Kathy Hurley

Kathy Hurley is a 40-plus-year veteran of the education industry. Throughout her career, she has served in top positions in both publishing and technology companies, including holding executive positions with Pearson and IBM. In December of 2014, she retired from Pearson where she spent 10 years and served as Executive Vice President for Education Alliances for the Pearson Foundation. Hurley utilizes her expertise in education policy, sales, marketing, and business development to help further the work of top businesses, executive-level customers, associations, and foundations. In 2013, she was selected as a Fellow of the Advanced Leadership Initiative (ALI) at Harvard University for 2014. Upon completing the ALI at Harvard, Hurley co-founded a global nonprofit organization called Girls Thinking Global, which connects global change-makers to empower adolescent girls around the world. She holds a B.A. in special education from the University of Dayton and a master’s degree in education from Jersey City State College.