Board of Directors

Meet the HMH Board of Directors, dedicated members who carry a passion for education and inspiring curiosity.

Lawrence K. Fish

Director and Chairman of the Board

Lawrence K. Fish has served as a member of the board of directors since August 2010 and Chairman of the Board since January 2011. Mr. Fish served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Citizens Financial Group, Inc. (“Citizens”) from 2005 to 2008 and before as Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, from 1992, of Citizens.  Mr. Fish is a member of the Corporation (Board of Trustees) of Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He serves on the boards of Textron Inc., Tiffany & Co., and NBH Holdings Corp. He is also an Honorary Trustee of the Brookings Institution in Washington D.C. Mr. Fish’s extensive experience in the areas of finance, marketing, general management and corporate governance enables him to provide the Company with effective leadership on the board of directors.

Daniel Allen

Director

Daniel Allen has served as a member of the board of directors since December 2016. He is also the president and a partner of Anchorage Capital Group, L.L.C. His responsibilities include overseeing the firm’s portfolio management, risk management and investment decisions. Prior to joining Anchorage, he held positions at Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs. He holds an M.B.A. from Duke University's Fuqua School of Business and a B.S. from Skidmore College, where he serves as a member of the Board of Trustees.

L. Gordon Crovitz

Director

L. Gordon Crovitz has served as a member of the board of directors since August 2012. From 1980-2007 Mr. Crovitz held a number of positions with Dow Jones and the Wall Street Journal culminating in his role as Executive Vice President for Dow Jones and Publisher of The Wall Street Journal.  He was co-founder of e-commerce software company Press+ in 2009. Mr. Crovitz serves on the Board of Directors at Dun & Bradstreet, Marin Software, Minneapolis Star Tribune, Business Insider, and Blurb. He is on the board of the American Association of Rhodes Scholars.  Mr. Crovitz’s management roles in the publishing industry and extensive experience as a director enables him to provide the Company with valuable guidance.

Jill A. Greenthal

Director and Chair of Nominating, Ethics, and Governance Committee

Jill A. Greenthal has served as a member of the board of directors since June 2012. Ms. Greenthal has been a Senior Advisor in Private Equity at the Blackstone Group since 2007, working closely with the company’s global media and technology teams to assist in investments in those sectors. She also currently serves as a director of Akamai Technologies, Michaels Stores and The Weather Channel Companies. Prior to 2007, Ms. Greenthal was an investment banker and partner at Blackstone and Credit Suisse First Boston.  Ms. Greenthal has extensive experience in the media industry and in advising technology and media companies, which enables her to provide valuable guidance to the Company.

John F. Killian

Director and Chair of Audit Committee

John F. Killian has served as a member of the board of directors since January 2011. Mr. Killian was Executive Vice President for Verizon and served as Verizon’s Chief Financial Officer from March 2009 through October 2010. Prior to becoming CFO, Mr. Killian was President of Verizon Business from October 2005 until March 2009, the Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Verizon Telecom from June 2003 until October 2005, and the Senior Vice President and Controller of Verizon Telecom from April 2002 until June 2003. Mr. Killian serves on the board of directors at ConEdison Inc. and is a Chairman of the Board of Providence College.  Mr. Killian brings extensive financial expertise to the board, as well as significant management and leadership experience.

John R. McKernan Jr.

Director and Chair of Compensation Committee

John R. McKernan, Jr. served as a member of the board of directors from August 2010 through June 2012 and rejoined the board in September 2012. Mr. McKernan is currently Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of McKernan Enterprises, Inc., in Portland, Maine.  He is the former Chairman of Education Management Corporation, a provider of post-secondary education in North America, where he served as Chief Executive Officer from September 2003 until February 2007 and continues to serve as a director. Mr. McKernan is a director of BorgWarner Inc. and served as Governor of the State of Maine from 1987 to 1995.  Mr. McKernan is currently Chairman of the Board of Directors of The Foundation for Maine’s Community Colleges and serves on the board of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Institute for a Competitive Workforce.  Mr. McKernan brings to the board superior leadership capabilities, knowledge of the legal and legislative processes and significant prior experience as a director.

Brian A. Napack

Director

Brian A. Napack has served as a member of the board of directors since June 2016. Mr. Napack is Senior Advisor at Providence Equity (“Providence”), a private equity firm specializing in media, education, information and communications. Prior to joining Providence in 2012, he was President of global publisher Macmillan. Previously, Mr. Napack was a partner at L.E.K. Consulting where served clients in the media, entertainment, publishing, and education sectors. He was the founder and Chief Executive Officer of ThinkBox Inc., and prior to that he was a co-founder of Disney Interactive and founded Disney Educational Publishing at The Walt Disney Company. Mr. Napack has also held senior roles at Simon & Schuster and at A.T. Kearney, Inc. He currently serves on the boards of Blackboard, Ascend Learning, Burning Glass Technologies, and Zero to Three, and also served on the board of Education Management Group from 2012 to 2015. Mr. Napack brings to the board a robust career in the education and media industries, as well as extensive operational experience.

E. Rogers Novak Jr.

Director

E. Rogers Novak, Jr. has served as a member of the board of directors since November 2012.  He is a founder and managing member of Novak Biddle Venture Partners, an early-stage venture fund focused on investment opportunities in businesses focused on education, security, big data analytics, and business-to-business-to-consumer. Mr. Novak formerly served as Lead Director of Blackboard which was acquired by Providence Equity Partners.  Mr. Novak currently serves on several private company boards and is a member of the External Relations Council for the Department of Homeland Security’s Predict project. He also serves on the Board of Trustees for Kenyon College where he sits on the Budget, Financial and Audit Committee and the Information Resources Committee. From 2008 to 2011, Mr. Novak held a seat on the Board of the National Venture Capital Association and was their Treasurer and a member of their Executive Committee from 2009 to 2011. Mr. Novak’s significant prior experience as a director, especially in the education technology sector, render him a valuable member of the board.

Tracey D. Weber

Director

Tracey D. Weber has served as a member of the board of directors since July 2016. She is the Chief Client Officer and Vice President of Transformation for IBM’s Cognitive Engagement business unit. Until April of 2016, Ms. Weber was a Strategic Advisor for innovative online shopping destination Gilt Groupe, where she formerly served as President from February 2015 to February 2016 and Chief Operating Officer from September 2013 to February 2015. She served as Managing Director, North America Internet and Mobile and Global Product at Citibank, NA, a multinational financial services corporation, from 2010 to 2013. Ms. Weber has also previously served as Executive Vice President of Barnes & Noble, Inc.’s textbooks and digital education division and has held several leadership positions at Travelocity.com. From July 2013 to March 2016, she served on the board of International Game Technology. Ms. Weber’s leadership roles across a variety of consumer industries and extensive digital operations experience enables her to provide the Company with valuable guidance.