About BloomBoard

BloomBoard is a talent development provider that enables K-12 school districts to grow, advance, and retain educators by making professional education a benefit of employment. We offer turnkey programs for school districts to move educators forward at all points of their professional journey. Our platform connects districts to higher education institutions that offer apprenticeship, certification, and degree programs using a unique on-the-job instructional model. We help to assess needs, build and implement plans, and celebrate educator success.

Leadership

Our executive team brings decades of combined experience in education, technology, and talent development to serve schools nationwide.

Jill Prather-Cowart

Jill Prather-Cowart

Chief Executive Officer

Jill Prather serves as Chief Executive Officer of BloomBoard, where she leads the company’s strategy, operations, and long-term vision. She is focused on strengthening BloomBoard’s educator preparation partnerships while guiding its next phase of growth through innovative apprenticeship models, employer-connected learning, and AI-enabled solutions. Before becoming CEO, Jill served as BloomBoard’s Chief Academic Officer and later as Chief Operating Officer, overseeing curriculum development, program design, partner and learner success, and strategic funding initiatives. With more than 25 years of experience in education, Jill has served as a classroom teacher, school principal, and Assistant Superintendent of Academics at the Louisiana Department of Education. She brings a unique combination of practitioner experience, policy leadership, and operational expertise to her work, along with a deep commitment to creating pathways that connect education with workforce needs and expand opportunity for learners.

Jason Lange

Jason Lange

Chair of the Board

Jason Lange is co-founder and Chairman of the Board at BloomBoard, where he helps guide the company’s long-term vision and commitment to transforming educator preparation and professional growth. Before founding BloomBoard, Jason worked at the private equity firm Flexpoint Ford and consulted with several charter school networks. While in graduate school, he also worked with NewSchools Venture Fund, evaluating how technology could improve student outcomes. After identifying a need for stronger professional learning tools, Jason joined the first Imagine K12 cohort in 2011 and launched BloomBoard’s initial product in 2012. Jason holds a B.A. in psychology and philosophy from Yale University, an M.B.A. from Stanford Graduate School of Business, and an M.A. in education, learning design, and technology from Stanford Graduate School of Education.

Kerry Frank

Kerry Frank

Vice President, Sales and Marketing

Kerry Frank serves as Vice President of Sales and Marketing at BloomBoard, where she leads a national team focused on helping school systems build strong, future-ready educator pipelines. She draws on more than seven years of experience at BloomBoard, supporting district leaders across the country as they develop and advance their educator pipeline strategies. Her work has centered on creating scalable, sustainable talent strategies that enable districts to recruit, prepare, and retain high-quality educators—particularly in hard-to-fill roles. Before joining BloomBoard, Kerry was an elementary school teacher who taught fifth grade and played an active role in mentoring and coaching student teachers. Earlier in her career, she worked in broadcast journalism as a morning anchor and education reporter in New York and Pennsylvania. Her experience across education and journalism continues to inform her deep commitment to practical, educator-centered solutions that reflect the realities of today’s schools.

Jamie Beck

Jamie Beck

Vice President, Academics

Jamie leads BloomBoard’s content development and implementation teams, overseeing the delivery of high-quality learning experiences and supporting successful district partnerships. Since joining BloomBoard in 2020, she has focused on ensuring programs are thoughtfully designed and effectively implemented. Jamie began her career as a secondary social studies teacher before spending several years shaping state-level policy and practice in curriculum, instruction, and assessment. Her experience in both the classroom and education policy continues to inform her commitment to creating practical, meaningful learning experiences for educators. Jamie holds a B.A. and an M.Ed. from Vanderbilt University.

Adrianna Chrestopoulos

Adrianna Chrestopoulos

Vice President, Operations and Strategy

Adrianna Chrestopoulos serves as Vice President of Operations and Strategy at BloomBoard, where she builds the systems and processes that enable district partners to develop and sustain high-quality educator pipelines at scale. She also helps set the strategic direction for product development, sales, and expansion. The daughter of two lifelong educators and a product of rural public schools, Adrianna began her career as a teacher and later became an administrator. She went on to work with districts, funders, education service centers, and state and national agencies to address systemic barriers in education. Her work has included helping implement Texas’s statewide instructional materials review process and advancing the state’s educator pipeline data distribution processes. Throughout her career, Adrianna has remained committed to identifying where systems fall short and building better solutions that help dedicated adults become great teachers for every student.

BloomBoard’s Journey

BloomBoard was founded by Jason Lange and Eric Dunn in 2010, when they took on the challenge of developing a teacher coaching platform that would use technology to take the principles of differentiated instruction for students and apply those principles to teacher development and support. With that core mission in mind, BloomBoard has evolved to a platform for professional learning with purpose.