MTC is staffed by a group of talented and passionate professionals, steadfast in their commitment to our mission and dedicated to the success of all students. Along with our members, our team is at the very heart of our organization and the engine of our success.
Eddie Arteaga
Senior Director of Higher Education Engagement
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Eddie is a strategic, innovative, learner-focused professional and joins MTC with over 20 years of higher education experience with a focus in enrollment management, predictive modeling, admissions and operations management and program development. He is a dynamic, strategic and forward-thinking leader with ability to focus on key issues from both high-level and detailed perspectives with an expertise in team and people development, program and structure implementation. Eddie has worked in both private and public universities as well as The College Board and most recently Capture Higher Ed where he served as Enrollment Solutions Consultant.
Susan Bell
Chief Program Officer
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With nearly two decades of experience working in public school systems, Susie supports MTC’s network of member schools as they work together and within their high schools to implement a Mastery Transcript or MTC Learning Record. Susie had previously served as the superintendent of the Windsor Locks Public Schools and had also served Windsor Locks High School in a variety of other roles, including principal and director of guidance. Highlights of her accomplishments include working with colleagues and community members to raise academic expectations by eliminating course levels that held students to low expectations and working with her team and the Board of Education to develop the vision and systemic changes needed to make personalized and mastery-based learning a reality for all children in Windsor Locks.
Lauren Cardella
Product Manager
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Lauren uses her interpersonal, analytical, and technical skills to help ensure that MTC’s software products meet the needs of our member schools and align with our organizational goals. She comes to MTC from the world of government Software as a Service (SaaS), where she worked as a software engineer. Though new to education, she has first-hand experience with the promise of non-traditional educational models, first as a graduate of a public liberal arts college with no grades or credit hours and self-directed curriculum, and more recently through a non-profit coding bootcamp focused on diversifying the tech workforce.
Carl Farrington, Jr.
Member Development Representative
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As a Member Development Representative at MTC, Carl is responsible for member recruitment and advancing the organization's continued growth and success. He has over 14 years of constructivist teaching in public and private school systems. Before joining the MTC, Carl worked as an admissions recruiter at Rochester University in Rochester Hills, MI.
Mike Flanagan
Chief Executive Officer
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Mike Flanagan is the CEO of the Mastery Transcript Consortium (MTC), a growing group of high schools creating a digital high school transcript that opens up opportunity for each and every student — from all backgrounds, locations, and types of schools — to have their unique strengths, abilities, interests, and histories fostered, understood, and celebrated.
Mike oversaw the design and development of Mastery Transcript software products, connecting with members and advisors to manage the MTC product roadmap till May, 2021. He is an experienced education technology executive, most recently having served as CEO of the Services Division at the National Association of Independent Schools, where he led a complete redesign and relaunch of their School and Student Services financial aid platforms.
Mike oversaw the design and development of Mastery Transcript software products, connecting with members and advisors to manage the MTC product roadmap till May, 2021. He is an experienced education technology executive, most recently having served as CEO of the Services Division at the National Association of Independent Schools, where he led a complete redesign and relaunch of their School and Student Services financial aid platforms.
Elena Hamilton
Member Engagement Project Manager
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Elena works directly with member schools to support them in their transition toward mastery learning and use of the Mastery Transcript or MTC Learning Record. Before joining the MTC team, she worked as a coordinator for a citywide high school internship program in Nashville and served as a diverse learning teacher in Chicago. Elena is driven to help all young people have equitable access to pursue and attain their postsecondary goals.
Lisa Hicks
Chief Operating Officer
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Lisa brings to MTC over 25 years of experience working at the intersection of research, policy, and practice to advance student-centered learning. Throughout her career, she has partnered with local, state, and national leaders to help develop and scale innovative models and to promote systems reform in K–12 and postsecondary education. As a senior manager at organizations including the Christensen Institute, Jobs for the Future, and Campus Compact, Lisa has honed skills in leading high-performing teams and building their capacity for impact. She has consulted with nonprofit organizations and foundations in the areas of strategic planning, organizational development, fundraising, and program planning. In addition, she served as executive director of a state-level education reform commission in Delaware.
Peter Laipson
Visiting Fellow
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Peter joins MTC with over 25 years of leadership experience in educational institutions from high school to graduate school. Most recently, he served as the founding Chief Academic Officer at High Meadows Graduate School of Teaching and Learning, an innovative, competency-based teacher education program developed in collaboration with MIT. Prior to joining High Meadows, Peter was Provost and Vice President of Bard College at Simon’s Rock, the nation’s only residential early college. Having begun his teaching career in independent schools, Peter taught for more than a decade as a teacher and dean at Concord Academy, where he also served as Head of the History department and Dean of Faculty.
Patricia Russell
Chief Learning Officer
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Patricia Russell is an experienced high school teacher and was the dean of studies at Phillips Academy in Andover, MA when she joined the MTC’s board of directors. She then joined the staff when MTC launched and currently serves as the Chief Learning Officer.