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Excelligence Learning Corp.

is in the Manufacturing Industry

Last Fiscal Year Sales:$132.7M
  • Private
  • US
Dow Jones Description

Excelligence Learning helps kids excel. Formed from a 2001 merger and headquartered in Monterey, CA, Excelligence Learning Corp. develops, manufactures, and retails various educational products. The company operates in two segments: Early Childhood and Elementary School. It focuses on children from zero to 12 years old, offering products for arts and crafts, active play, and dramatic play, as well as furniture, carpets, music, puzzles, and a range of school supplies and classroom equipment. It sells to teachers, schools, and other education providers through catalogs, websites, and independent representatives. The company had 2005 revenue of about $132.7 million and employs about 400 people.

Number of Employees 398
Contact Information

2 Lower Ragsdale Dr Ste 200

Monterey, California 93940

www.excelligenc...

1 831 333 2000

NAICS Code Motorcycle, Bicycle, and Parts Manufacturing: 336991

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Decision Makers

Name (plus bio) Position
Ron Elliott CEO
Diane Kayser CFO
Judith McGuinn COO, Executive Vice President & Secretary
Vikas Arora Vice President & Secretary
Christian Rafael Director, Marketing

Board of Directors

Name (plus bio) Position
Robert MacDonald Chairman
Albert Noyes Board of Directors
Colin Gallagher Board of Directors
Dean DeBiase Board of Directors
Louis Casagrande Board of Directors
Mike Kolowich Board Member
Richard Delaney Board of Directors
Scott Graves Board of Directors

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Excelligence Learning Corp. CEO Current
Discount School Supply President & CEO Current
Excelligence Learning Corp. CEO Current

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Excelligence Learning Corp. CFO Current
Excelligence Learning Corp. CFO Current

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Excelligence Learning Corp. COO, Executive Vice President & Secretary Current

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Excelligence Learning Corp. Vice President & Secretary Current

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Excelligence Learning Corp. Director, Marketing Current
Excelligence Learning Corp. Director, Marketing Former

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Excelligence Learning Corp. Chairman Current
Excelligence Learning Corp. Chairman Current

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Excelligence Learning Corp. Board of Directors Current

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Excelligence Learning Corp. Board of Directors Current

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Excelligence Learning Corp. Board of Directors Current

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Excelligence Learning Corp. Board of Directors Current

Prior to that, from 1985 till 1988, Kolowich was Corporate Vice President of Marketing and Business Development of Lotus Development Corporation. Later at Lotus, as VP of Graphics, Text, and Information Management Products, he was responsible for the early development of the Lotus Notes business. Kolowich came to Lotus from Bain and Company, the global management strategy consulting firm, where he was vice president and partner until 1985. Early in his career, Kolowich was a television news reporter and producer for several television stations in the Boston and Providence (RI) markets. He was trained in broadcast journalism at both CBS News and Westinghouse Broadcasting. While a reporter at WGBH-TV in Boston, Kolowich was awarded an Emmy Award for Outstanding News Reporting by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. Kolowich attended Harvard College, where he received a bachelor's degree in Engineering and Applied Physics in 1974. Later, he returned to receive an MBA, with distinction, from Harvard Business School. He is a Trustee of Boston's Museum of Science (and chairs its Technology Advisory Committee) and Trustee of the Massachusetts Technology Leadership Council. He is a director of Candide Media Works, a web content developer in New York City, is a creative advisor to the public television program "Boomers: Redefining Life After Fifty", and is advisor to Hi-Beam Entertainment, an immersive experience company. He is commissioner of Youth Baseball in Concord-Carlisle, Massachusetts, is a director of Friends of Concord-Carlisle Playing Fields, and is webmaster and acting treasurer for the National Professional Videographers Association. He recently completed terms as President of the Board of Directors of Revels, a national performing arts organization, Trustee of the Fenn School of Concord, MA, and as a Board Member of Excelligence Learning Corporation (NASDAQ:LRNS), an educational products company. He is a resident of Moultonborough, New Hampshire.

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Youth Baseball Commissioner Current
Diginovations Incorporated Executive Producer Current
Candide Media Works, Inc. Director Current
Excelligence Learning Corp. Board Member Current
Desktop Data, Inc. CEO Former
Bain & Company Vice President Former
Tex-T.Com Vice President Former
Lotus Development Corporation Vice President of Marketing Former
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Bain & Company partner Former
Diginovations Incorporated Owner Former
WGBH news producer Former
Bain & Company strategy consultant Former
CBS Corporation Former
NewsEdge Corp. vice chairman Former
Harvard Business School MBA Former
Harvard College Bachelor's Degree In Engineering and Applied Physics Former

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Excelligence Learning Corp. Board of Directors Current

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Excelligence Learning Corp. Board of Directors Current
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