About Us
EXPLO Elevate is a global innovative schools cooperative.
Our mission is to help schools design, build, implement, and continuously improve the environments needed for all learners to thrive now and in the future. EXPLO Elevate is a division of Exploration Learning, a 43-year old non-profit international leader in education innovation. EXPLO inspires students and teachers to explore the world of people and ideas, and to experience the joy of learning in pursuit of purpose and meaning.
Our Team
Board Members
Jon Chang
Head of Consumer Growth, U.S.
Klarna
New York, New York, USA
Elliot Hacker
Compliance Officer
Chair, Audit and Legal Committee
Principal
E. Hacker Consulting
Andover, Massachusetts, USA
Brian Hughes
Chair, EXPLO Studio Committee
Chairman and Director R&D
HBN Shoe
San Antonio, Texas, USA
Sharon Jacquet
Vice Chairman
JP Morgan Private Bank
New York, New York
Izzy Kasdin
Executive Director
Historical Society of Princeton
Princeton, New Jersey, USA
Alan Kump
Treasurer
Chair, Finance Committee
Director of Finance
Virtustream
Norfolk, Massachusetts, USA
Jody Sherman LeVos
Vice President, Child and Family Development
HOMER
Oakland, California, USA
Daniel Mantell, Ph.D.
Assistant Vice President, Investment Strategy
Wells Fargo Private Bank
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Wendall Mitchell
Board Chair
Senior Real Estate Counsel
Albertsons Companies
Oakland, California, USA
Rekha Murthy
Chair, Governance Committee
Public Media and Podcast Consultant
Arlington, Massachusetts, USA
Adam Newman
Founder and Managing Partner
Tyton Partners
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Chris Toy
Project Director
Center for Innovation
Thomas College
Bath, Maine, USA
Scott Traylor
Founder 360 Kid
San Mateo, California, USA
Advisors
Dr. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
Distinguished Professor of Psychology and Management Claremont Graduate University
His pioneering work on flow led to his seminal work,
Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience
Claremont, California, USA
Dr. Barry Fishman
Arthur F. Thurnau Professor of Learning Technologies, University of Michigan
Co-author of the Obama administration’s 2010 U.S. National Educational Technology Plan
Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Dr. Deborah Hirsch
President, Woodrow Wilson Academy of Teaching
and Learning, MIT
Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
Dr. Pasi Sahlberg
Gonski Institute for Education, The University of New South Wales
Author, Finnish Lessons
Grawemeyer Award Winner
Sydney, Australia
Dr. Jim Spohrer
Director, Cognitive Open Tech, IBM
Director, Global University Programs and Cognitive Systems Institute
San Francisco, California, USA
Dr. Yong Zhao
Foundation Distinguished Scholar, University of Kansas
Author, World Class Learners
Lawrence, Kansas, USA
Featured Partners
The Bridgeway Group works with Elevate members schools on stakeholder engagement, strategic trust, and conflict management.
Mint Chip Studios works with Elevate member schools on leadership coaching for learning, collaboration and innovation.
Founding Member
Schools
