Graduation Alliance, a Salt Lake City-bases provider of alternative education for youth and adults, has promoted Dr. Shawn Smith to the position of CEO. He succeeds Ron Klausner, CEO since 2015, who will become chairman of the board.
Smith, who joined the company in 2023 as the chief operating officer, is an author, speaker and entrepreneur. Before joining Graduation Alliance, he served as chief innovation officer for McGraw Hill. He co-founded Modern Teacher and spent nine years as its CEO. Earlier in his career, he served as chief of schools at Chicago Public Schools.
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