Leadership Team

Meredith Monk Ford
Executive Director
Meredith Monk Ford
Meredith is the Executive Director of Folio Collaborative and guides the organization’s support for its 150+ member schools.
Meredith was an independent school classroom teacher and coach, first at the Bryn Mawr School (her alma mater) and then at McDonogh School, both in Baltimore. At McDonogh, Meredith was also a grade level administrator and chaired a task force to enhance professional growth opportunities for faculty. When McDonogh received a grant from the E.E. Ford Foundation to develop a professional growth and learning process that additional schools could use, Folio Collaborative was created and Meredith transitioned to become Executive Director.
Meredith’s passion for school leadership and managing the process of change in educational institutions shows through her Folio management. She visits and meets virtually with Folio members around the country to lead seminars, train administrators and teachers, and facilitate conversations around professional growth, leadership and feedback.
Meredith received her BA from the University of Maryland and a master’s degree in Liberal Arts from the Johns Hopkins University. She earned a second master’s degree in School Leadership at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
Contact Meredith: mford@foliocollaborative.org

Anna Feiss
School Success Operations Manager
Anna
Anna is the School Success Operations Manager at Folio Collaborative, coordinating member onboarding and continued support. Anna joined Folio in May 2022 after developing her client services expertise, working first in advertising for Starbucks, then moving into education technology to combine her passion for education and customer support. In her previous role, Anna was an academic advisor to 200 graduate students pursuing their Master’s of Science Nursing and Doctorate in Physical Therapy online with the University of Southern California.
During her undergraduate studies, Anna was a classroom assistant and student teacher in first and second grade classrooms in Lexington, Virginia. She also oversaw the after school tutoring program for K-6 grade students in Rockbridge County, Virginia. Anna continued working in K-5 classes as a tutor and teacher’s aid when she moved to Denver, Colorado, and is now a substitute teacher at Aspen Country Day School.
Anna received her BS in Business Administration with a minor in Education Policy from Washington and Lee University. She is currently pursuing her MEd at the University of Pennsylvania with an expected graduation of June 2024.
Contact Anna: afeiss@foliocollaborative.org

Carey Fetting-Smith
Director of School Success
Carey
Carey is the Director of School Success at Folio Collaborative. Carey began her career in education as a Teach For America corps member in New York City. She taught 2nd through 4th grade self contained Special Education at PS 202 in East New York, Brooklyn, and later became a founding middle school teacher and team lead at Success Academy, Harlem 1, their flagship school. The bulk of Carey's career in education has been as an instructional coach supporting teachers both at Teach For America, New York, as well as The Baltimore Curriculum Project, Baltimore’s largest charter network. Carey is passionate about helping schools create a culture of belonging and growth so teachers can thrive.
Carey received her BA in Comparative Literature from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a Masters in the Science of Teaching from PACE University. Carey lives in Baltimore with her husband and three daughters, and is currently obsessed with coaching U-10 field hockey.
Contact Carey: cfetting-smith@foliocollaborative.org

Sean Flaherty
Director of Technology and Software Evolution
Sean
Sean leads the process of developing and enhancing myFolio, from initial design and specification development to final testing and deployment. He is the “go-to” person for myFolio users – consistently providing introduction, training and assistance about myFolio functionality. Through this, he identifies the additional features that members need and then guides their implementation.
Sean has more than 25 years of experience in all facets of the software development lifecycle across a broad range of environments. Well-versed in open-source web technologies, he most recently worked in the Ruby programming language and the Ruby on Rails framework.
Sean holds a Bachelor of Science from the George Washington University School of Business.
Contact Sean: sflaherty@foliocollaborative.org

Jeremy Goldstein
Director of School Success
Jeremy
Jeremy is the Director of School Success and Membership at Folio Collaborative, where he supports the growth and needs of Folio's thriving 150+ member schools community.
With over 25 years experience in teaching and administration, Jeremy has taught a variety of subjects in both boarding and day-school communities. His work as a global experiential educator has allowed him to explore big questions in education. Prior to joining Folio, he specialized in leading strategic programs, curriculum design, and faculty professional development in schools. His commitment to facilitating and coaching fellow educators allows him to focus on listening and asking questions to foster reflection and growth.
Jeremy holds Anthropology degrees from Vanderbilt and Wake Forest universities, and continues to be curious about personal growth and professional development. He lives in Alexandria with his wife, Lucy, daughter, Jane, and a mischievous dog named Callie. He’s passionate about riding bicycles and advocacy, as well as training Karate.
Contact Jeremy: jgoldstein@foliocollaborative.org

Liz Kornheiser
Vice President of Strategy
Liz
Liz is Folio’s Vice President of Strategy and leads Folio’s E.E. Ford Foundation work and manages the day-to-day operations at the Collaborative. As the daughter of a boarding school headmaster, she is no stranger to education. Liz is an Emmy Award-winning producer of ESPN’s highest rated daily sports show, Pardon the Interruption. She left the world of television production in 2012 to pursue her passion for education and public sector work.
Prior to joining Folio, Liz served as the Partner and Director of Consulting Services at Greenwich Leadership Partners. There, she consulted and coached school leaders and executives around strategic planning and organizational design, facilitation, and professional development. She also designed and delivered GLP’s Strategic Planning Institute, an innovative program helping schools to create and implement strategic plans for driving institutional growth and developing high functioning leadership teams.
She initially joined Folio in 2018 as the project manager for the E.E. Ford Leadership Grant. In that role, she supported the design team of administrators and teachers from Folio member schools as they researched best practices around collaboration, prototyped updates for the myFolio platform, and developed the release of new features.
Liz graduated Phi Beta Kappa and received her BA in Cultural Anthropology from Duke University, and an MEd from the Harvard Graduate School of Education.
Contact Liz: liz@foliocollaborative.org