Meet the Everspring Leadership Team

Beth has 20 years of experience in education, with more than ten years' experience running online, campus, and hybrid education programs. Most recently, Beth was President and COO of Kaplan Higher Education's Campus division. Prior to that role, she was the EVP and General Manager of SCORE! Educational Centers, a network of 170 technology-enabled tutoring centers nationwide. Beth started her career as a consultant to the Department of Health and Human Services, where she worked on effectively scaling federally funded programs for children and youth. She was an associate with the Center for the Study of Social Policy (CSSP) in Washington, D.C., where she focused on social services and education reform. Trained as an attorney, Beth holds a J.D. from Stanford Law School, an MA in Sociology, and BA in Psychology with distinction from Stanford University.

Neil Marchant has over 25 years of financial and analysis experience across several industries. Neil’s current role as Chief of Staff involves coordinating the senior leadership team, managing the company’s strategic priorities and acting as a change agent.

Ted brings a breadth and depth of analytical skills and experience working with educational institutions to improve student outcomes. Ted spent three years as a consultant with The Parthenon Group, a leading education strategy and consulting firm. In that capacity, he led efforts to diagnose student obstacles in underperforming schools and formulate effective policy responses. Following his experience at Parthenon, Ted worked as an investor at Adams Street Partners where he sourced, evaluated, and executed growth equity investments in high-growth technology businesses. Ted holds an MBA with distinction from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University, where he received the Dean's Award for Academic Achievement, and a BA in Economics, cum laude, from Williams College.

Amir has 15 years of experience developing software and managing institutional technology. Amir is an Ed-Tech veteran with broad experience bringing multiple educational platforms to market, both custom and off the shelf, serving thousands of students from K-12 to Higher Ed. Prior to joining Everspring, Amir was the head of technology at Kaplan Test Prep's Pre-College Division. Amir holds a BS in Computer Science from DePaul University.

Douglas has 25 years of experience working in higher education; he has committed his life to helping other people achieve their aspirational goals. Most recently, Douglas served as the Executive Vice President for GG+A, the world’s premier philanthropic consulting company for colleges and universities in more than 50 countries. Prior to GG+A, Douglas served as the VP of Sales for Wiley Global Education, providing print and digital resources to faculty and students globally. Douglas started his career in higher education with McGraw-Hill, where during a 12-year period he transformed their business from print to digital solutions while increasing both top-line revenue and bottom-line performance. He was part of MHE’s global rotation, enabling him to work with colleges and universities in China, India, Australia, Southeast Asia, and all of the EU countries. Douglas holds a BA in History and International Relations from Tufts University, where he continues to serve as a leader in the alumni community.

Mike has over 15 years of experience delivering strategic marketing, brand management and digital acquisition across the e-commerce, retail, fintech, edtech and adtech verticals. Prior to joining Everspring, Mike was the CMO and co-founder of Persosa, an experience-management solution that was recently acquired by Carvana. Before Persosa, Mike led all digital marketing efforts for the LifeLock brand through their IPO. LifeLock established the identity theft protection category in the U.S. and was acquired in 2016 by Symantec for $2.3 billion. Before shifting into marketing, Mike spent eight years as a Captain in the United States Air Force. Mike is a graduate of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, where he received a bachelor's degree in Aeronautical Sciences. In addition, he holds an MBA in finance from the Carl H. Lindner College of Business at the University of Cincinnati.

Erin has worked in higher education for over 16 years, leading the student services, student management, admissions and operations functions. She has managed coaching and retention for students in on-campus, blended, and online programs for a variety of public and private institutions. She has implemented and managed student services and academic operations for programs at universities including The College of William & Mary, Auburn University, Santa Clara University, and the University of Kansas. Erin is passionate about student lifecycle trends, motivation, and metacognition, including researching when and how to use particular strategies for improving student persistence. Erin has also worked to implement collaborative policies and procedures to enhance and improve the student experience at each partner university. Erin plays a critical role in overseeing both student service functions and program operations. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Marketing from Eastern Illinois University.

Cathy is Everspring's Senior Vice President of Operations. Her responsibilities support a wide range of key functions including academic operations, accreditation support, and marketing. Cathy is a champion-certified Six Sigma project manager with 15 years' experience in complex project management and business process outsourcing in higher education and professional services. Cathy has led several nationwide process improvement initiatives that centralized critical components of student and administrative support. Cathy also has substantial experience with the regulatory, legislative and accreditation-facing aspects of program and services implementation, including obtaining program approvals from state licensing bodies, regional accreditors and programmatic accreditors. She holds an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, and graduated cum laude from Kalamazoo College with a BA in Psychology and International Studies.

Kathy has more than 20 years’ experience working in higher education and technology. She has collaborated with faculty to build and support online programs for a variety of universities including William & Mary, Case Western Reserve University, Santa Clara University, George Washington University and California State University, Monterey Bay. Passionate about making e-learning engaging, Kathy is interested in creating “learn by doing” experiences for online students. Prior to Everspring, Kathy spent 10 years at Westwood College, where she served as the program chair of the Business, Design and Technology departments before serving as the academic dean. Kathy holds an MBA with a concentration in Leadership and Change Management from DePaul University, a BA in Political Science and Economics from Northwestern University, and PHR certification.

Matthew (“Matt”) has over fifteen years of experience in digital marketing, with expertise in paid marketing, SEO and analytics. After an extensive career with Rise Interactive, a digital marketing agency which he helped grow from 12 to 250 employees, Matt served in several key roles as an in-house digital expert for large lead acquisition companies. His strategic approach to marketing synthesizes the goals of Everspring’s partners with the practical elements of how to activate and measure digital marketing. Accordingly, Matt is a proponent of the adage “what gets measured, gets managed.” He joined Everspring in early 2022 to lead the digital marketing team. Trained as a quantitative expert, Matt holds a BA with distinction from Cornell University where he majored in Economics and Statistics.

Gavin has worked cross functionally in higher education for almost 15 years and has a broad array of experience across strategy, operations, and client management. In his role at Everspring, he leads the client engagement team which oversees all facets of our university relationships. Gavin is passionate about cultivating meaningful client relationships and building cohesive teams that produce results for the colleges and universities Everspring supports. In addition to higher education, he has worked in technology, logistics, and financial services. He began his career working in advertising at DDB Worldwide and held varied marketing and operational roles at Kaplan. Gavin has a BA from Washington University in St. Louis and an MBA from the University of Miami.