Tom Vander Ark

Business Positions

Ridge Lane, LP Merchant Banking Firm of Tom Ridge and R. Brad Lane

• Venture Partner, Education ('17→?)*

Bloomboard

• Board ('10→'17)*

Capgemini Consulting

• Director ('93→'94)

Board Memberships

ASU + GSV Summit annual conference at ASU

• advisory board member

Positions

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Open Education Solutions

• CEO

Digital Learning Institute (DigiLearn) Non Profit Promoting Ed-Tech Start-Ups, Founded by Bev Purdue NC

• Board

Eduinnovation Global NonProfit Thought Leader Education, AI, Smart Cities, Future of Work

• Board ('10→?)*

Charter Board Partners Org focusing on board development for charter schools in the District of Columbia.

• Board ('12→?)*

New Classrooms Innovations Partners

• advisory board member

Learn Capital

• Advisor* [+1]

• Partner ('08→'16)*

Democrats for Education Reform

• advisory board member

Teton Science Schools Place-Based Experiential Learning Education Programs Wyoming

• Advisor

One Stone Tuition Free Private School, CBE Model Boise Idaho

• Advisor

4.0 Schools Venture Capital for Early Stage Learning Ecosystem/Micro School Models

• Board*

Members

Ridge Lane, LP Merchant Banking Firm of Tom Ridge and R. Brad Lane

• Venture Partner, Education ('17→?)*

Memberships

International Association for K-12 Online Learning

• Board Member ('09→'15)*

Schools

Colorado School of Mines A state engineering university specializing in the geosciences, located in Golden, CO

• Undergraduate ('77→'81)*

University of Denver private research university in Denver, Colorado

• MBA ('83→'84)*

Miscellaneous Relationships

Seth Andrew Founder Degrees of Freedom; arrested in April 2021 on charges of scheming to steal $218,005 from a charter school network he founded

• Interviewed By (Jan '17→?)*

Springpoint Schools School Redesign Consultant / Program

• Grantee / Partner