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Current Leadership

Bob HollBob Holl | Co-founder and VP/Publisher
bholl@learninga-z.com
Bob, the innovative leader of Learning A-Z, brings his passion for the learning process to the thousands of high-quality resources he’s developed and authored during his 40+ year career in education — from his years as a classroom teacher to executive leadership roles at the Wright Group, Scott Foresman, Addison Wesley and others.

Katherine Burdick | Vice President, Product Development
kburdick@learninga-z.com
Katherine came to Learning A-Z after creating reading, science and social studies content for Pearson, Scholastic, and other educational publishers. In addition, she has been both a teacher and a school administrator. Katherine merges these experiences to bring quality, depth and practicality to all Learning A-Z content.

Sara DeLeeuw | Customer Service Manager
sdeleeuw@learninga-z.com
As one of the founding employees of Learning A-Z, Sara brings a deep understanding of the roots and mission of Learning A-Z to everything she does. Her service philosophy is that every customer and co-worker should be treated like family. Continued training keeps her and her team fresh and eager to serve.

Gawain Douglas | Director, Design & Production
gdouglas@learninga-z.com
Gawain joined the team in 2009 after a 20-year career as a designer, art director and senior editor in the newspaper industry. He’s taught design at the University of Arizona School of Journalism for 10 years and his wife — a preschool director — and three kids are always eager to help with usability testing.

Paul Fonte | Vice President, Engineering
pfonte@learninga-z.com
Construction and maintenance of all internal and external software systems is provided by Paul’s team. This includes everything the teachers, students, and administrators use from their schools and homes as well as everything that the outstanding Learning A-Z editorial, sales, marketing, and customer service teams create. Paul has 20+ years of professional experience developing and delivering software at all levels, the last 15 of which have come on the web. Since starting out as an engineer and software architect, he now finds the most important project is being part of a great team.

John Jorgenson | Vice President, Marketing
jjorgenson@learninga-z.com
John’s role is to engage people in the Learning A-Z story. A longtime editor and marketing strategist for K-12 publishing at Cengage Learning’s Gale, John most recently spent time leading the marketing and communications team at Boston-based Earthwatch Institute, the world’s largest environmental volunteer nonprofit organization.

Paul Littlewood | Vice President, Sales
plittlewood@learninga-z.com
A seasoned educational professional, including successful stints with ProQuest, Apex Learning, and others, Paul is dedicated to establishing strong, long-standing relationships with Learning A-Z’s partner schools and districts. This emphasis is carried throughout his team, which includes customer service, training, and professional development.

Susan Racette-Boulden | Director of Professional Development and Training
sboulden@learninga-z.com
As a former classroom teacher, reading specialist/coach, and campus administrator, Susan has unique insight into the challenges and responsibilities facing educators today. She has presented on literacy topics at regional and national educational conferences and was a former board member of the AZ State Reading Association. As Director of Professional Development, she strives to create opportunities for educators to discover exciting and new ways Learning A-Z resources can benefit today’s students.

Bill Walter | Editorial Director
bwalter@learninga-z.com
Bill has had the opportunity to bring his passion for educational publishing to his previous positions with Scholastic, Weekly Reader and RCL Benziger. With these companies, he developed educational content that engaged kids and ignited their excitement about learning. He is delighted to join the Learning A-Z team and is thrilled to be part of a company that plays such a significant role in the lives of teachers and students.