Member Spotlight

There's something really special about being part of an organization where everyone in the room shares a genuine commitment to making education better. I'm coming in with fresh eyes, a lot of curiosity, and a real eagerness to learn from the educators, leaders, and innovators who have been doing this work for years. I may be new to CoSN, but I'm not new to caring deeply about kids and the systems built to support them and I can't wait to grow within this community."

I had friends in sales who loved what they did, and it clicked that sales are fundamentally about building trust and solving real problems for people, which felt like a natural extension of everything I'd done in education. I started as an SDR at a software development company and worked my way up to Major Account Executive, then spent time in the project management and government space before finding my way to Edia in January 2026. It's the perfect blend of the two things I care most about.

I also sit on the Young Professionals Board of Directors for Special Olympics Massachusetts, another way I stay connected to the communities and populations I've always been drawn to."

Day to day, I am working with superintendents, principals, data directors, and
district leadership teams across my territory to understand where their students are slipping through the cracks and how we can help them intervene earlier and more systematically. Every district is different, every community has its own challenges, and my job is to listen first and find the right solution second. It is the kind of work that keeps me genuinely energized every single day." 

When I moved into sales in 2021, I carried that same instinct with me, I wasn't just selling a product, I was looking for tools that could actually move the needle for students who needed someone paying attention. That's ultimately what brought me to Edia in 2026. Our mission is built around early intervention for chronic absenteeism, and that hits close to home for me.
Statewide rates are above 25% in Illinois and over 31% of seniors in Indiana are chronically absent. those aren't just statistics, those are kids like me who needed someone to catch them sooner. What excites me most about where edtech is headed is the shift from reactive to predictive: using AI to identify students at risk before they reach a crisis point, so educators can do what they do best, show up for kids before it's too late."

From a learning standpoint, I'm most excited about the conversations happening at the intersection of AI, student outcomes, and district leadership. Those three things don't exist in silos.. the best technology decisions in education are made by leaders who understand their data, and the best data means nothing without the right systems and people to act on it. I'm hoping to leave CoSN2026 with a sharper perspective on where that intersection is heading and what districts are doing right now to get ahead of it.

But if I'm being honest, the networking piece might be what I'm most excited about. I work with district leaders across Illinois and Indiana every day, and so much of what makes that work meaningful is the relationships, understanding what keeps a superintendent up at night, what a principal actually needs versus what they think they need, what a data director wishes someone would just come in and solve. CoSN brings together exactly those people, and being in a room with them not on a Zoom call, not over email, but in person, iis something I genuinely can't wait for. As someone newer to the edtech space, I'm here to listen as much as I'm here to connect."