Mary Cullen - President and Founder
Matthew Olson - Senior eLearning Consultant
Matthew's work focuses on effective online instructional design practices and online collaboration. He has fifteen years of experience in higher education and online learning. Matthew has actively participated in a variety of consortia for distance education including the Massachusetts Consortium of Distance Education (MassCODE), the Massachusetts Distance Learning
Consortium (MDLC), and most recently, Mass Colleges Online (MCO).
He has vast experience in technological professional development, and has presented on online teaching and learning in a variety of local, national, and international venues. Matthew has also been a key participant in a three year Department of State grant implementing an online learning program at the Azov Academy of Management and Information Technologies in Berdyansk, Ukraine.
Matthew holds a Ed.D and a M.A. in Education from The University of Massachusetts.
Course Instructors:
Susan Anders:
Susan specializes in business writing, particularly international business writing. She taught at Rutgers University and holds a M.A in English Education from Leslie College and a B.A in English from Middlebury College. She has lived in Europe and Asia for much of her life, lending great insights to our international clients.
John Bromfield:
John specializes in technical writing and business writing. He
taught at Holy Cross College and holds a M.A in Composition and
Rhetoric from the University of New Hampshire and a B.A in
Creative Writing from the University of Massachusetts.
Marcia Ellery:
Marcia specializes in business writing and grammar. She
worked for eight years as a writing specialist and as an
Assistant Director of Academic Support at Middlesex Community
College in Massachusetts. She has also worked as a writing eTutor
through the Connecticut Distance Learning Consortium.
She
holds a B.A. in English from Tufts University, and has advanced
studies in Orton Gillingham certification.
Dolores Stanhope:
Dolores specializes in business writing, and also teaches
proofreading and grammar. She taught writing at Michigan State
University and holds a Ph.D from Michigan State in Communications.
Her B.A. is also from Michigan State.
Barbara Walker:
Barbara specializes in business writing and concept mapping. She
taught business writing and communications at Bentley College, and
holds a M.A. from Boston College in English Literature and a B.A.
from Wellesley College in English.
Contract Writers and Coaches:
Carrie McMahon:
Carrie specializes in contract writing and business writing. She taught writing at
Allegheny University and North Carolina State and holds a M.F.A.
in Creative Writing from Purdue University and a B.A. in English
from Syracuse University.
Jared Goldberg
Jared has completed a three-year coaching certificate program with
Coach University. He is a member of the International Coach
Federation, Philadelphia Area chapter of the International Association of
Career Management Professionals, and the National Speakers
Association. He holds a M.F.A in Creative Writing from University
of California at Davis and holds a B.A in Psychology from San
Diego State University.