Education industry veteran hired to scale the company as it expands to serve more special education students
PresenceLearning, the leading provider of live online special education related services for K-12 schools, has hired education industry veteran Jennifer Berry as its new Chief Operating Officer. In this role, Berry will oversee all of the company’s operations including its clinical management and support teams.
Berry was brought on board to drive operational and clinical excellence as PresenceLearning grows its partnerships with school district special education and counseling teams. The company partners with education administrators to support their staff in meeting all of their students’ special education and mental health service needs. Teletherapy Essentials by PresenceLearning provides school teams with a suite of therapy content, activities, and evaluations on a video platform designed to enhance workforce flexibility and remote service. The PresenceLearning network of more than 1,500 licensed clinicians works in collaboration with school teams via teletherapy to serve their excess caseloads, bilingual service needs, assessment requirements, and short term coverage needs.
“Jennifer’s leadership comes at a critical time when schools are actively reimagining a better way to serve their students and support flexibility for their staff. Our potential for impact has never been greater and our leadership team is excited for the opportunity,” said PresenceLearning CEO Kate Eberle Walker.
Berry brings to PresenceLearning management experience focused primarily on strategic planning, human resources and talent development, capacity building, business development, finance management, and operations. She was most recently the COO of After-School All-Stars, a national nonprofit that provides free comprehensive programming in under-resourced communities that supports students to succeed in school and life. She was also the COO of Quantum Learning Network, as well as a Vice President for SCORE! Educational Centers, Kaplan Test Prep, and Kaplan Bar Review.
“It is an honor to join Kate and the team at PresenceLearning during this critical time in our country’s journey, especially related to equity in education. Nothing gives me greater pleasure than to work with incredible humans doing extraordinary things for students and families,” said Berry.
Berry joins PresenceLearning’s highly accomplished leadership team which includes CEO Kate Eberle Walker, CFO Anthony Pane, General Counsel Brian Stephen, CTO Russ Greenspan, CRO Brian Culbreth, VP of Product Cole Dudley, VP of People Shanelle Reese, and VP of Marketing and Communications Laura Sullivan.
To learn more about PresenceLearning and its leadership team, visit PresenceLearning.com.
The American Consortium for Equity in Education, publisher of the "Equity & Access" journal, celebrates and connects the educators, associations, community partners and industry leaders who are working to solve problems and create a more equitable environment for historically underserved pre K-12 students throughout the United States.
