY, and was Outdoor Program Director at Marlboro College. Scott and his family live outside of Amherst, Massachusetts and he is proud to be the School Council Representative at the school of his three young children.

Ron Berger, Chief Program Officer
Ron is responsible for all aspects of EL's professional development and instructional program. He has served in multiple roles, including school designer, Northeast Regional Director overseeing implementation in over 40 schools, and professional development designer of over 20 EL Institutes. He has authored two books: An Ethic of Excellence and A Culture of Quality. Ron has over 30 years experience as a teacher, professional development designer, and project leader. A graduate of Hampshire College, he has an EdM from Harvard University.

Tom Van Winkle, Chief Operating Officer
Tom's relationship with Expeditionary Learning began first as a client, serving as the principal of a 700 student middle school that adopted the EL design and became a demonstration site in its fourth year of implementation. Tom has served in multiple roles at EL, including school designer, Director of Professional Development and now as Chief Operating Officer. Presently, he oversees all off-site professional development, operations, budget, policy and personnel operations. He has 20 years of education experience as a teacher, principal, and professional development coach. A graduate of Carleton College, he has a MS in Educational Administration and a PhD in Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Lili Brown, Chief Advancement Officer
Prior to joining EL, Lili served as Vice President of External Affairs at New Visions for Public Schools where she raised over $100 million from private and public sources to create 99 new public high schools in New York City. A graduate of Dartmouth College, she has 20 years’ experience in non-profit administration, strategic planning, and resource development.

Stephanie Lawkins, Chief Financial
Officer & Chief Product Officer
Stephanie leads dual columns of work at Expeditionary Learning: She serves as Chief Financial Officer, overseeing strategic resource planning and financial operations for the organization, and as the Chief Product Officer, responsible for the development and launch of EL's curriculum and Common Core professional services business lines. She joined Expeditionary Learning from the New York City Department of Education, where she played a senior role in developing the overall financial strategy for the district. This included serving on the core team that conceptualized, developed and implemented Fair Student Funding, the weighted student funding formula that brought new transparency to school budgeting and was a pillar of the department's Children First reforms. She is an alumna of Duke University and Columbia Business School.

Staff

National Office

Amy Bailey, Professional Development Specialist

Mandy Barber, Individual Giving Manager

Cheryl Dobbertin, Director of Professional Development

Carrie Fischer, Lead Professional Development Specialist

Dan Gaglione, Accounting Clerk

Cyndi Gueswel, Director of Program Resources

Gwyneth Hagan, Lead Curriculum Developer

Leslie Hansen, Professional Development Planner

April Hattori, Director of Communications

Keisha Jean-Jacques, Program Associate and Receptionist

Carolyn Johnson, Administrative and Program Associate

Annmarie E Mahler, Controller

Steven Melzer, Director of Human Resources and Organizational Strategy

Patty Mengel, Project Associate

Sharon Findley Newman, Director of School Designer Support

Katherine Paik, Research Data Analyst

Kate Palumbo, Professional Development Specialist

Lauren Parent, Creative Projects Associate and Administrative Assistant

Suzanne Plaut, Director of Curriculum

Christina Riley, Lead Curriculum Developer

Sheri Scarborough, Writer

Susan Schwartz, Assistant to the President and CEO

Mindy Spencer, Director of Research and Assessment

Lloyetta Walls, Project Manager, Curriculum and Professional Development

Eadie Wilson-Beeler, Director of Development

Wendy Wolf, Program Manager

Libby Woodfin, Director of Publications

Mid Atlantic region

Myra Parks Brooks, Regional Director

Lauren Lipcon Dale, School Designer

Janine Gomez, School Designer

Romey Pittman, School Designer

Midwest region

Deb Otto, Regional Director and Director of Internal Staff Development

Mary Pat Ament, School Designer

Dale Bergerhofer, School Designer

Enid Dodson, School Designer

Shyla Kinhal, School Designer

Ryan Maxwell, School Designer

Jennifer Seydel, School Designer

Mountain region

Jonathan Mann, Regional Director

Scott Gill, School Designer and Director of Adventure and Nature Programming

Marnie Moody Cooke, School Designer

Dave Manzella, School Designer

Katie Shenk, School Designer

Colleen Stanevich, School Designer

Jen Wood, School Designer

New York City Outward Bound

Suzanne Tillman, Regional Director

Meg Riordan, Regional Director, Instruction

Aurora Kushner, School Designer

David Manning, School Designer

Kate Miller-Bains, Assessment and Data Manager

Laura Shapiro, School Designer

Rebecca Tatistcheff, School Designer

Northeast region

Mark Conrad, Chief Schools Officer and Interim Regional Director

Stephanie Burke, School Designer

Erica Crane, School Designer

Marcy DeJesús-Rueff, School Designer

Jenny Henderson, School Designer

Lucia Kaempffe, School Designer

Steven Levy, School Designer

Emily Lichtenstein, School Designer

Jill Mirman, School Designer

Lily Newman, School Designer

Cynthia Rice, School Designer

Kippy Smith, School Designer

Southeast region

Angela Jolliffe, Regional Director and Director of Professional Events

Sarah Boddy, School Designer

Donya Constantine, School Designer

Anne Vilen, School Designer

West region

John LeCavalier, Regional Director

Tony Altucher, School Designer

David DenHartog, School Designer

Dirk Matthias, School Designer

Amaris Obregon, School Designer