Our Team

The Kuder Family

Our Team of Career Planning Professionals

Our shared passion for helping students and adults achieve lifelong career success is what drives us every day toward creating the industry’s best career planning solutions. The Kuder team is uniquely comprised of an esteemed executive leadership team, knowledgeable associates, an experienced advisory board, and a faculty of industry experts.

Executive Leadership

Kuder is a family-owned organization. The Harrington family guides our company with the invaluable support of accomplished leaders within the edtech industry.

Phil Harrington
Chairman of the Board
Connor Harrington
Chief Executive Officer
David Rawson
Chief Financial Officer
Bethney Ahrendsen
Chief of Staff
Todd Tribble
Chief Revenue Officer
Greg Prohaska
SVP of Partner Solutions
Jim Allen
VP of IT Operations & Strategy
Kristi Hanke
Director of HR
Kari Murphy
Executive Assistant to CEO

Partner Solutions & Support

Our partner-centric approach is made possible by this team of talented individuals who work hard to deliver a positive experience for every Kuder partner.

John Milroy
VP of Partner Solutions
Sarah Castillo
Director of Partner Operations
Lindsay Arndorfer
Director of Partner Solutions
Savannah Cooper
Director of Partner Solutions
Joyce Tham
Partner Solutions, Senior Manager
Elizabeth Moore
Senior Partner Relationship Manager
Felicia Allen
Partner Relationship Manager
Brianne Heit
Partner Relationship Manager
Melissa Winter
Partner Relationship Manager
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Alex Murdock
Onboarding Specialist
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Macy Flanders
Onboarding Specialist
Jessup Schuler
Support Specialist
Stacy Oselette
Product Support Specialist

Training, Enablement, & Education

Our training team is readily available to share their expertise on every aspect of Kuder’s career planning systems to help our users maximize their CCR platform’s potential.

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Kim Oppelt, Ed.D.
VP of Career Development and Readiness
Paige McDonough
Senior Director of Career Development
Katie Harrington
Director of Education

Business Development & Marketing

Combining their years of experience in edtech and the classroom as school counselors themselves, this team continues to spread awareness about Kuder’s award-winning career readiness solutions to districts all over the world.

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Andy Volesky
Senior Sales Coordinator
Rebeka Rothstein
Rebeka Rothstein
Account Executive
Hayden Herc
Hayden Herc
Sales Development Representative
Laura Graham
Sales Development Representative
Sarah Wilson
Sarah Wilson
Director of Marketing
Shawn Stallings
Marketing Designer
Cayden Kitzman
School to Work - Marketing Intern

Product, Data & IT Operations

These distinguished professionals guide our larger team of developers to continually enhance our college and career readiness solutions.

Tomm Scaife
VP of Product Management
Susie Gates
Director of Data Analytics
Craig LaHaise
Senior Project Manager
Justin Reed
Senior Product Owner
Carrie Banner
Product Owner
Rick Nourse
Senior Software Developer
Tahir Mahmudov
Senior Software Engineer
Destiny Moneysmith
Scrum Master
Taylor Dearden
Software Developer
Ryan McGrew
Data Analyst
Jeremy Biggs
IT Systems Engineer

Finance & Administration

These teams work to ensure our business runs seamlessly and our accounting process is streamlined for partners.

Pam Cummins
Controller
Tina Myers
Accounts Receivable Manager
Allison Webb
Finance Manager
Janice Harrington
Assistant Controller
Mark Jorgensen
Facilities Manager

Advisory Board

The Kuder Advisory Board includes experienced school counselors, district and state leaders, and career development experts from across the country. The board supports ongoing research activities to provide insights on career trends, consistent pain points, and opportunities for improvement within today’s workforce and field of education.

Danielle Adams
Hobart High School (IN)
Sherry Campbell
York Suburban School District (PA)
Dr. Therese Ellender
St. Landry Parish (LA)
Katy Blatnik-Gagne
Waukee Community School District (IA)
Cori Gray
Oklahoma CareerTech
Cori McGhee
North East Independent School District (TX)
David Moeller
Dubuque Community School District (IA)
Dr. Monica Motley
Mobile County Public Schools (AL)
Susan Johnson-Staples
Oklahoma City Schools
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Dr. Joshua Wilken
Educational Service Unit #3 (NE)
Margo Wright
Heavener High School (OK)

Faculty

Kuder is honored to work with many of the most highly regarded individuals in the field of career development, counseling psychology, psychometrics, and more. Our faculty is dedicated to aligning our products to proven career planning processes to deliver the best possible college and career readiness tools to our users.

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Spencer Niles
Ed.D., LPC, NCC
Senior Vice President, Career Planning and Development
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Patrick Mullen
Ph.D., NCC, NCSC, ACS
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Diandra Prescod
Ph.D., LPC, NCC, ACS
Aaron Douglas
Ph.D.
Erik Hines
Ph.D.
Mary Edwin
Ph.D., LPC, NCC, CCTP
Christopher Belser
Ph.D., NCC, NCSC
Leslie Grant
Ph.D.