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Management
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Peter A. Gudmundsson, is the Chief Executive Officer & President of the Dropout & Truancy Prevention Network. Prior to joining the company he was the founder and CEO of the Priceless Legacy Company which was a custom media company that helped people preserve their life stories and lessons in print and electronic forms. Most of his career has been dedicated to leadership in media, information and intellectual property intensive businesses. Prior to founding PLC, Peter served as CEO and President of Beckett Media LP, the world's leading publisher of magazines, books and websites for sports collectors and gamers from 2005 to 2008. Gudmundsson founded, operated and sold Design Guide Publishing Ltd, was President and CEO of Jobs.com and, Chief Operating Officer and later President of Primedia Workplace Learning, a pioneer in the field of distance learning content and services delivered via satellite television and the Internet. A former U.S. Marine artillery and intelligence officer and a product of the New York public school system, Gudmundsson is a graduate of Harvard Business School (MBA) and Brown University (BA). He serves as a Director of the National Dropout Prevention Network and is also an active Boy Scout leader. He is married to the former Kathleen Vouté of Bronxville, New York. They reside in Dallas with their four children. |
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Linda Penn, is the President of Judicial Services for the Dropout & Truancy Prevention Network. Prior to joining the company Penn spent more than six years serving on the bench as Judge of County Court at Law #5, and also Justice of the Peace in the city of San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas. She has been twice appointed and also duly elected to serve in judicial positions. In 2004 Judge Penn grew increasingly alarmed by the number of truancy cases on the docket and committed herself to the fight for education. In response, she introduced a bold and innovative truancy reduction program to the court and to the community. The program's goal was to significantly reduce student truancy rates through coaching, technology and structure by providing students with the tools required to show up, catch up and get back on track to graduate. In June of 2008 fifty-two students who had issues with truancy celebrated their successful completion of her pilot program. Using geolocation tracking devices along with tutoring, coaching and mentoring, program personnel kept in touch with the students throughout the day. In a six-week period prior to entering the program 36 of the students had accrued almost 1,000 unexcused class absences. During the six-weeks of Penn's pilot program, the same students had a 98 percent attendance rate and more than half the students had no more than one class absence per week. Penn has received many awards in recognition of her success in reducing truancy including the 2009 San Antonio Business Journal's Women of the Year. She is a graduate of St. Mary's School of Law (JD) and Incarnate Word University (BA). Penn is currently licensed to practice Law in the States of Texas, Arizona and in Western District Federal courts.
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Josh L. Handelsman, is the Director of Operations of the Dropout & Truancy Prevention Network. Josh comes to the company from the general and corporate aviation industry, where he spent over 15-years working with start-up and developing organizations in both operational and marketing capacities. He most recently served as Director of Strategic Development at Corporate Flight Management, Smyrna, Tennessee, and Director of Marketing at Adam Aircraft Industries, Denver, Colorado. Josh was educated in the New Jersey public school system, and is a graduate of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (MBA) and Lafayette College (BA), where he studied psychology and government/law. |
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Mary Kerr, is the Operations Manager of the Dropout & Truancy Prevention Network. Most of Mary's career has been spent in operating and administrative roles in media and elearning companies like Critical Information Network, the Priceless Legacy Company, Beckett Media and Primedia. She has a passion for helping students reach their potential. Mary is originally from England but moved to Dallas several years ago with her husband and family. |
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