Advisor, Strategic Consultant & Executive Coach
 
 

Boards & Advisories

 

Catherine Casserly, Ph.D., has an array of board and advisory experiences with organizations leading the next wave of innovation within the learning and technology sector. This includes roles in national advisories and task forces, and as a board or advisory board member with organizations accelerating the pace of innovation. As a result, Catherine is highly qualified to advise CEOs and Boards on innovation and digital learning, including strategic growth and transformation, and extending strategic partnerships with top EdTech industry leaders.

 
 
 

Crafting the next wave of innovation.

 
 
 

Learning is at an inflection point as big data and the Internet provide yet untested avenues to engage individuals in lifelong personal learning journeys. Energy in this space is growing as existing organizations pivot or augment business models to seize new prospects afforded by technology. 


To these boards and advisories, Catherine contributes her leadership skills, operational knowledge and strategic innovation expertise bringing her experience innovating new models of knowledge diffusion. For two decades, she has sat around the table, across the globe, with futurists, innovators, academics, philanthropists and entrepreneurs discussing the risks and benefits of new models for learning, and how to ensure sustainability. During her tenure at the Hewlett Foundation she managed a 100M portfolio of investments, incentivized traditional organizations to test new models, and launched ventures dedicated to this then nascent space. Philanthropic investments test innovations that fill the gap between a too risky investment for the market, and the government not nimble enough to innovate quickly.

 
 
 
 

Catherine seeks to bring her expertise to boards of companies who have the interest, skills and velocity of development to positively impact the learning sector.

 
 
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Currently, for the National Science Foundation (NSF), Education and Human Resources Directorate, Catherine serves on the Advisory Committee, and was Chair, Committee of Visitors, responsible for providing advice, guidance, recommendations, and oversight concerning NSF's programs for education and human resource development (1B USD). Catherine is also an advisor to Yellow Dig, a digital tool that supports engagement and retention, and to OpenStax, a Rice University platform that offers peer-reviewed open source textbooks and OpenStax Tutor, an adaptive courseware based on cognitive science principles and machine learning.  

 
 
 
 

Sampling of Board & Advisories