Leadership
The leadership team includes the original founders of the company as well as key staff members. In addition to the leadership team, the company has a team of regional directors as well as support staff that have all been essential in making the CLT what it is today.
Jeremy Tate
President, Co-Founder
Jeremy, a graduate of Louisiana State University and Reformed Theological Seminary, is a former teacher, test prep consultant, and college counselor. An enthusiast for art history, classical literature, philosophy, and theology, Tate believes the CLT', with its rich focus on the humanities, has the potential to renew the landscape of education in America.
David Wagner
Chief Executive Officer, Co-Founder
Dave, a graduate of the University of Maryland, brings a diverse business background and considers himself a lay educator within his family and parish. He has spent his career as a General Manager of business units with responsibility for operations, finances, and growth. Dave joined CLI to influence the education of his six children ranging in age from two to eleven years old.
Conor McManus
Chief Technology Officer
Conor is an education technology professional with over 15 years of experience as a software developer and project manager. He recently worked for Connections Academy, one of the nation’s largest online curriculum providers and resides in the Annapolis area with his wife and two children.
Noah Tyler
Director of Development
Noah recently joined the team to increase awareness and adoption of the CLT. He visits colleges and universities, sharing the many advantages of this new alternative standardized test with provosts and admissions departments. Before working to reshape the test landscape, Noah was intimately familiar with its inner workings due to his experience at a leading standardized testing firm.
Board of Academic Advisors
President - Mr. Keith Nix - Head of School at Veritas School in Richmond, Virginia
Public Intellectuals
- Dr. Dale Ahlquist- President of the American Chesterton Society
- Dr. Michael Poliakoff - Former Rhodes Scholar, President of ACTA
- Dr. Mark Bauerlein - Senior Editor, First Things
Founders/Heads of School
- Kelly Lichter - President of Mason Classical Academy
- Ruth Popp - Founding board member, past Director, and current President of the board St. Thomas Aquinas Tutorial
- Dr. Terrence O. Moore - Principal, Ascent Classical Academies, Colorado.
- Mo Woltering - Headmaster, Holy Family Academy
- Courtney Palumbo - Head of School, Regents School of Charlottesville
- Michael Moynihan - Head of Upper School, The Heights School
- Mr. Kirk Vander Leest - Headmaster, The Ambrose School
- Deacon Brad Watkins - Head of School at St. Thomas More Academy
- Dr. Kathleen O'Toole - Head of School at Founders Classical Academy of Leander
- Bernardine Clark - Head of School at Chelsea Academy
- Dr. David Diener - Headmaster of Hillsdale Academy, Speaker
- Dell Cook, Head of School at Cary Christian School of Raleigh
College Administrators
- Dr. Kimberly Thornbury - Vice President of Strategic Planning, The King's College
- Dr. William Fahey - President, Thomas More College of Liberal Arts
- Tamara Long - Vice President for Enrollment at Abilene Christian University
- Dr. Corey D. B. Walker, Vice President of Virginia Union
- Silvio Vazquez, VP Enrollment, Wheaton College
- Roy Atwood - Founding President, New Saint Andrew's College
- Mr. Greg Wilbur - Dean of New College Franklin
Speakers/National Leaders in Education Renewal
- Derek Monjure - Founder, Arete Scholars
- David Goodwin - President, Association of Classical Christian Schools
- Eric Cook - Head of School at Covenant Classical and Executive Director at the Society for Classical Learning
- Laura Berquist - Author, Speaker, Founder of Mother of Divine Grace
- Michael Van Hecke - Founder, Institute for Catholic Liberal Education
- Dr. Chris Perrin - CEO, Classical Academic Press
- Martin Cothran - Director, Classical Latin School Association
- Daniel Foucachon - CEO, Roman Roads Media
- Dr. Robert Jackson - Chief Academic Officer, Great Hearts Academies
- Mr. Adam Andrews - Director, Center for Lit
- Mrs. Angelina Standford - Director of Literature, AngelinaStanford.com
- Dr. Brad Thompson - Founder of the Lyceum Scholars Program at Clemson University
- Matt Bianco - Circe Institute - Director of the Lost Tools of Writing
- Dr. Tim Hall, Director of Operations, Thales Academy
College Counselors
- Becky Priest - Director of College Counseling, The Cambridge School
- Shelly Ward - Director of College Counseling, the Geneva School of Boerne
Board of Directors
- David Wagner
- Jeremy Tate
- Pat Fonner
- Timothy Van Den Broeck
- Doug Banbury
- David Goodwin
