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Therese Kreig Crane, Ed.D. currently serves in various leadership capacities within the education industry, including as a trustee for the National Education Association Foundation (2003-present) and the Western Governors University (2001-present), as Chairman of the Board of Directors of Nobel Learning Communities, Inc. (2004-present) and as a director of Questia Media, Inc. (2001-present) and Tutor.com (2005-present). From 2003 until June 2005, Dr. Crane served on the board of AlphaSmart, a provider of affordable, portable personal learning solutions for the K-12 classroom. In August 2003, she formed Crane Associates as a sole proprietorship, engaged in the educational technology consulting practice, advising educational technology companies in business strategy, marketing and sales. Dr. Crane was engaged as a retained consultant by Infotech Strategies in 2003 and currently serves as the Senior Education Advisor. From 2000 to 2003, Dr. Crane was Vice President, Information and Education Products at America Online. Prior to that, she was President of Jostens Learning Corporation and its successor company, Compass Learning. Dr. Crane also held various positions with Apple Computer, including Senior Vice President, Education of Americas, and was a corporate officer as Apple computer’s Senior Vice President Worldwide Strategic Market Segments. Dr. Crane started her career as an elementary school classroom teacher. Dr. Crane has a B.S. in elementary education and mathematics from the University of Texas at Austin, and M.Ed. in early childhood education and an Ed.D. in administrative leadership from the University of North Texas. | 