Preparing Students for Success

Philip Dunne brings more than 20 years of marketing leadership experience at global companies, including AOL and RosettaStone. As President & General Manager of StraighterLine since 2024, he draws on his track record of driving growth and transformation with a unique combination of performance, product marketing, and finance expertise to shape the business and accelerate revenue.

He is known for building and leading high-performance teams, creating clarity around priorities, and empowering operators to execute with discipline and speed.

Lynn Pitcavage is a mission-driven executive that drives revenue growth, leads high-performing teams, and builds customer experiences that stick.

As President & General Manager for StraighterLine’s Early Childhood Education division, she brings decades of experience in starting, building, and advising early childhood education, K-12, and digital learning programs. She has held senior leadership positions at organizations shaping the future of learning, including Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Age of Learning (ABCmouse), and most recently, Hatch Early Learning — where she served as the Chief Revenue Officer.

She’s equally energized by a boardroom presentation and a whiteboard session with the team. And when it comes to her work with our team, her superpowers have been translating vision into action, building bridges across sales and consumer experience, and helping others find joy (and results) in the process.

Dave joined StraighterLine as Chief Technology Officer in 2023, where he has continued his long career history of successfully leading technology and data teams for consumer platforms.

His career with high-growth education technology companies dates back more than a decade to when he joined his first EdTech startup. Prior to joining StraighterLine, he served as the Vice President of Technology at General Assembly. Earlier in his career, Dave was the Chief Technology Officer at Legends of Learning, the world's largest developer of game-based learning experiences for K-12 students. In this role, he led a diverse team and played a vital part in the creation of a comprehensive digital learning platform.  

Gardner holds a Bachelor of Science in mathematics from Duke University and completed graduate studies in computer science and artificial intelligence at George Mason University.

Gregory is responsible for the implementation, management, and execution of all of StraighterLine’s businesses. This includes business planning, budgeting, forecasting, overseeing human resources, and maintaining investor relations and negotiations. In his role as CFO, he works with each member of the leadership team to help them successfully execute strategies for the short and long term.

Prior to StraighterLine, Gregory held senior and executive leadership roles at several business advisory and private equity firms, including Ernst & Young, American Capital, Cannon Capital, and Riveron. He earned his B.S. and Master of Business Administration from the University of Maryland Robert H. Smith School of Business.

Dr. Melanie Glennon is a PhD, M.Ed, and Chief Learning Officer at StraighterLine. She joined the team in 2022 as both an educator and a strategist — building academic systems, operational frameworks, and learning models that scale.

Over the course of her career, she’s moved from the classroom to the C-suite, not by following a traditional path, but by solving complex problems with thoughtful design, strong teams, and learner-centered strategy. Whether leading accreditation efforts, redesigning course portfolios, or launching frameworks like StraighterLine’s LEAP Learning Model, she has stayed focused on what matters most: learning outcomes, academic integrity, and scalable impact.

As Chief Learning Officer at StraighterLine, she has led a full-scale curriculum transformation, introduced an AI Fluency Framework shaping how learners engage with AI in assessments, built a high-performing global team, and developed operational systems that increased learner satisfaction and efficiency by 40-50%. Having worked across K–12, higher education, and the workforce sector, she knows how to design pathways that truly work and believes relationships drive trust and transformation.

Julia Potts is a highly accomplished and results-driven leader whose current role is serving as our Director of Human Resources.

She’s had notable success in driving employee engagement, developing and retaining talent, and implementing best-in-class HR programs and policies that improve organizational effectiveness.