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 The People Behind the Owl...
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Dr. Marion Blank - Chairman
Dr. Marion Blank is the mastermind of the system upon which our reading program is based. She has spent over forty years studying how children learn to read and is recognized by her peers as one of the world's top experts in literacy. She's currently developing additional programs and products to add to the Reading Kingdom, as well as acting as the director of the Light on Learning program at Columbia University in New York. Read her full bio here.
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Jonathan Blank - CEO
Jonathan Blank has over 15 years experience in software and technology development. He has been working closely with Dr. Blank, who also happens to be his mom, for over 20 years. Previously he co-founded Wildform, an award-winning multimedia presentation and e-Learning software company that created Flix, the first Flash video encoding software, and licensed its technology to leading technology companies such as Adobe, Sony, Quark, Autodesk, and On2/Google. |
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Colby Devitt - VP of Marketing
Colby Devitt
has over 15 years of experience in digital marketing, pr, community building & social media. Previously, she co-founded Wildform, an award-winning multimedia presentation and e-Learning software company. During her ten year tenure as Wildform's President, she oversaw the company's marketing and pr efforts which resulted in extensive press, stellar reviews, awards, and a loyal base of enthusiastic customers. Before Wildform, she was a web producer at the New York Times, where she implemented innovative multimedia story-telling technologies, including as part of the Pulitzer-winning “Race in America” series. You can read more about her on her personal site, or follow her on our blog.
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Kristen Butler - Marketing Associate
Kristen has a background in journalism and is a new mom who looks forward to sharing the love of literacy with her daughter! Her favorite books as a child were the Collections of Peter Rabbit and Friends.
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Chris Butler - Marketing Associate
Chris has a background in business and a passion for being a dad and mentoring children. His favorite children's book is Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst. |
