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
Sanford Kenyon
Chief Executive Officer
Sanford joined BloomBoard in October 2015. He has 25 years of experience in software and technology-based businesses, including executive roles at eBay, PayPal, and other Silicon Valley software companies. For the last 12 years he has been focused on education software businesses, including SchoolMessenger, where he served as President & CEO, and BlackBoard, where he served as a Vice President in the K-12 business. Sanford is also active in the education technology community as an investor, mentor, and advisor.
Jason Lange
Co-founder and President
Jason Lange is the Founder and President of BloomBoard. Prior to founding BloomBoard, Jason worked in private equity and was also a member of the NewSchools Venture Fund team, where he supported the development of the initial edtech investment thesis for the NewSchools Seed Fund (now Reach Capital). Jason received his BA from Yale University and also holds an MBA from the Graduate School of Business and an MA in Education from School of Education at Stanford University.
Jim Martin
Head of District Partnerships
Jim leads our district partnerships team, which is focused on developing authentic relationships with school districts throughout the United States to support educators in their growth. With over 20 years of leadership experience at companies including Blackboard and BrightBytes, he is passionate about building effective teams that support educators with innovative solutions aimed at driving student success.
Jill Cowart
Chief Academic Officer & Head of Strategic Initiatives
Jill leads the content development team and strategic initiatives at BloomBoard. With deep knowledge of apprenticeships, quality teacher preparation practices, and reciprocity and certification policies across states, Jill collaborates with higher education partners, state agencies, school districts, and other organizations to design career advancing programs that are accessible, authentic, and engaging for educators. She has over 20 years of experience in education as a classroom teacher, school principal, and state level leader, previously serving as Assistant Superintendent of Academics at the Louisiana Department of Education. Jill is passionate about student learning and is currently focused on how quality teacher preparation positively impacts student learning.
Pete Cordero
Vice President, Customer Success
Pete leads the client success team, which supports BloomBoard partner organizations in implementing their programs. After spending the first 12 years of his career in sales and marketing leadership roles, Pete shifted his focus to the K-12 education sector and has spent the last 13 years in various operational, instructional, and people leadership roles.
Juan Valencia
Head of Engineering
Juan took the helm of engineering at BloomBoard in 2017 to lead the evolution of the BloomBoard platform. His experience as both an educator and engineering leader drives his passion for building strong engineering teams that develop and implement world-class solutions for educators. Prior to BloomBoard, Juan worked with technology companies, including ShareThis and Symmetricom. He graduated from UC Berkeley with a degree in engineering and computer science and formerly taught physics at Gordon College.
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.
