Committed To Transforming Education
Welcome to our Employee Directory, a showcase of Empowered’s staff. We’re a group of about 30 professionals – based in Wichita, Kansas but located throughout the country – who each contribute their experiences gained from a variety of careers, backgrounds, and perspectives.
Many on our staff are former educators. They joined Empowered to magnify their impact by sharing our educational strategy, activities, resources, training tools, and supportive community with more teachers. Most importantly – they are here to ensure teachers are happy and fulfilled in their work – offering support along the way.
Tap within our Employee Directory to “meet”, learn about, and even schedule time to chat with members of our staff.
- All Staff
- Administrative
- Community
- Ed. Resources
- Ed. Support
- Leadership
- Marketing
- Technology
- Training

Tracey Andrist
Chief Administrative Officer (CAO)

Tory Chambers
Senior Educator Support Specialist

Tassaday Strickland
Project Coordinator

Tasha Schauvliege
Operations Specialist

Stephen Flemons
Educational Materials Specialist

Ski Ahmad
Chief Technology Officer (CTO)

Sean Jones
Brand Designer

Sean Amore
Director, Brand Strategy and Communications

Priscilla McInnes
Senior Project Manager

Patrick LaRocco
Director, Data

Mik Love
Manager, Partnerships

Lindsay Zimmerman
Director, Product Management

Lindsay Downing Schroeder
Chief Executive Officer (CEO)

Kylie Stupka
President

Kimberly Yates, M.Ed.
Director, Community

Ken Chadwick
Educator Support Specialist

Kavin Kramer
Business Intelligence Analyst

Katie Archibald, MBA
Chief Product Officer (CPO)

Kate Merseal
Technical Implementation Specialist

Kasey Millar
Director, Educational Materials

Joel Short
Director, Business Systems

Jim Masker
Partner Support Specialist

Jeremy Chabot
Technical Implementation Specialist

Jeremiah Adair
Director, Educator Support

Jason Filie
Training Specialist

Jaci Herbst
Executive Assistant, Leadership Team

Gidget Watson
Educator Support Specialist

Dre’ Helms
Educator Support Specialist

Chelsea McNeil
Educator Support Specialist

Cearra A. Jones, Ed.S.
Training Specialist

Cameron McBeth
Training Specialist

Brittany Stucky
Office Manager

Brandi Newry, Ed.S., M.Ed.
Director, Training

Amy Deibler
Community Manager