Our Teachers Are Leaving — What Now?
By Amanda Beaudoin A look at the problem and potential solutions. You are an elementary school student. You squeeze into your desk in an overcrowded classroom while an adult you have never seen before stands in front of your class — yet another substitute teacher filling in since your teacher left last month.
Expanding Access to Higher Education: A Chat with Jamie Merisotis of the Lumina Foundation
On the latest episode of the Rethinking Education Sessions, Matt Greenfield and Amanda Beaudoin sit down with Jamie Merisotis, the President and CEO of Lumina Foundation. Lumina Foundation is the nation’s largest private foundation committed solely to enrolling and graduating more students from colleges. The Foundation is also a good friend and LP of Rethink […]
Tammy Mank Wincup
Tammy serves as an Investment Committee Member for Rethink Education. Tammy is President & Chief Commercial Officer, Revolution Foods. Before that, Tammy was the founding President of Protocol, a media company covering the power center of tech. Founded as a part of POLITICO Media Group and sold to Axel Springer Media in 2021, Tammy grew […]
Michelle Dervan
Michelle Dervan serves as a Venture Partner for Rethink Education.Pior to joining Rethink Education, Michelle was a Director of Strategic Partnerships at Pearson Education where she focused on sourcing and structuring partnership deals with large and small tech companies. She previously held a number of education, edtech and economic development roles at Irish government agency, […]
Matt Greenfield
Matt Greenfield serves as the Managing Partner of Rethink Education with Andre Bennin. Matt sits on the boards of AllHere, Allovue, BrightBytes, CareAcademy, GetSetUp, Major League Hacking, and Stellic. His non-profit affiliations include the boards of Southern New Hampshire University. Matt received his B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. in English from Yale University, where he won […]
Michael Walden
Michael Walden serves as Chief Operating Officer of Rethink Capital Partners, where he oversees the launch, development and operations of the Rethink Capital Partners venture strategies. Michael also serves as the Managing Partner of Rethink Commnunity. Since joining the firm in 2011, he has lead the development and launch of four Rethink Capital Partners strategies […]
Bridget Duru
Bridget Duru serves as an Associate on the investment team at Rethink Education. Prior to joining the firm in January 2022, Bridget spent two years at EY-Parthenon, focusing on commercial due diligence for companies in the consumer and education sectors. Bridget graduated magna cum laude from Brown University and holds a B.A. in Political Science […]
Amy Nelson
Amy Nelson serves as Chief Strategy Officer of Rethink Capital Partners where she oversees the firms development of new strategies and supports growth and operations across the platform. Prior to Rethink, she spent eight years at Venture For America, an organization that selects, trains, and supports the next generation of entrepreneurs, including four years serving […]
Andre Bennin
Andre Bennin serves as Managing Partner of Rethink Education where he is a key player in both firm strategy and leading investments: actively shaping the portfolio, positioning, and thesis. He previously served as Managing Partner of Juvo Ventures. Before that, he came from Strada Education Network, where he was a Managing Director of Corporate Development, […]
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