Northward exists for families who don’t want to simply choose an education for their child. They want to thoughtfully create one.
An exceptional private education requires more than one exceptional teacher. It requires people who understand the whole child-and know how to bring the plan, educator, resources, and family vision together.
Northward brings educators, school leaders, learning specialists, and strategists around one shared purpose: creating an education designed for the individual child.
Our team includes educators, school leaders, learning specialists, strategists, and people who have spent years thinking about what makes learning meaningful.
Katy has spent her career thinking about the space between what education traditionally offers and what individual children actually need. At Northward, she brings that perspective to every family conversation—helping transform individual needs, interests, and aspirations into a thoughtful educational vision.
She is building a new model of private education that gives families both extraordinary educational experiences and the expert guidance needed to manage them well.
Mallory leads Northward’s operations, ensuring every family experience is thoughtful, seamless, and exceptionally well supported.
Emily Anne leads Northward’s private teacher search and placement process, helping families identify exceptional educators who align with their children, priorities, and lifestyle.
Josh leads Northward’s Private Education Management team, helping families turn educational goals into thoughtful, individualized plans.
Jacqueline is a K–8 education expert with a gift for understanding the whole child and translating their needs into thoughtful, individualized learning plans.
Layne is an early childhood and elementary education specialist with a particular passion for supporting students with special needs.
Megan is an elementary literacy expert with deep knowledge of reading development, evidence-based instruction, and individualized intervention.
Lizzie is a special education expert with experience across K–12 and higher education. She specializes in understanding learning differences, academic accommodations and support.
Josh is an experienced high school educator and leader with a Ph.D. in Chemistry from Vanderbilt University and a particular passion for STEM.
Deena is a seasoned curriculum and instructional leader with 18 years of experience spanning elementary through high school.
Andy is an experienced secondary educator and professor with deep expertise in social studies, curriculum, and teacher development.
Clare is a special education and educational leadership expert with a gift for seeing both the individual needs of students and the larger systems that help them thrive. Drawing on her experience as a special educator, instructional coach, school leader, and consultant, she helps families and educators build thoughtful, individualized plans while bringing clarity, structure, and a whole-child perspective to complex educational needs.
Mansell is a K–8 education and special education expert with a gift for identifying how students learn best and translating their needs into targeted, individualized support. Particularly strong in reading and math foundations, she blends academic expertise with her background as a BCBA to help students build confidence, strengthen executive functioning skills, and make meaningful, measurable progress.
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