Management Team

Trent Kaufman

• President & CEO, Co-founder - Education Direction
• Teacher, Technology Coordinator, Department Chair, Coach, and Administrator - Dublin Unified School District
• Chapter Author - Data Wise in Action (2007, Harvard Education Press)
• Science and Math Fellow - SBC Global
• Data Wise (2005, Harvard Education Press) Teaching Fellow - Harvard Graduate School of Education
• Board of Advisors - Nike School Innovation Fund
• Data Wise Content Expert - High School Futures
• Harvard Graduate School of Education, EdD; UC Berkeley, MS

Randy Shumway

• Co-Founder - Education Direction
• Board of Directors - Southern Utah University
• President - Dublin Unified School District Board
• Education Committee Chair - Salt Lake Chamber of Commerce
• President and CEO - The Cicero Group
• Strategist - Bain & Company
• Harvard Business School, MBA, Highest Honors

Patricia "Pat" Jones

• Director of Government Relations and Policy Analysis - Education Direction
• Senate Minority Leader - Utah State Senate
• President - Dan Jones & Associates
• Member - National Qualitative Research Consultants Association
• Board of Directors - South Valley Boys and Girls Club
• Board of Governors - United Way

Maureen Ryder

• Director of Professional Development - Education Direction
• Product Manager - The Learning Company
• Business Consultant - Andersen Consulting
• Professional Development Coordinator - The Dow Chemical Company
• Early Childhood Development and Education, Wheelock College, MS

Samuel Wright

• Managing Director - Education Direction
• Strategy and Economic Consultant - The Cicero Group
• Board of Directors - Sowers of Hope (Provides Education to DR Congo)
• Brigham Young University, BS, Economics