Meet the Partnership Developers who specialize in creating new
business relationships with educators and communities seeking K-12
achievement solutions.
Blanche
Fraser Florida, Georgia, Pennsylvania and
Michigan
Jennifer
Fleming Missouri and Illinois
Jay
Gentry Tennessee, North and South
Carolina
Edward T.
Kennedy West Coast
Michael Malone
Louisiana, Ohio, and Indiana
Erin Moore Texas
and Hawai'i
Curtiss
Stancil New Jersey, Maryland, Washington D.C., and
Virginia
Blanche
Fraser
Dr. Blanche E. Fraser is a 27-year veteran of public
education. Fraser served as Superintendent of the Mount
Clemens Community School District in Mount Clemens, Michigan, and
of the Mt. Morris Consolidated School District in Mt. Morris,
Michigan. She also served as Assistant Superintendent,
Director of Business Affairs/Personnel and Assistant High School
Principal for the Northwest School District in Jackson,
Michigan. She taught high school in Paw Paw and Marshall,
Michigan. Fraser has held a number of roles at
EdisonLearning. She worked with charter boards in
Pennsylvania to launch two Edison charter schools, the Lincoln
Charter School (K-8) in York, PA, and The Renaissance Academy
(K-12) in Phoenixville, PA. She rejoined the company after
serving as Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing for
Nashville-based Educational Services of America. Dr. Fraser
is an adjunct professor for Michigan State University and taught
graduate classes for Oakland University, Wayne State University,
and Eastern Michigan University. She is a past president of
the Michigan Association of School Administrators and served five
years on the Executive Committee of the American Association of
School Administrators.
Jennifer
Fleming
Since 2004, Jennifer has served as EdisonLearning’s Vice
President for national Supplemental Education Services operations.
Prior to joining EdisonLearning, she was an elementary school
teacher for five years and an elementary principal for 10 years. In
2001, she became EdisonLearning’s Regional Operations Manager in
Kansas City, and within two years was promoted to Director of the
company’s Missouri Summer School program. Her efforts grew the
statewide summer program to 50 school districts throughout
Missouri. Jennifer is based in Kansas City.
Jay Gentry
Jay began his career as a teacher in Brazil and North Carolina
before receiving an International MBA from the top-ranked
international business program at the Moore School of Business
(University of South Carolina) and working in marketing management
for General Motors and Delphi Automotive in China. He then
joined Lexmark International, where he quickly earned recognition
as a world-class business partner and most recently served as
General Manager of Global Strategic OEM Accounts. In other notable
roles at Lexmark, Jay served as Marketing and Alliance Manager –
Asia Pacific. Jay is based in Charlotte.
Edward T. Kennedy
Ed has held a variety of positions at companies such as Price
Waterhouse, IBM, Avasta, and most recently before his tenure at
EdisonLearning, the Seale Harris Corporation. Additionally, Ed
recently completed a three-year school board term with a leading,
private K-8 school in the San Francisco Bay area. He also provides
pro bono consulting services through the Stanford Alumni
Consulting Team to non-profit organizations, including San
Francisco State University. Ed is based in northern California.
Michael Malone
Most recently prior to joining EdisonLearning, Mike held the
role of Executive Vice President, Midwest Operations at The Leona
Group, where he supervised executive management of 29 charter
schools serving 8,600 students in Michigan, Ohio, and Indiana. He
also previously served as Chief Operating Officer at Michigan
Partnership for New Education. Mike’s dedication to education is
further demonstrated by his various executive roles within
Indiana’s Fort Wayne and Anchorage school districts. He also serves
as the President of the American Charter Schools Foundation,
President of the Toledo Charter Schools, and Treasurer of the
Michigan Public School Academies. Mike is based in Fort Wayne,
Indiana.
Erin Moore
Erin Moore is EdisonLearning’s Partnership Developer for Texas
and Hawaii, where she has created 35 school partnerships serving
19,000 students. While previously covering EdisonLearning’s
Missouri region, Erin established the National Football League’s
first affiliation with a K-8 charter school in the Derek Thomas
Academy, which now serves 700 at-risk students in Kansas City. She
also spearheaded EdisonLearning’s growing partnership with the
University of Missouri at Rolla to sponsor several St. Louis
charter schools for underserved students. Prior to joining
EdisonLearning, she held several marketing, sales, and finance
roles within J.P. Morgan’s New York office, working on partnerships
in both the European and U.S. markets. Erin is based in Austin,
Texas.
Curtiss Stancil
Before joining EdisonLearning, Curtiss most recently served as
Vice President of Emerging Markets for Sodexho USA (now Sodexo),
where he was responsible for sales, marketing and business
development for historically black colleges and universities,
Hispanic-serving universities and large urban K-12 public school
district accounts. Curtiss has been recognized for his leadership
in his area’s African American community with the "Emerging Leader
Award" from Applause! magazine in 1996, and his research
on marketing to African-American consumers has been featured in
publications including Jet magazine. Curtiss is
based in Chesterfield, Virginia.