Jordan Meranus vs Pep Carrera

Jordan Meranus

CEO of Ellevation Education

BIO: Jordan Meranus is an entrepreneur who has helped start and lead a number of high-impact education organizations. Currently, Jordan serves as the CEO and Co-Founder of Ellevation, a web-based software platform that supports K-12 education professionals serving English Language Learners. Prior to Ellevation, Jordan was a Partner at NewSchools Venture Fund, a firm that helps entrepreneurs develop innovative organizations that help address some of the most intractable challenges in public education. At NewSchools Jordan worked extensively with technology organizations, and helped incubate new education organizations on a number of occasions. Prior to NewSchools, Jordan was a Managing Director at Imagitas, where he launched an e-government business to help federal agencies provide better services to citizens. Jordan is also a co-founder of Jumpstart, a national nonprofit organization that provides intensive early literacy services to low-income children in Head Start in dozens of cities across the country. Jordan received his bachelor's degree in history from Duke University and earned a master's degree in both Education and Public Administration from Harvard. » Read more at https://ellevationeducation.com/our-team/jordan-meranus

Pep Carrera

CEO of Newsela

BIO: Pep Carrera is an accomplished leader in the K-12, higher education, and technology sectors with a proven track record of driving impact and growth at scale, digitizing the textbook market, and building on the success of founder-led companies. He previously served as the CEO of Nearpod where he tripled the company’s annual recurring revenue and increased active teachers to 1.2 million per year. Prior to Nearpod he led VitalSource’s push to transform much of the higher education textbook market to its digital platform. He also served as the President of ProQuest books and Chief Technology Officer of global marketing technology agency, RAPP. Pep serves on the board of Follett Higher Education and holds degrees from Florida International University and Texas A&M University-Commerce. Pep’s favorite subject in school: Social Studies.