Management Team
Trent Kaufman
- President & CEO, Co-founder - Education Direction
- Teacher, Technology Coordinator, Department Chair, Coach, and Administrator - Dublin Unified School District
- Chapter Author - Data Wise in Action (2007, Harvard Education Press)
- Science and Math Fellow - SBC Global
- Data Wise (2005, Harvard Education Press) Teaching Fellow - Harvard Graduate School of Education
- Board of Advisors - Nike School Innovation Fund
- Data Wise Content Expert - High School Futures
- Harvard Graduate School of Education, EdD; UC Berkeley, MS
Randy Shumway
- Co-Founder - Education Direction
- Board of Directors - Southern Utah University
- President - Dublin Unified School District Board
- Education Committee Chair - Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce
- President and CEO - The Cicero Group
- Strategist - Bain & Company
- Harvard Business School, MBA, Highest Honors
Patricia "Pat" Jones
- Director of Government Relations and Policy Analysis - Education Direction
- Senate Minority Leader - Utah State Senate
- President - Dan Jones & Associates
- Member - National Qualitative Research Consultants Association
- Board of Directors - South Valley Boys and Girls Club
- Board of Governors - United Way
Maureen Ryder
- Director of Professional Development - Education Direction
- Product Manager - The Learning Company
- Business Consultant - Andersen Consulting
- Professional Development Coordinator - The Dow Chemical Company
- Early Childhood Development and Education, Wheelock College, MS
Samuel Wright
- Managing Director - Education Direction
- Strategy and Economic Consultant - The Cicero Group
- Board of Directors - Sowers of Hope (Provides Education to DR Congo)
- Brigham Young University, BS, Economics
Allison Miller
- Director of Professional Development - Education Direction
- Program Director - Camperdown Academy
- Learning and Reading Specialist - Atlanta Speech School
- Teacher - Riverdale Schools
- Private Educational Consultant - Special Education and Language-Based Learning Disabilities
- Harvard Graduate School of Education, M.Ed
Emily Dolci
- Director of School Transformation - Education Direction
- Founder - Girls' Aspiration Program (GAP)
- Social Studies and Alternative Education Teacher, RTI Committee Member - Windham High School
- Lead Instructor - Outward Bound Wilderness
- Instructor - Second Nature Wilderness Program
- Haverford College, BA
