Speakers

Andrew E. Kaplan is a General Partner in Quad Partners. Quad Partners was founded in 2000 to make value-added private investments in the education industry. Today, Quad is the most active investor in privately-owned education companies in the Unite States. Quad’s strategy is to invest in high-quality education businesses with significant potential, then apply the unique operating and financial expertise of its principals to help managers drive company growth. Mr. Kaplan has spent his career at leading education companies building successful school and consumer businesses. Prior to joining Quad, Mr. Kaplan was a senior executive and Vice President and Publisher of Kaplan, Inc., the education division of The Washington Post. Before joining Kaplan, he served as Director of the Educational Technology Division at Scholastic. Mr. Kaplan is a director of Teachscape, The Learning Experience, Dorsey Schools, and Beckfield College. He holds an M.B.A. from New York University’s Stern Business School and a B.A. in Computer Science from Brandeis University.