Unparalleled Experience in Open Education
The Lumen team brings your institution deep expertise in the adoption and effective use of open educational resources (OER), design of highly effective online and technology-enhanced instruction, learning data analysis with a focus on improving outcomes, and community collaboration.
Meet our team

Kim Thanos
Founder & CEO

Dr. David WIley
Founder & Chief Academic Officer

Tom Chapman
Chief Operating Officer

Joni Felt
VP Partnerships

Julie Curtis
VP Strategy & Communications

Chris Holder
VP of Business Development

Jeanette Koskinas
VP, Product Management

Paul Golisch
VP of Customer Experience

Ross Strader
VP of Learning Engineering

Josh Baron
Executive Director, New York

Brandon Iafrate
Executive Director, Midwest

Manuela Ambrosino
Executive Director, Florida & Georgia

Natalie Chakrian
Director of Learning Solutions

Dan Ly
Director of Teaching & Learning

Laura Murray
Director of Learning Solutions

Alyson Indrunas
Executive Director of Teaching & Learning, Continuous Improvement

Jamison Miller
Director of Teaching & Learning, Continuous Improvement

Brigeth Rivera
Director of Digital Marketing

Abby Baughan
Associate Digital Marketing Manager

Rachel Zaccaro
Executive Director, West

Deborah Hur
STEM Platform Product Manager

Kim Chessler
Customer Support Manager

Corri Nicoletti
Customer Support Manager

Erin Farrey
Director of Learning Solutions

Brianna Lyons
Director of Learning Solutions

Melissa Leigh Grau
Director of Learning Solutions

James Smith
Director of Engineering

Aaron Foushee
Senior UX Designer

Isaac Stefanek
Cloud Infrastructure Architect

Treasure Porth
Front End Engineer

Angelique Weger
Senior Front End Engineer

Leanne Thng
Software Engineer

Bob Bodily
Senior Data Scientist

Sean Gannon
Math Content Manager

Vallerie Mott
Course Product Manager

Giselle Miller
Course Product Manager

John Urang
Course Product Manager, Humanities

Anika Ledlow
Assistant Course Product Manager

Wendy King
Course Product Manager

Sally Crawford
Finance Lead

Will Harnett
QA Automation Engineer