Mary Catherine Desrosiers

MC has oversight of the education group, managing the blended transformation and directing ideation, design, implementation, and evaluation of the new programs and learning technology.

Prior to joining JA, MC was Chief Program Development Officer for the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, where she oversaw the business operations that included research, design, development, evaluation, and delivery of an array of association programs, products, and services designed for member and nonmember practitioners, researchers, policymakers, and other constituents. MC has served as the Chief Strategy and Operations Officer at Integrated Educational Strategies Inc. (IES) in the creation of new products and services dedicated to assisting schools with the implementation of a "blended model" of instruction. She also served as the Sr. Vice President of School and Academics for Kaplan Virtual Learning, managing the online/blended school delivery of educational programs for charter schools and districts. MC also served as SVP of Product Development, Systems and Operations of K12, Inc., as one of the first executives, she took the startup to a successful IPO and completed their first acquisition. MC served with Origin Technology in Business, a national e-business technology practice. As managing director of Origin Technology, she designed and produced training and customer support applications for the educational and commercial markets. She served as director for Philips Electronics NV, where she established Fountain works, an internal best-of-breed digital/Internet technology organization, and helped develop and implement global e-business strategies. MC also established and managed Studio Interactive which produced award-winning educational software. She started her career as a consultant at Booz, Allen & Hamilton. MC holds a BS in Business and Finance from Mount Saint Mary's University and an MBA from Marymount University.