Shannon Riley Ayers

Shannon Riley Ayers currently serves as the Director of the Custom Solutions Division at Lakeshore Learning Materials, a position held since May 2022. Prior experience includes consulting with Riley-Ayers Consulting and serving as a Senior Program Officer at The Nicholson Foundation, where Shannon was an innovation leader and strategic advisor. Previous roles include Associate Research Professor at The National Institute for Early Education Research, Co-Director of the Office of Early Literacy at the New Jersey Department of Education, and Reading Specialist at Bernards Township Public Schools. Early career experience includes teaching kindergarten at Brick Township Public Schools. Educational qualifications encompass a PhD in Educational Psychology and an MEd from Penn State University, a certificate in Entrepreneurship from Harvard Business School Online, along with a Bachelor's degree in Early Childhood Education and Psychology from The College of New Jersey.