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Stride’s Mission

Help learners of all ages reach their full potential through inspired teaching and personalized learning.

Everything comes back to learners. And not just the 56.6 million K–12 students — the 331 million Americans. Learning never stops. It’s the best means of growth throughout your life. But learning simply cannot be one-size-fits-all.

No. At Stride, we’re leading enormous and necessary change in a sector that’s left far too many behind. And it’s required us to challenge long-accepted beliefs and practices. With insight and input from learners, parents, school districts, boards of education, and policymakers, we continue to provide more effective ways to learn — focusing on building the skills and confidence learners need to make their way forward in life.

About Stride

At Stride, Inc. (NYSE: LRN) we reimagine learning – where learning is lifelong, deeply personal, and prepares learners for tomorrow. The company provides innovative, high-quality, tech-enabled education solutions, curriculum, and programs directly to students, schools, the military, and more. Stride is a premier provider of K-12 education for students, schools, and districts, including career learning services. For adult learners, Stride delivers professional skills training in healthcare and technology, as well as talent development for Fortune 500 companies. The company is a proud sponsor of the Future of School, a nonprofit organization dedicated to closing the gap between the pace of technology and the pace of change in education. More information can be found at stridelearning.com, K12.com, galvanize.com, techelevator.com, and medcerts.com

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The Stride family of brands is unified in a belief that learning is the best means to grow throughout your life, but it shouldn’t be a one-size-fits-all approach. Our brands leverage the power of technology to offer a more effective way to learn that focuses on building future-ready skills and confidence.

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Stride’s given over 2 million learners the opportunity to learn in an environment that adapts to them, their learning styles, their goals, and their circumstances. Whether online public or private school, Stride helps students learn their way forward in life.

Online Public & Online Private Schools

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Stride Career Prep is a new approach to career readiness education. Stride K12-powered schools offering Stride Career Prep combine core high school courses with industry-relevant, career-focused electives. Learners gain real-world skills while gaining work experience, and prepare for industry-recognized certification exams.

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Stride Learning Solutions provides flexible online and blended learning options that boost modern instruction and promote lifelong student success. With an innovative platform, comprehensive digital courseware, adaptable technology, and extensive support, schools and districts can empower a brighter future for their learners.

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A leader in providing workforce training, Galvanize offers full-time, part-time, in-person, and online bootcamps and workshops in several exploding fields — including software engineering and data science. Galvanize also offers custom corporate training, management workshops, consulting, and more.

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Tech Elevator is a successful coding bootcamp and career prep program that teaches people with no coding experience from a variety of backgrounds. They offer hiring options, employee reskilling, aptitude testing, and diversity programs—all to help their graduates become software developers with fulfilling careers in tech.

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A leader in online career education, MedCerts provides over 35 nationally recognized healthcare and IT training programs. Learners are trained via interactive instruction and become job-ready in less than six months, earning nationally recognized credentials that open doors to many high-demand careers. MedCerts has equipped more than 25,000 individuals across the country and worked with over 1,000 organizations to build talent pipelines.

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A talent platform that provides growth opportunities to over 1 million learners — from scholarships and college admissions to internships, apprenticeships, jobs, and more.

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An e-learning platform that connects educators and learners with industry experts — providing an effective way for companies to extend education outreach and create equal access.

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A provider of digital transformation strategy, leadership coaching, and aligned professional learning for a growing network of school districts across the country.

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Empowering Learners of Every Kind

Leveraging over 20 years of experience with over 2 million students supported, and a scalable education services platform, Stride provides online and blended lifelong learning solutions for public and private schools, school districts, charter boards, employers, government agencies and consumers.

Stride at a Glance

With our expansive approach, we open the doors to possibility and Stride K12-powered students thrive.

Who

Stride is one of the nation’s preeminent, tech-enabled education companies and is a leading provider of online and blended education programs.
Stride’s programs and services have supported more than 3 million learners to date.
Stride—and the schools it powers—works with more than 6,000 specially-trained and credentialed online teachers nationwide.
The Stride team includes nearly 5,000 employees across the country.

What

Stride powersmore than 70 K–12 schools in 35 states.
Stride provides the curriculum and services necessary for public and private schools to create their own customized full-time and part-time online programs, and for supplemental online and blended education.
Stride’s growing portfolio of adult education offerings include its Galvanize, Tech Elevator, and MedCerts programs. Through these offerings, and its Stride Career Prep program, the company is providing students and working professionals with the skills they need to succeed in the rapidly evolving and competitive workplace.

Where

Through its programs and offerings, Stride serves learners in all 50 states and more than 100 countries.

When

Founded in 2000, Stride has been a leader in online and blended learning for more than two decades.

Why

At Stride, we believe learning is a lifelong journey, has no boundaries, and should be accessible to anyone.

Leadership

Our diverse team of executive leaders represents the brightest and most innovative minds across industries—from K-12 and higher education to Fortune 500 corporations to the technology and innovation sectors. Together, they leverage their expertise and proven success to reimagine and redesign learning.

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James Rhyu

Chief Executive Officer

James Rhyu

President, Corporate Strategy, Marketing, and Technology

James Rhyu, President of Corporate Strategy, Marketing, and Technology, joined Stride in June 2013. He has more than 20 years of financial management experience in various global industries.

Mr. Rhyu works with leaders across the company to expand the market for Stride and reach new students. He also drives product innovation and improvements in the customer experience that are designed to attract more students to the company’s services, develops the marketing and messaging to support those market expansions, and executes on merger and acquisition opportunities that support Stride’s growth strategy. Prior to this role, Mr. Rhyu served as Stride’s CFO and President of Product and Technology.

Before his tenure at Stride, Mr. Rhyu served as CFO and Chief Administrative Officer of Match.com, a subsidiary of publicly traded IAC/InterActiveCorp. In those roles, he was responsible for overseeing a broad range of functions, including human resources, legal, information technology and operations, and certain international operations and product development.

Prior to his roles at Match.com, Mr. Rhyu was a SVP of Finance at Dow Jones & Company where he ran the global financial function. Previously, he served for three years as the Corporate Controller of Sirius XM Radio Inc. and its predecessor company, XM Satellite Radio, as well as serving in the same role for Graftech International. Mr. Rhyu also spent six years with Ernst & Young LLP in the United States and South America.

Mr. Rhyu holds a bachelor’s degree from The Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from London Business School.

Kevin P. Chavous

President

Kevin Chavous

President, Academic Policy and External Affairs

Kevin Chavous is a noted education reform leader and innovator with a well-chronicled track record of empowering families with education choice and driving change and opportunity for children of all backgrounds and circumstances. Mr. Chavous is the President of Academics, Policy, and Schools of Stride, Inc., a technology-based education company and a leading provider of proprietary curriculum and online school programs for students in pre-K through high school. In that role, Mr. Chavous oversees all of the services that the company provides to more than 120,000 students nationwide.

Mr. Chavous has worked to advance quality education programs around the nation, most notably as the Education Committee Chair of the Council of the District of Columbia, where he helped to shepherd the charter school movement into the nation’s capital. In addition, he was the founding Board President of Washington Latin Public Charter School, the third performing charter school in Washington, D.C., and in 2016, he was inducted into the District of Columbia Hall of Fame.

Beyond his work in D.C., Mr. Chavous has been instrumental in advancing charter school and education choice programs around the country. He is the founder of Democrats for Education Reform and a founding board member of the American Federation for Children.

A prolific writer and inspirational speaker, Mr. Chavous’ opinion editorials have appeared in many major newspapers, and he has given education reform speeches in nearly every state. Former Indiana Governor Mitch Daniels and Purdue University president called Mr. Chavous "the most effective advocate for children in America."

Additionally, as an accomplished author, Mr. Chavous has published six books, including Serving Our Children: Charter Schools and the Reform of American Public Education; Voices of Determination: Children that Defy the Odds; and Building a Learning Culture in America. He is also the author of the Jackson Lowery Trilogy fiction series, which includes three political thrillers: The Plan, The Fund and The Shipment.

Mr. Chavous is also a very successful attorney. For many years he was a senior partner at SNR Denton, LLP, which today is the largest law firm in the world. While at SNR Denton, Mr. Chavous founded and chaired the firm's highly successful diversity initiative and provided advisory counsel to a number of corporate clients. He has been licensed to practice law in four states and has been an adjunct professor at the Washington College of Law at American University.

Mr. Chavous graduated from Wabash College, where he was an NCAA District All-American in basketball. He was inducted into the Wabash Athletics Hall of Fame in 2016. In that same year, he received the distinguished Outstanding Alumni Award from his alma mater, Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory High School in Indianapolis. Mr. Chavous graduated from the Howard University School of Law, where he was president of his graduating class. Mr. Chavous has three adult sons and lives in Vienna, Virginia with his wife, Amber.

Timothy Medina

Chief Financial Officer

Timothy Medina

Chief Financial Officer

Timothy Medina, Stride’s CFO, is a proven leader in finance and capital markets with more than three decades of experience. He has an extensive background—both domestically and internationally—in accounting and operations, management and strategy, and a deep knowledge of high-growth technology sector companies. As CFO, Medina informs Stride’s efforts to lead the future of innovation in education—particularly in the career readiness space.

Prior to his current role at Stride, Medina served as EVP and CFO of TPx Communications, a premier managed services company where he helped drive a six-fold increase in revenues while steering the strategic transition of the company. During his tenure, Medina was integral in 10 merger and acquisition transactions, including the sale of TPx to Siris Capital Group.

Previously, Medina served as CFO of ECI Conference Call Services, an audio and web conferencing services provider. He has also served as CFO, and in senior leadership positions for Independent Wireless One Holdings, Verizon Communications, CTI Holdings, CANTV, and GTE Corporation.

Mr. Medina earned his bachelor’s degree from The George Washington University and a master of science in taxation from the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University.

Dr. Shaun McAlmont

President, Career Learning Solutions

Dr. Shaun McAlmont

President, Career Learning Solutions

Dr. Shaun McAlmont, President of Career Learning Solutions, manages all aspects of Stride's growing career readiness programs including the Destinations Career Academies. He is responsible for providing career readiness and workforce development solutions for students around the country that go beyond jobs traditionally aligned with vocational education to emerging new collar jobs of the future.

Prior to joining Stride, Dr. McAlmont served as CEO of Neumont College of Computer Science and prior to that as President and CEO of Lincoln Educational Services, a provider of professional skills training with multiple "Lincoln Tech" locations across the country. Originally hired to manage distance learning programs, he eventually oversaw all aspects of the company including operations, sales and marketing, and government and investor relations. Before his decade-long tenure at Lincoln Educational Services, Dr. McAlmont served as President of the Online Learning Division at Alta Colleges.

A former NCAA and international athlete, Dr. McAlmont leveraged his success in athletics to inform his business career trajectory, notably writing his doctoral dissertation on advising collegiate athletes on academic and career success. He earned a doctoral degree in higher education, graduating with distinction, from the University of Pennsylvania. He has a master's degree in education administration from the University of San Francisco and a bachelor's degree from Brigham Young University. He currently serves on the BYU Marriott School of Management National Advisory Council and the Board of Directors of Nepris, a company connecting industry and students online. He also serves on the Board of Directors at Borg Warner.

Val Maddy

SVP, Human Resources

Vincent Mathis

EVP, General Counsel

Vincent Mathis is Stride's General Counsel and Secretary. Prior to joining Stride, Mr. Mathis served as SVP, Corporate Affairs and Corporate Secretary for the AES Corporation, a Fortune 500 global energy company. In this role, he advanced the AES policy agenda, managed corporate governance, and led a team of attorneys in providing legal counsel to the Board of Directors and cross-functional business areas. During his tenure at AES, Mr. Mathis also successfully negotiated numerous domestic and global agreements related to asset sales, vendor supply, leases, tax incentives, and human resource issues.

Before joining AES, Mr. Mathis served as General Counsel and EVP at ContourGlobal LP as well as in legal leadership roles at Shearman & Sterling; the Securities and Exchange Commission; and Venable, Baetjer, Howard & Civiletti.

Mr. Mathis earned his law degree from the University of Virginia School of Law and his bachelor’s degree from the University of Richmond. He is admitted to practice in Virginia and the District of Columbia.

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06.17.21

Let’s Give it Up to the Students! Friendship Public Charter School 8th Grade Class of 2021 Ready For the Next Steps in Their Lives

Friendship Public Charter School Online will celebrate its 39 eighth-grade graduates during a virtual ceremony on Saturday, June 19th at 11 a.m. The event pictures will be posted on their Facebook page.

06.11.21

Insight Schools of California Class of 2021 Ready for the Next Big Part of Their Lives

This year was a year like no other in American education. But thanks to schools like Insight Schools of California, students will soon move forward to begin the rest of their lives. ISCA will celebrate its 480 graduates virtually with a commencement ceremony.

06.10.21

Virginia Virtual Academy Celebrates Class of 2021

Virginia Virtual Academy will celebrate the Class of 2021 during two commencement ceremonies, one virtual and one in-person. The virtual graduation will celebrate the achievements of more than 140 students.