Kathy Hurley





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Introduction to Kathy Hurley
Quoting from http://www.21stcenturyskills.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=167&Itemid=70:


 * Kathy Hurley, Senior Vice President, Strategic Partnerships, for Pearson School Companies, is a 35-year veteran of the education industry. Prior to joining Pearson, Hurley served as Vice President, Education for PLATO Learning.


 * Hurley has also served as the Senior Vice President for NetSchools (prior to its acquisition by PLATO Learning) where her responsibilities included overseeing the Sales, Marketing and Business Development departments of the company.


 * Hurley’s tenure in the education industry also includes her time as Senior Vice President of Education Marketing for The Learning Company, and Senior Vice President of Skillsbank Corporation. In addition, Hurley held important positions with IBM, Mindscape, Grolier and DLM.


 * Kathy Hurley VP, Education Industry Affairs, PLATO Learning. Kathy has a 30-year, marketing-centered career with companies such as NetSchools (preceding PLATO's acquisition), The Learning Company, Skillsbank, IBM, Mindscape, Grolier, and DLM (Developmental Learning Materials). Prior to joining NetSchools, she was Senior Vice President of Education Marketing for the Learning Company. Prior to working for the Learning Company she was the Senior Vice President of SkillsBank Corporation. Kathy has held various positions with IBM, Mindscape, Grolier, and DLM. Kathy began her career working with students with learning disabilities after receiving her master's degree at the Jersey City State College.

Up Close and Personal
Comment from Dave Moursund: Kathy Hurley served as an Industrial Representative to the ISTE Board of Directors for many years. I found her to be a delightful person, always helpful to ISTE. During her time on the ISTE Board, she worked for a varieties of companies. My impression is that she was quite successful in each of these jobs. Moreover, she indicated that in these various positions she earned the reputation of being a big (perhaps the biggest?) spender on social events at conferences, where the goal was to showcase the company she was working for.

Since ISTE held its annual Board of Director meetings at the National Educational Computing Conference, this meant that for many years the Board members received extra good treatment at their meetings.

As of August, 2007 her last term on the ISTE board was the 2005-2006 time period.