Rob Waldron

President & CEO, Curriculum Associates

Rob joined Curriculum Associates in 2008. He previously served as an operating executive at Berkshire Partners, a private equity firm. From 2002 to 2006, Rob was the CEO of Jumpstart, a national nonprofit that prepares preschool children from low-income backgrounds for school success. Under his leadership, the cost per participant was reduced by more than 30 percent while the number of children served more than tripled. Prior to Jumpstart, Rob served as CEO of Score Learning (a unit of Kaplan Education), where he grew revenue from $2 million to more than $50 million. Rob has been named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum and received the Fast Company/Monitor Group Social Capitalist Award for three consecutive years. He has served as Fellow at Harvard’s Kennedy School and is a board member at Roxbury Prep Charter School. Rob received his B.A. from Northwestern and his M.B.A. from Harvard. He lives in Wayland, Massachusetts with his wife, Jennifer, their two children, Olivia and James, and their stubborn, not-so-bright, but lovable dog, Jack.