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Liz Pape is the President and CEO of Virtual High School Global Consortium (VHS), pioneers of online learning for high school students and online course design for teachers. Liz has more than 15 years of experience helping K-12 schools to develop a 21st century learning model. Under her management, VHS has grown from 28 member schools and 30 classes offered to a world-wide consortium of over 400 member schools and 260 teachers in 29 states and 24 countries. An award-winning online education expert, Liz regularly shares her expertise in K-12 online education by speaking nationally at numerous education and technology conferences. She serves on the Board of Directors of the North American Council for Online Learning (NACOL), Blackboard Idea Exchange Steering Committee, DOME (Diversity and Outreach in Mathematics and Engineering) Foundation and has served on the U.S. Department of Education National Online Education Policy Forum and the NCREL Blue Ribbon Panel for Online Education. Email or call 978-450-0411.
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 | Dana Koch, as Director of Global Services, leads VHS’s sales and marketing efforts as well as spearheads the organization’s expansion of its worldwide online learning community. With over 20 years of experience in sales, he joins VHS from Emeryville, CA based LeapFrog SchoolHouse, publishers of multi-sensory reading/language arts instructional programs for the Pre-K – 8 market, where he was a Senior Sales Executive. Before LeapFrog he was a National Sales Manager for Nashua, NH based Delta Education, a leading publisher and manufacturer of reform based science and math curriculum. His experience has included being a guest lecturer at Simmons Graduate School of Education and The Reading Institute. He has a B.A. in Business Administration from Saint Michael’s College and lives in Stow, MA. Email or call 978-450-0430.
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Carol Ribeiro is the Chief Operating Officer (COO) for Virtual High School Global Consortium. She has more than 15 years of experience in operations and systems development. Carol joined VHS in 1999 and as a VHS teacher developed and delivered the NetCourse Business Marketing and the Internet. Currently, as Chief Operating Officer she is responsible for overall project management for Virtual High School including managing school memberships, financials, and personnel. Before joining Virtual High School she worked in the Nashoba Regional and Hudson, MA school systems. Prior to her work in education she managed systems for UNUMProvident Companies, Inc. Carol received her Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Information Systems from Bentley College and her MBA from Clark University, and is a Fellow of the Life Management Institute (FLMI). Email or call 978-450-0503.
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 | Dr. Donna E. Scribner is the Chief Learning Officer (CLO) for VHS. As a professional educator she brings over 30 years of experience working with students and teachers at the middle, high and college levels. Prior to joining VHS, Donna was the Director of Online Learning for Project Lead The Way®, and was instrumental in creating the Virtual Academy, an online school offering professional development opportunities for teachers to learn the skills and content needed to teach pre-engineering courses. She holds a BS in Mathematics Education, a MA in Education and a PhD in Instructional Design for Online Learning. Donna brings to VHS a passion for improving educational opportunities for all students through the availability of well designed, innovative and student centered online courses. Email or call 978.450.0413.
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Storie Walsh is the Director of Technology Services for Virtual High School. Storie has 15 years of experience in web, database and application development and analysis, and was one of Virtual High School's first employees. Storie manages VHS's technical services and provides support for participating schools. As Technology Services Director, her responsibilities include troubleshooting high-level technical support issues, interfacing with technical vendors, and managing the VHS web site design and implementation. Prior to joining VHS, she was a Web Developer/Database Designer for the Concord Consortium and was a Senior Application Analyst for R.R. Donnelley & Sons' integrated media lab division. She received her Bachelor of Science degree in Plastics Engineering from the University of Massachusetts with a minor in Music and is currently pursuing a Master of Arts in Public Administration at Framingham State College. A native of Massachusetts, she is married with three sons and lives in Hudson, MA. Email or call 978.450.0504
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