EdisonLearning Announces Prominent Additions to Leadership Team

JERSEY CITY, N.J. - Sept. 30, 2014 - PRLog -- EdisonLearning, the leading international educational services provider, today announced the appointment of two new members of the organization’s senior leadership team.

Thom Jackson, EdisonLearning’s President and Chief Executive Officer, announced that Doug Mesecar, a former senior official with the U.S. Department of Education, has joined the organization in the role of Senior Vice President, Blended Learning Solutions.  Mr. Jackson said that, “Doug Mesecar will lead us in the development of a new service delivery model, which combines our Charter School and Virtual Education divisions to create a unique and innovative Blended Learning Solution for our customers.’

“This is not only a substantive change in our service delivery model, but it will ultimately transform our entire company -- leveraging our rich history as a founder of the charter school sector, with our well received and innovative approach in virtual and alternative education to provide new, research-proven solutions for eliminating the achievement gap,” Mr. Jackson said.

Mr. Jackson simultaneously announced that Curtiss Stancil has joined the organization as Senior Vice President. “Curtiss Stancil brings more than 25 years of executive management leadership, business development, sales, operations and strategic marketing experience to our efforts,” Mr. Jackson said.

Doug Mesecar has served in senior operational and policy roles at leading education companies, the U.S. Department of Education, and in Congress.  At the U.S. Department of Education, his roles included Deputy Chief of Staff of the Department, Assistant Deputy Secretary for the Office of Innovation and Improvement, and Acting Assistant Secretary for the Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development.

Mr. Mesecar also led the school services and education technology implementation for Sylvan Learning as Vice President for Contract Programs and SylvanSync; and he gained valuable experience in curriculum development and education technology as Vice President of Math and Strategic Initiatives at Scholastic Education.

Most recently, Mr. Stancil has been an equity owner and President, of CurtMont Global, an integrated services and strategic business development company.  Earlier in his career, he served as Vice President, Sales for Sodexo USA, and was responsible for sales, marketing, operations and business development for colleges, universities and large urban K-12 school districts.  In addition, he held various executive level sales, strategy and marketing positions with Proctor & Gamble, L’Oreal, Gibson Greetings, First Transit, GEMS Education and Carson Products.

Mr. Jackson noted that both individuals had previous tenures with EdisonLearning, “An important aspect of both Curtiss and Doug re-joining our organization is that they know the students we help to educate, they understand and are vested in both our mission and vision, and each of them has an authentic passion for disrupting education to eliminate the achievement gap.”