Pearson, Plc

Leadership & Staff

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John Fallon Chief Executive, Pearson

• President ('00→?) [+2]

• CEO (Jan 1 '13→?)*

• Director of Communications ('97→'00)

Sarah Chabolla Director of Organizing and Client Success, Shadow INC

• Project Coordinator (Feb '17→Apr '17)

Kevin Capitani President Pearson, North America

• President North America ('16→?)*

Denine Jimmerson Director of Education and Curriculum at KneoWorld

• Former Scorer Ed TPA ('12→'13)*

Michael Barber Pearson International

• Former Chair, Affordable Learning Fund ('12→'17)*

Katelyn Donnelly Co-Founder Pearson Affordable Learning

• Chief of Staff ('11→'12)*

Katie McKnight author

• author*

Allison Duquette

• Position (past)

Olivier Fleurot Advertising executive

• Head of Emerging Digital Technologies (May '06→?)

Jim Lund MIND Research executive

• Director of Product Education and Services (Jan '06→Jan '10)

Owners

Samuel Pearson

• Founder ('44→?)

Board Members

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Susan Fuhrman president of Teachers College at Columbia

• Non-executive director

Rona Alison Fairhead former chairman and CEO of the Financial Times Group Limited

• Chief executive, Financial Times Group

Will Ethridge

• Executive director ('08→?)

Vivienne Cox EVP, Gas, Power, and Renewables - BP

• Non-executive director

Robin Freestone

• Chief financial officer

Patrick Jean-Pierre Cescau

• Non-executive director

Ken Hydon

• Non-executive director

John Makinson Pearson, Plc; Penguin

• Chairman and chief executive, Penguin Group

David Arculus

• Non-executive director

S Joshua Lewis Founder and Managing Partner, Salmon River Capital

• Non-executive director

Donations

Forum For the Future

• Donation/Grant

Learning Impact Leadership Institute

• Donation/Grant

CoSN professional association for school district technology leaders

• Donation/Grant

Consortium for School Networking

• Donation/Grant

America's Promise Alliance Colin Powell's education initiative

• Donation/Grant

Achieving the Dream

• Donation/Grant

Consortium for Policy Research in Education

• Donation/Grant

ASU + GSV Summit annual conference at ASU

• Donation/Grant

National Network of State Teachers of the Year

• Sponsor*

MIT Media Lab Human/machine research lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

• Donation

Holdings

TutorVista Online tutoring site offering outsourced tutoring services from India to students primarily abroad

• Owner (Dec 13 '14→?)*

Grupo Multi English language company in Brazil

• Sole Owner (Dec 1 '13→?); percent stake: 100%

Penguin Random House The biggest book publisher in the world

• Owner (Jul '13→?); percent stake: 47%

Prentice Hall Education Publisher Bought by Pearson

• Owner*

PowerSchool Student Information System (SIS) integration, acquired by Bain Capital for $5.6 billion in 2024

• Owner

eCollege

• Owner

Child Organizations

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Pearson North American Education Pearson's largest business

• business unit

Pearson Sistemas do Brasil S.A Operates in the educational sector in Brazil

• subsidiary

BTEC Works Pearson Work-Based Learning / Skills

• Child Org*

Pearson Education Social Bond ESG Bond For Vocational Training Online Education

• Child Org (Jan 6 '20→?)*

UK Learns Re-Skilling Tied to Covid Pandemic

• Child Org (May '20→?)*

Pearson Accelerated Pathways Education in Workforce

• Child Org

Pearson Affordable Learning Fund Patient Capital for For Profit Education Start Ups (PALF)

• Child Org

Pearson Clinical Assessment Cognitive/Ability, Memory, Neuropsychology, Behavior, Personality/Psychopathology, Achievement and Speech/Language

• Child Org

Pearson Education, Inc. Textbook publisher

• subsidiary

Whitehall Trust Ltd. Holding company

• subsidiary

Members

Education Commission of the States: Corporate Award Started in 2001

• Award Winner ('07→?)*

Project Literacy Global Literacy Program Spearheaded by Pearson

• Founding Partner ('15→?)

Memberships

World Wide Web Consortium Collaborative to Develop Standards to Realize the Potential of the Web

• Member

Global Business Coalition for Education Impact Investing and Digital Transformation of Education Aligned To UN SDG 4

• Member

Partnership for 21st Century Learning

• Member [+1]

• Member

Natural Capital Coalition

• Member

The Talent Continuum, IMS Global Organizations Advancing Acquisition of Badges for "Lifelong Learning"

• Member*

Center for Education Innovations (CEI) Scalable Education Options for Global Poor

• Partner

America's Promise Alliance Colin Powell's education initiative

• Member

IMS Global Learning Consortium

• Contributing Member

Services & Transactions

Vista Equity Partners Founded by Robert F Smith and Brian Sheth in 2000

• Service/Transaction

EdExcel UK Placement Exams - Now Owned By Pearson

• Purchased By ('05→?)

Bridge International Academies Corporate Education Chain Serving Africa and India, Tech & Social Impact Investor Supported

• Investment of

Lumerit Online Degree Completion Assistance, San Antonio, TX

• Purchased by ('19→?)

America's Choice Education Privatization Effort of National Center on Education and the Economy (NCEE)

• Sold to ('10→?)

Chicago Public Schools Chicago public school system

• client

Learn Capital

• Service/Transaction

American Council on Education

• partner*

Miscellaneous Relationships

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GED Testing Service Pearson VUE Company

• Project ('11→?)*

Better Make Room Program of Reach Higher

• Affiliation

UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization

• Education Partner*

Opening Public Institutions: OER In ND and The Nation 2015 Whitepaper HP Funded

• Project ('15→?)*

Hobsons Global Education Company: Naviance, Starfish, Intersect

• Partner

Credly Digital Badging Software Company

• Works With

Glasslab Game-based Learning

• Partner

Education Research and Development Institute

• Affiliation

Institute of Play

• Affiliation

Council of Chief State School Officers Non-Profit Organization Shaping US Education Policy

• Affiliation