ReadWorks team

Meet Our Team

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Growth and Operations Team

Our Growth and Operations Team is responsible for marketing, fundraising, partnerships, and management.

Terry Bowman
Executive Director

Terry has dedicated his career to the service of at-risk and low-income populations. He has held leadership positions, including Vice-President, Education and Workforce, at Mentored, LLC; Executive Director, Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship (NFTE), New York; and Senior Director, Labor Policy and Implementation, at the New York City Department of Education.

Terry Bowman
Executive Director

Sarah E. Wendt
Chief Development Officer

Sarah brings more than two decades of fundraising experience to ReadWorks and is excited to help the organization thrive, grow and reach more readers. She has held leadership roles with organizations that focus on access, education and youth including the Ethical Culture Fieldston School, Student Leadership Network, Step Up, and Outward Bound USA. Sarah is passionate and dedicated to connecting donors with impactful causes to drive significant and meaningful change.

Sarah E. Wendt
Chief Development Officer

Melissa Calder
Director of Marketing and Engagement

Melissa has led marketing and communications strategies for schools, universities and museums for more than 12 years. She has deep knowledge of education and her experience includes student and customer marketing management, digital strategy, content development, brand oversight and demand generation planning. She started her career as a graphic designer and art teacher and has always had a passion for connecting with audiences and driving results that put people at the center of a mission.

Melissa Calder
Senior Director of
Marketing & Communications

Becca Vaughn
Director of Operations

Becca joined ReadWorks after graduating with her M.P.A. from Indiana University’s O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs with concentrations in nonprofit management and public policy. Prior to ReadWorks, she worked as a supervisor at a nonprofit technology consulting clinic at Indiana University and in conservation. Becca is an AmeriCorps NCCC alumni and received her B.A. in anthropology from Southern Illinois University.

Becca Vaughn
Senior Director of Operations, DEI Coordinator

Margo Doolittle
Chief of Staff,
Earned Revenue Lead

Margo has devoted her career to advancing educational equity. She began in communications at Teach For America before teaching in the South Bronx and Harlem, and later served as the first development director at Bronx Prep. At ReadWorks, Margo is Chief of Staff and leads the organization’s earned revenue strategy, helping sustain and expand its mission. She holds a B.S. from Northwestern University and an M.P.A. from Columbia University, with concentrations in nonprofit management and education policy. Margo lives in Weston, CT, with her husband and three children.

Margo Doolittle
Chief of Staff,
Earned Revenue Lead

Steffanie Marshall
Partnerships Consultant

Teaching, Learning, and Content Team

Our Teaching, Learning, and Content (TLC) team sits at the core of everything we do, overseeing content development, teacher guidance creation, professional learning offerings, research, and partnerships.

Manjula Raman
Senior Director of
Content & Curriculum

Over the decade-plus she has been with ReadWorks, Manjula has built our library to be the trusted resource educators love today by developing, creating, curating, and editing many of our over 5,500 texts and their curricular supports. Before joining the ReadWorks team, Manjula worked in editorial at an academic publisher and as a Writing Fellow at Brown University, where she earned her B.A. in cognitive science.

Manjula Raman
Senior Director of
Literacy Products

Anh Hua, Ph.D.
Quantitative Researcher

Anh received her Cognitive Psychology Ph.D. with a specialization in reading comprehension from the University of Denver and has a long-standing passion to conduct rigorous research to improve children’s learning outcomes. Most recently she has been working as an Assistant Research Professor at the Graduate School of Applied and Professional Psychology at Rutgers. Anh has experience in assessing teachers’ instructional practices and the association between teachers’ practices and students’ academic achievement as well as experience in evaluating the project’s impact on students’ reading achievement.

Anh Hua, Ph.D.
Senior Quantitative
Researcher

Liza Ware, Ph.D.
Research Project Manager

Liza received her Ph.D. in psychology from Northwestern University, specializing in cognitive development. Her research has focused on cognition, language, and conceptual knowledge. She has extensive experience as an educator in higher education and believes educational technologies can be powerful tools to improve learning and expand access to knowledge. At ReadWorks, Liza leads research project management and partnerships to evaluate the impact of our products on student learning and teacher practice. She is passionate about supporting teachers and students with practical, research-based guidance and resources.

Liza Ware, Ph.D.
Senior Research & District Partnerships Manager

Nathalie Karimian, Ed.D.
Content & Curricular Supports Developer

Nathalie Karimian holds an Educational Doctorate in Educational Leadership from the University of Southern California, with a concentration in Educational Psychology. At ReadWorks, she leads projects for multilingual learners, special education, and professional learning. She has worked on many aspects of content curation, including writing question sets, developing Book Studies, and more. She has previously held positions as a teacher and consultant. Her doctoral research focused on language development, including Armenian-Americans and the role of play. Nathalie is passionate about impacting the classroom through pedagogy and research.

Nathalie Karimian, Ed.D.
Senior Manager of
Pedagogy & Curriculum

Paola Yuli
Content Intern

Paola is an English Ph.D. candidate at Howard University, specializing in Caribbean literature. In her pedagogical training, she is currently a graduate instructor at Howard. Previously, Paola was a Writing Coach for undergraduate and graduate students and a Private English Tutor for K-12 students. In her third year at ReadWorks, she supports the development and publishing of ReadWorks passages in our library. Paola strongly believes in the power of education and in making learning materials free and accessible. She graduated from Barnard College with a BA in English.

Paola Yuli
Content Specialist

Caitlyn Meagher
Senior Content Developer

Caitlyn Meagher holds a BA from Middlebury College, where she studied Theater and English. She writes passages, comprehension question sets, differentiation materials, and more to expand ReadWorks’ content offerings and better serve teachers. Caitlyn is passionate about the intersection between the arts and education.

Caitlyn Meagher
Senior Content
Developer

Celestina Lee
Educator Support
Specialist

Celestina is a wholehearted believer in every child’s right to read. She was a first grade classroom teacher for over a decade and now serves as a school-based reading specialist in Washington, D.C. She earned her B.A. in educational studies from Swarthmore College and her master’s degree in literacy and language development from Harvard GSE. She is passionate about elevating instructional practices that build background knowledge while reinforcing foundational skills.

Celestina Lee
Educator Support
Consultant

Susanne Nobles, Ph.D.
Chief Academic Officer,
Lead Strategy Officer

Susanne has spent her career working to empower educators and students with research, structures, and tools for meaningful and effective learning. She led Digital Promise’s collaborative work with developers, researchers, and educators for the Learner Variability Project (LVP). Susanne has also been an adjunct instructor with Relay Graduate School of Education and a K-12 teacher and administrator for over 20 years. Her Ph.D. research focused on creating effective digital communities of practice.

Jason Long
District Consultant

Susanne Nobles, Ph.D.
Chief Academic Officer,
Lead Strategy Officer

Susanne Nobles, Ph.D.
Senior Advisor
District Partnerships & Professional Learning

Technology Team

Our Tech Team builds, maintains, and improves upon our award winning website and resources.

Ben Nichols
Senior Back End Engineer

Ben is a computer engineer who went to school in Boston before starting his career in the cloud computing industry. After a crash course in the largest computing systems in the world, he moved on to working with small companies where he specializes in system automation, infrastructure design, process improvement, and all things python. In his free time he enjoys cooking, travel, reading, and stand-up comedy.

Ben Nichols
Senior Director of Technology

Jeffrey Fleishhacker
Senior Director of
Product Development

Jeff is a founding member of the ReadWorks team. Working in educational technology for over twenty years, Jeff has been a part of ReadWorks (and its precursor organizations) since 2001. Born and raised as a fourth-generation San Franciscan, Jeff graduated from Columbia University and has called Brooklyn home since 2000, where he lives now with his wife, two children, and two cats.

Jeffrey Fleishhacker
Senior Director of
Product Development

Sandy Mak
Senior Full Stack Engineer

Sandy has over five years of experience in full-stack software engineering. Prior to joining ReadWorks, she honed her skills in the mental health sector, working with both small startups and large tech corporations. Her accomplishments encompass leading, designing, and building full features that not only add value but also delight users.

With a Masters in Education, Sandy transitioned from teaching middle school English to the tech industry. Her time in the classroom instilled in her a passion for fostering empathy with audiences and creating technology that places user experience at the forefront of its focus.

Outside of work, Sandy enjoys indoor bouldering, taking walks with her dog Leo, and savoring a hearty bowl of noodle soup.

Sandy Mak
Senior Full
Stack Engineer

Abdul Hamid
UI Engineer

Abdul transitioned into the frontend development space shortly after obtaining his BS in Mechanical Engineering. During his career, he has used a variety of technologies to build thoughtful and accessible experiences

Abdul Hamid
Engineering Consultant

Mitchel Roling
Data Analyst Consultant

ReadWorks Board of Directors

Select any photo to read Board Members' biographies.

Daria L. Wallach, Chair
Lord, Abbett & Co. (Ret.)

Daria L. Wallach is the retired Managing Partner of Lord, Abbett & Co. LLC and President and Director of Lord Abbett Mutual Funds. As Managing Partner, she was responsible for setting the firm’s strategic direction and managing the day-to-day business activities of the firm, including investment management, institutional investment services, private wealth, marketing and relationship management, as well as operations, technology, human resources, finance, and legal services.
Daria has more than 40 years of leadership and financial services industry experience, more than half of which was with Lord Abbett. Prior to joining Lord Abbett, Ms. Wallach served as Vice President of Marketing for the Chemical Investment Group, as Vice President and Manager for the Irving Trust Co.; Assistant Vice President of Marine Midland Bank, N.A.; and Assistant Treasurer for Chase Manhattan Bank.
In addition to serving as ReadWorks’ Board Chairwoman, Daria most recently served as the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Alvin Ailey Dance Foundation and as the Vice Chairman of the New York Philharmonic. Ms. Wallach earned a BA from Gettysburg College and was awarded an honorary doctorate of humane letters from St. Bonaventure University. Daria and her husband Eric live in Manhattan.

Daria L. Wallach, Chair
Lord, Abbett & Co. (Ret.)

Cameron Amstater
Reel Works

Cameron Amstater is an entertainment industry professional and non-profit leader who currently serves as Director of Workforce Programs at Reel Works, a New York-based organization dedicated to preparing young people and underrepresented talent for careers in media and film. In this role, she leads career development initiatives, job training, and workforce development programs—such as MediaMKRS—that equip aspiring creators with the skills, mentorship, and industry connections needed to launch creative careers.

Prior to Reel Works, Cameron built an extensive background in entertainment as a seasoned TV and film production coordinator in New York on shows including Boardwalk Empire, Mr. Robot, Pose, and Succession. Leveraging her hands-on industry experience, she works closely with major entertainment partners, studios, and educational institutions to create career pipelines and talent acquisition opportunities. Cameron lives in Brooklyn, NY with her husband and two children.

Cameron Amstater
Reel Works

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Jamie Beard
The Claremont Group LLC

Jamie Beard is a real estate investment and development executive with over two decades of experience spanning commercial real estate, venture capital, financial services, and operational leadership. He currently serves as a Partner at The Claremont Group, a family-owned real estate firm based in New York, where his focus includes international development operations, real estate strategy, and capital fundraising. He is also the managing principal of Bear Creek Development, Sand Dunes Real Estate, and Florida Development and Consulting in Florida’s Panhandle.
Before joining The Claremont Group, Jamie held executive investment roles across multiple sectors, including serving as Chief Operating Officer at Ridgetop Research, President at JMB Capital, and Vice President at JPMorgan Chase & Co. He earned a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the University of Vermont and a Master of Business Administration in Finance from Columbia Business School. In addition to the ReadWorks Board, Jamie also serves on the Boards of The Tsunami Foundation and The Green Vale School. He is the proud father of three children; he and his wife live on Long Island.

Jamie Beard
The Claremont Group LLC

Mandy Casamassima
PBR Executive Search

Mandy Gauss Casamassima is a non-profit executive search leader and former educator with over two decades of experience spanning talent acquisition, education administration, and public school teaching. She currently serves as Vice President of Executive Search and Operations at PBR Executive Search, a national retained search firm specializing in non-profit executive placement. Prior to entering executive search in 2017, Casamassima spent nearly 15 years working in public education as a classroom teacher and administrator. She began her career as a corps member with Teach For America in the South Bronx and then joined KIPP NYC where she built the region’s Shared Services Team (responsible for fundraising, operations, human resources, finance, technology, and board development/engagement).

A graduate of Boston College, Mandy also maintains active involvement in education advocacy and non-profit governance. In addition to her work with ReadWorks, she serves on the Connecticut Advisory Board for Teach For America. Mandy lives in Greenwich, CT with her husband, three boys, two dogs and a handful of chickens.

Mandy Casamassima
PBR Executive Search

Gina N. Cervetti
University of Michigan

Gina Cervetti’s research focuses on the interface of literacy and content-area learning. She is interested in how inquiry experience in science can provide an authentic and engaging meaning-based context for literacy learning; she also examines the role of sustained engagement in a set of ideas for literacy development; and she is looking into ways to help students bring the tools of inquiry to bear on questions they encounter across the curriculum and outside of school.

Following her doctoral work in educational psychology at Michigan State University, Gina worked for several years as a postdoctoral scholar and researcher at the University of California, Berkeley.
She is also involved in work on academic discourse and vocabulary acquisition in science and on how curriculum materials can best support teachers’ practice and teacher learning. Gina is a co-principal investigator on a National Science Foundation-funded study of the efficacy of the Seeds/Roots model of science-literacy integration for English learners, and the potential of an educative curriculum design framework for advancing teacher learning about strategies for supporting linguistically diverse students in science.

Gina joined the University of Michigan faculty following three years as an assistant professor at the University of Colorado, Boulder. She lives in Ann Arbor, MI.

Gina N. Cervetti
University of Michigan

Karim (Kam) Moolani
XYSTON Capital Management, LP

Karim Moolani is an experienced investment executive with an extensive background in private equity, distressed credit, and special situations investing. He currently serves as Managing Partner and Chief Investment Officer at XYSTON Capital Management LP, an investment firm focused on high-conviction investments across real estate and real assets.

Throughout his career, Karim has held leadership roles across prominent investment platforms and advisory firms. Prior to founding XYSTON Capital Management, he served as a Managing Director at Fundamental Advisors LP and Silver Point Capital. His earlier experience includes positions at Macquarie Group, Oaktree Capital Management, and McKinsey & Company.

Kam graduated with honors with a B.A. in Finance from the University of Western Ontario’s Richard Ivey School of Business. He lives in Manhattan with his wife and two sons.

Karim (Kam) Moolani
XYSTON Capital
Management

Daniel (Dan) Weisberg
The Wallace Foundation

Dan Weisberg is an experienced education executive and national thought leader in PK–12 education with over 20 years of dedicated service driving tangible student success. Throughout his career, he has specialized in academic strategy, human capital development, career pathways, and leading system-wide educational transformation.

Most recently, Dan joined The Wallace Foundation as Chief Program and Policy Officer, where he helps oversee efforts across education, the arts, youth development, and research, with a strong focus on driving economic mobility for students. Prior to this role, he served in high-profile leadership positions, including First Deputy Chancellor of NYC Public Schools where he oversaw strategies impacting over 900,000 students and led initiatives like NYC Reads and FutureReadyNYC. Previously, Dan served as CEO of TNTP, a leading national education non-profit, championing educational equity across the nation.

With a JD from NYU and fellowships from Aspen and Broad, Dan has authored influential studies and testified before Congress. His career spans legal, governmental, and nonprofit sectors, focusing on talent development, policy innovation, and systemic improvement in education. He lives in Brooklyn with his wife and two sons.

Dan Weisberg
The Wallace Foundation

Anthony Hernandez
LEGO

Anthony Hernandez leads Strategic Partnerships & Business Development at LEGO Education, where he establishes partnerships across an ecosystem of corporations, foundations, nonprofits, and mission-driven organizations to reach all learners and scale hands-on, impactful learning opportunities for students and educators. Prior to this, he served as Strategic Partnerships Manager for Google for Education Partnerships, driving product partnerships and programmatic approaches to partnering with the EdTech ecosystem to increase the collective impact for all.

Originally from Mastic Beach, NY, Anthony started his career as an elementary educator with Teach for America based in Rhode Island. As a teacher, he recognized the power of technology in the hands of teachers, families, and learners to increase access to opportunity and outcomes for all. Through his personal mission to enable equitable access to opportunity, he works closely with EdTech partners to thoughtfully grow, integrate, and innovate. He has worked in corporate strategy, business development, and partnerships for Microsoft and Thomson Reuters, as well as served as a board member to Teach for America's WA Collective chapter.

Anthony is a Graduate of SUNY Geneseo with a B.A. in Political Science and received his M.B.A from University of Virginia Darden School of Business. Anthony resides in Massachusetts.

Anthony Hernandez
LEGO

Wilson Neely
Simpson Thacher
& Bartlett LLP (Ret.)

Wilson Neely is now retired, but he served as a transactional attorney and Partner with the New York City office of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP. Wilson sits on the Board of Trustees of numerous philanthropic organizations including ReadWorks, an organization he has supported since 1998. Wilson also serves on the board of the National Foundation for Facial Reconstruction and the board of Trustees for Historic Hudson Valley. From 2005 until 2011, Wilson also sat on the board for the Union Church of Pocantico Hills, one of the locations supported by Historic Hudson Valley.

In his professional life, Wilson spent over 30 years with Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP in NYC. At the multinational law firm, he advised financial entities on securities, corporate governance, strategic partnerships, and mergers and acquisitions. Prior to joining Simpson Thacher & Bartlett, Wilson obtained his Juris Doctor with honors from The University of Texas at Austin School of Law. As an undergraduate, Neely attended Dartmouth College, where he obtained his Bachelor of Arts cum laude as a Rufus Choate Scholar.

Wilson Neely
Simpson Thacher
& Bartlett LLP (Ret.)

Fei-Fei Zhang
J.P. Morgan

Fei-Fei Zhang is a Managing Director and Head of North American Beauty Investment Banking at J.P. Morgan. A graduate of New York University’s Leonard N. Stern School of Business, she began her career at JPMorgan Chase as an intern in 2011 and steadily rose through the ranks to her current executive role, specializing in consumer retail, beauty, and wellness M&A.
Throughout her career, Fei-Fei has advised on landmark transactions in the consumer and beauty sectors, including e.l.f. Beauty's acquisition of rhode skin and OLAPLEX's billion sale to Henkel. Recognized as a prominent industry voice, she frequently speaks at key sector events—such as WWD's LA Beauty Forum and The Catalysts—and hosts J.P. Morgan's Beyond the Palette summit, advising visionary founders and investors on capital strategies and emerging market trends. Fei-Fei is married and lives in XXX with her husband and two children.

Fei-Fei Zhang
J.P. Morgan

Cathy James
Enterprise Asset Management

Catherine James Paglia has an extensive Wall Street background, combined with operating experience as Chief Financial Officer of two publicly held companies and investment experience as a principal in a successful buy-out firm. Cathy currently is a director of Enterprise Asset Management, Inc., a privately held real estate and asset management company where she is responsible for investments in real estate, oil and gas, and public and private equities. She also is President of the Robert and Ardis James Foundation, a family charitable foundation.

Cathy’s Wall Street career spanned fourteen years, including eight years at Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, where she was the first female Managing Director in the firm’s 53-year history. She had a wide variety of transactional experience, including mergers and acquisitions, project finance and leasing, and general corporate finance. She co-founded Morgan Stanley’s Insurance Group and built it to one of the largest in the industry. At Interlaken Capital, a principal investment firm located in Greenwich CT, Cathy was a Managing Director for ten years, with responsibilities including initiating transactions and strategic oversight of portfolio investments in a wide variety of service businesses.

Cathy serves on the Board of Directors of the Columbia Funds (a large mutual fund company) as well as the Board of Directors of Valmont Industries, Inc., and Tri-Continental Corporation. She is the Chair of the Board of Trustees of Carleton College, and recently served as Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace in Washington DC. Cathy has a BA from Carleton College and an MBA from Harvard University. She lives in Greenwich, CT with her husband and has raised two adult children.

Cathy James Paglia
Enterprise Asset Management

Howard Schiller
Monroe Investment
Partners LLC

Howard Schiller has been a partner at Monroe Investment Partners, a real estate private equity firm, since July 2017. Prior to this Howard served as the Chief Financial Officer of Valeant pharmaceuticals, a global specialty Pharmaceutical company, from December 2011 to June 2015 and served on the Board of Directors of the Company until June 2016. In addition, Howard served as interim Chief Executive Officer in January and February 2016. He joined Valeant following a 24-year career at Goldman Sachs, a global investment banking firm. From 2009 to 2010, he was the chief operating officer for the Investment Banking Division of Goldman Sachs, responsible for the management and strategy of the business. From 2003 to 2009, Howard was responsible for the global healthcare, consumer products, retail, industrial and natural resource businesses in the Investment Banking Division of Goldman Sachs. During his 24 years at Goldman Sachs, he advised large multinational companies on strategic transactions, financings, restructuring and leveraged buyouts.

Howard graduated with a BS in economics from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania in 1984 and graduated with a JD from the University of Chicago Law School in 1987. Mr. Schiller has three daughters and resides in Telluride, Colorado with his wife, Debbie.

Howard Schiller
Monroe Investment
Partners LLC

Drummond C. Bell, III*
DCB III Associates LLC

Drummond C. Bell III is the president of DCB III Associates LLC. He is a former partner at McFarland
Dewey & Co., an investment banking firm based in New York City. Previously, Mr. Bell served as the
managing director of Fruehauf International Limited (FIL) Partners, Inc. and President of US Steel
Realty. He is also a past director of Dynamic Metal Forming, SDC International, Tubular Corporation of
America, and General Trailers, Ltd.

Mr. Bell has been recognized for his work with numerous organizations, including the Pittsburgh Cancer
Institute; Family House; the Arthritis Foundation of Western Pennsylvania; Fairfield Country Day School;
Workshop in Business Opportunities (WIBO) in New York City and Bridgeport, Ct.; the Taft School, where he is a board member; and Sponsors for Educational Opportunities (SEO). Mr. Bell and his wife Shelly
live in Southport, CT and have two children, Drummond Bell and Rachel Robards. Mr. Bell attended the
Taft School in Connecticut, received his Bachelor’s degree from the University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill and attended the Advanced Management Program (AMP) at the Harvard Business School.

Drummond C. Bell, III*
DCB III Associates LLC

Lori Mayer
University of Michigan

Lori Mayer is an enterprise strategy and transformation executive, educator, and board advisor with over 30 years of experience driving organizational growth, operational excellence, and large-scale business transformation. Throughout her extensive corporate career, which includes senior leadership roles at Accenture and PwC, she has focused on scaling workforce strategy, advising executive teams, and leveraging technology and AI-enabled solutions to foster organizational development. Lori’s expertise offers strategic guidance in attracting, retaining, and nurturing diverse talent while advocating for rigorous operational standards & continuous improvement. Among her notable achievements, she founded and helped scale Accenture’s national apprenticeship program, expanding it to support nearly 1,000 apprentices across the United States. Prior to joining the corporate workforce, Lori was an elementary school educator.
Lori now serves as a Lecturer in Organizational Studies at the University of Michigan, where she teaches leadership and guides the next generation of business leaders. She resides in Michigan with her husband and is the mother of three children.

Lori Mayer
University of Michigan

Samantha Schonfeld
Bortstein Legal Group

Samantha Schonfeld has been a partner at Bortstein Legal Group since 2023 and heads the ﬁrm's AI practice and its Learning and Development function. She advises clients on complex technology and commercial negotiations and the intellectual property, privacy, regulatory, and data security issues that accompany them.

Samantha's background includes signiﬁcant work in education technology. From 2012 to 2016 she served at Amplify (formerly Wireless Generation), ﬁrst as Associate General Counsel and then as General Counsel of Amplify Education Holding following its divestment from News Corp. At Amplify, she negotiated the technology and IP licensing transactions behind the company's K-12 digital curriculum, platform, and assessment businesses. Her practice today includes the content licensing and copyright questions that shape how digital material is created and distributed.
Samantha has held senior in-house roles at CLEAR, SimilarWeb, Deloitte, and Lifetime Entertainment Services, and practiced for six years at Weil, Gotshal & Manges in the IP-Media and Complex Commercial Litigation practice groups. She began her career clerking for Chief Judge James T. Giles in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. In her AI practice she counsels clients on generative AI risk and regularly negotiates with Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, and other GenAI providers — an area of growing consequence for organizations that create and license educational content. Samantha serves as Legal Counsel to the Hunter College High School PTA Executive Board. She is a graduate of Yale College and the University of Pennsylvania Law School.

Samantha Schonfeld
Bortstein Legal
Group

Willard Overlock, Jr.
Goldman, Sachs & Co.

Willard Overlock, Jr (‘Mike”) joined Goldman, Sachs & Co upon graduating from Columbia Business School in New York. At Goldman Sachs, Mike worked in the Investment Banking Division where he became head of the Mergers and Acquisitions Department, co-head of the Investment Banking Division and a member of the Management Committee of Goldman Sachs. He also served on the International Executive Committee and became a Limited Partner and Senior Director upon his retirement.

Mr. Overlock has served and serves on several boards and board committees including Becton, Dickinson & Co, Inc, Evercore Partners, Inc, and The Breakers Hotel in Florida for FSI, Inc. He is also a Special Partner of Cue Ball Capital, a venture Capital firm. Mike serves on the board of ReadWorks.org. He is an emeritus trustee of Rockefeller University and a trustee of WNET Channel 13 in New York where he serves on its executive committee.

Mike was a former member of the board and executive committee of the Investment Fund of the University of North Carolina. He is a former Chair of the Board of The Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation. He also was the Chair of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International.

Mr. Overlock received his BA in Economics at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC and an MBA in Finance from Columbia Business School. He served in the United States Army as a lieutenant in Vietnam. Mike and his spouse, Trina, live in the New York area.

Willard Overlock, Jr.*
Goldman, Sachs & Co.

*Emeritus