Joanne T. Blakemore

Knowledge Delivery Systems, Inc. provides online strategic professional development solutions. The firm provides research based solutions for districts, schools, and teachers. Its Professional Learning Platform (PLP) leverages the effectiveness of learning communities to provide the latest collaborative and virtual learning tools and personalized learning experiences to make educator learning engaging, convenient and social. The company was founded by Thomas Strong Gilbert Sr. and Frank J. Biondi Jr. on May 12, 1995 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

New Leaders, Inc. operates as non-profit organization. It recruits and trains school leaders for the improvement of education for poor and minority students. Its programs include leading instruction, emerging leaders, aspiring principals, principal institute, transforming teams, and principal supervisors. The company was founded by Mike Johnston, Jonathan Schnur, and Edwin C. Cohen in 2000 and is headquartered in New York, NY.