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SMARTHINKING's staff is committed to developing and delivering high-quality academic support programs with state of the art technology.

Founders of SMARTHINKING

CEO and Co-Founder
Burck Smith

Co-Founder
Christopher Gergen

Education

Vice President, Education
Christa Ehmann Powers, Ph.D.

Director, Mathematics, Sciences, & Operations Analysis
Kirk Benningfield, Ph.D.

Director, Writing
Allyson Fetterhoff, Ph.D.

Assistant Director, Writing
Andrea Kilkenny, M.A.

Senior Academic Coordinator, Science
Linda Bush, Ph.D.

Associate Academic Coordinator, Health Professions and Nursing
Denise Woodson, MA, MT (ASCP) SC

Associate Academic Coordinator, Spanish
Kendra Douglas, Ph.D.

Associate Academic Coordinator, Accounting and Finance
Brenda Christian, M.B.A.

Associate Academic Coordinator, Economics
Randy Russell, Ph.D.

Associate Academic Coordinator, Social Studies
Julie Radachy, M.Ed.

Senior Operations Analyst
Anne Finke

Department Assistant, Writing
Katie DaRin

Technology and Operations

Chief Information Officer
Charlie Felmeister

Director of Systems
Corey Ramsden

Director of Software Development
Don Aitken

Technology Resource Manager
Traci Lovelace

Senior Systems Administrator
Michael Blake

Senior Software Developer
Lukasz Galecki

Senior Graphic Designer
Bensonn Anspach

Software Developer
Amadou Tandina

Junior Software Developer
Karis Li

Quality Assurance Engineer
Hema Sethumadhavan

Technical Support Specialist
Michael Toney

Administration and Finance

Vice President of Administration & Finance
Loretta Castaldi

Business Development, Sales and Marketing

Vice President of Sales and Marketing
Chuck Kleiner, Ed.D.

Assistant Vice President, Sales Operations
Sheila Noon, Ph.D.

Eastern Regional Vice President
David Cashwell

Western Regional Vice President
Bob Guy

Director of Strategic Marketing
Kristin O'Bannon

Director of Publisher Partnerships
Marjorie McEntire, Ph.D.