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About Great Minds

Great Minds PBC is a public benefit corporation and a subsidiary of Great Minds, a nonprofit organization. A group of education leaders founded Great Minds® in 2007 to advocate for a more content-rich, comprehensive education for all children. In pursuit of that mission, Great Minds brings together teachers and scholars to create exemplary instructional materials that provide joyful rigor to learning, spark and reward curiosity, and impart knowledge with equal parts delight.

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Our Mission

At Great Minds we want to make the world a more knowledge-rich place. We know every child is capable of greatness. We are here to improve Pre-K through grade 12 education by supporting teachers with best-in-class curriculum materials and implementation products and services in math, English, science, history and other subjects. Best-in-class curriculum is knowledge-driven, coherent, uses research-based instructional methods that are proven to work for all learners, including but not limited to striving readers, students with dyslexia and English language learners.

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Our Leadership

JOHN WHITE

CEO

John White began serving as CEO of Great Minds in 2025. He joined the Great Minds team as Chief Succ...

Amy Berkowitz

Chief Information Officer

Amy Berkowitz is our chief information officer and brings a passion for mission-driven work along wi...

David Blair

Chief Business Operations Officer

David leads initiatives aimed at achieving operational excellence across the enterprise. He guides t...

Natalie Boyne

Chief Marketing Officer

Natalie Boyne serves as our Chief Marketing Officer and brings key strengths in leadership and colla...

Pete Datos

Chief Operating Officer

Pete Datos serves as Chief Operating Officer, responsible for ensuring Great Minds operations meet t...

Dana Fricke

Chief Sales Officer

Dana Fricke is our Chief Sales Officer and brings a deep understanding of the needs of educators to ...

Pam Goodner

Chief Knowledge Officer - Science

Pam leads a team of teacher-writers in developing PhD Science®, Great Minds’ latest curriculum offer...

Lorraine Griffith

Chief Knowledge Officer - Humanities

Lorraine oversees the development of the Great Minds Humanities curriculum and supporting products. ...

Ingrid Hackett

General Counsel

Ingrid Hackett is our General Counsel, joining Great Minds from Curriculum Associates, LLC, where sh...

Hazel Hughes

Chief Financial Officer

As Chief Financial Officer, Hazel Hughes brings a blend of strong financial expertise and notable se...

Ian Lotinsky

Chief Technology Officer

Ian leads the teams responsible for the software products in support of Great Minds curricula. Previ...

Nell McAnelly

Senior Vice President

Co-Director Emeritus of the Gordon A. Cain Center for STEM Literacy at Louisiana State University Ne...

Dr. Steven Shadel

Chief Knowledge Officer - Math

Steven directs the continued development of Great Minds’ Eureka Math® and Eureka Math2® curricula an...

RACHEL STACK

Chief Product Officer

Rachel leads the product development teams across math, science, and ELA. Rachel joined Great Minds ...

RODNEY WHITMORE

Chief Human Resources Officer

Rodney brings extensive experience in leading human resources departments across multiple industries...

LYNNE MUNSON

Founder and CEO Emeritus

Founder and CEO Emerita Lynne Munson launched Great Minds® in 2007 as a research and advocacy organi...

Tom Kuo

Board Member

Tom is a Co-Founder and Managing Director at A-Street. Prior to A-Street, Tom was a Managing Directo...

Serena McCalla, PhD

Board Member

Serena has dedicated her life to the advancement of science and to science education with the nation...

Maria Neira

Chairman

Former Vice President, New York State United Teachers Maria Neira, an elementary school bilingual te...

Christopher Sprigman

Board Member

Sprigman is the Murray and Kathleen Bring Professor of Law at the NYU School of Law. He came to the ...

Marc Sternberg

Board Member

Marc Sternberg is Co-Founder and Managing Director of A-Street. Prior to launching A-Street, Marc se...

John White

CEO

John White began serving as CEO of Great Minds in 2025. He joined the Great Minds team as Chief Succ...

    JOHN WHITE

    CEO

    John White began serving as CEO of Great Minds in 2025. He joined the Great Minds team as Chief Succ...

    Amy Berkowitz

    Chief Information Officer

    Amy Berkowitz is our chief information officer and brings a passion for mission-driven work along wi...

    David Blair

    Chief Business Operations Officer

    David leads initiatives aimed at achieving operational excellence across the enterprise. He guides t...

    Natalie Boyne

    Chief Marketing Officer

    Natalie Boyne serves as our Chief Marketing Officer and brings key strengths in leadership and colla...

    Pete Datos

    Chief Operating Officer

    Pete Datos serves as Chief Operating Officer, responsible for ensuring Great Minds operations meet t...

    Dana Fricke

    Chief Sales Officer

    Dana Fricke is our Chief Sales Officer and brings a deep understanding of the needs of educators to ...

    Pam Goodner

    Chief Knowledge Officer - Science

    Pam leads a team of teacher-writers in developing PhD Science®, Great Minds’ latest curriculum offer...

    Lorraine Griffith

    Chief Knowledge Officer - Humanities

    Lorraine oversees the development of the Great Minds Humanities curriculum and supporting products. ...

    Ingrid Hackett

    General Counsel

    Ingrid Hackett is our General Counsel, joining Great Minds from Curriculum Associates, LLC, where sh...

    Hazel Hughes

    Chief Financial Officer

    As Chief Financial Officer, Hazel Hughes brings a blend of strong financial expertise and notable se...

    Ian Lotinsky

    Chief Technology Officer

    Ian leads the teams responsible for the software products in support of Great Minds curricula. Previ...

    Nell McAnelly

    Senior Vice President

    Co-Director Emeritus of the Gordon A. Cain Center for STEM Literacy at Louisiana State University Ne...

    Dr. Steven Shadel

    Chief Knowledge Officer - Math

    Steven directs the continued development of Great Minds’ Eureka Math® and Eureka Math2® curricula an...

    RACHEL STACK

    Chief Product Officer

    Rachel leads the product development teams across math, science, and ELA. Rachel joined Great Minds ...

    RODNEY WHITMORE

    Chief Human Resources Officer

    Rodney brings extensive experience in leading human resources departments across multiple industries...

    LYNNE MUNSON

    Founder and CEO Emeritus

    Founder and CEO Emerita Lynne Munson launched Great Minds® in 2007 as a research and advocacy organi...

    Tom Kuo

    Board Member

    Tom is a Co-Founder and Managing Director at A-Street. Prior to A-Street, Tom was a Managing Directo...

    Serena McCalla, PhD

    Board Member

    Serena has dedicated her life to the advancement of science and to science education with the nation...

    Maria Neira

    Chairman

    Former Vice President, New York State United Teachers Maria Neira, an elementary school bilingual te...

    Christopher Sprigman

    Board Member

    Sprigman is the Murray and Kathleen Bring Professor of Law at the NYU School of Law. He came to the ...

    Marc Sternberg

    Board Member

    Marc Sternberg is Co-Founder and Managing Director of A-Street. Prior to launching A-Street, Marc se...

    John White

    CEO

    John White began serving as CEO of Great Minds in 2025. He joined the Great Minds team as Chief Succ...
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