 | Kathy Hurley Senior Vice President, Strategic Partnerships, Pearson Education, Virginia Kathy Hurley is a 35-year veteran of the education industry and has served in senior executive positions with PLATO Learning, The Learning Company, Skillsbank and IBM. She is the senior vice president of strategic partnerships for Pearson Education and the Pearson Foundation. She works across Pearson with sales and marketing on major opportunities and the Pearson Foundation on education-related initiatives, both domestic and international. In 2003, Hurley was inducted into the Association of Educational Publishers Hall of Fame for her achievements and service to the education publishing industry. Based in Washington, D.C., she works closely with education policy associations. She currently serves on several industry and education advisory boards, including: the Partnership for 21st Century Skills Board Chairman, the National School Boards Foundation, the National Coalition for Technology in Education and Training, the Software and Information Industry Association and the Consortium for School Networking Board. View sessions with Kathy Hurley |