NETWORK LEADERSHIP
 Sanje Ratnavale
President & Founder
Sanje founded OESIS in 2012 and serves as the President of what has grown to become the leading network for innovation at independent schools: the acronym OESIS grew from the initial focus on Online Education Strategies for Independent Schools. He has held senior administrative positions at independent schools including Associate Head of School at a K-12 school for seven years, High School Principal for three years and CFO for seven years. Sanje has taught Latin and History at the High and Middle School levels: his educational career spans both British (Windlesham House School in Sussex) and American (Marlborough School in LA and Sierra Canyon School in LA) independent schools, schools that are boarding, single sex and co-ed institutions respectively. He was one of 3 founding administrators and the financial architect of a brand new greenfield non-profit independent school built on the outskirts of Los Angeles into a K-12 institution with 850 students, a 35 acre campus and $80 million in assets during his 7 years tenure: Sanje led the raising and management of $60 million for the project from investors. Prior to making a switch to education, Sanje spent 15 years in venture capital, investment banking and senior C-level (CEO,COO,CFO) management. He was educated at Christ Church, Oxford University (B.A. and M.A. in Law/Jurisprudence) and the British independent school system (Harrow School). Sanje is based out of Los Angeles.
 Ray Ravaglia
Founder OESIS Group
Raymond Ravaglia, founded Stanford University’s Education Program for Gifted Youth, was the principal architect of Stanford University’s Online High School and is also author of Bricks and Mortar: the making of a Real Education at the Stanford Online High School. He has presented regularly at conferences on gifted education and e-learning for the last fifteen years. He has published in scholarly and professional journals on different aspects of e-learning and was the 1996 recipient of the paper of the year award from GiftedChild Quarterly and in 1997 received a Centra Pioneer Award. Raymond has served as an external reviewer for the Office of Post-Secondary Education of the US Department of Education, has been an advisor to the College Board on the subject of online education, and was a founding board member of the International Council for Online Learning. He received his BA and MA degrees in Philosophy from Stanford University.
 Founder
OESIS Group
Jeff is the Co-Founder of OESIS Group and currently the Director of the Accreditation Commission on International Education, a division of NEASC – the New England Association of Schools and Colleges. Jeff Bradley’s career in independent education has included positions in rural, suburban, urban and international schools. After two years as Assistant to the Provost at Georgetown University, Jeff served as teacher, coach, English department head, and dean at the Bullis School, MD. He later directed the Advanced Studies Program at St. Paul’s School, an accelerated summer program for NH public high school students. At St. Paul’s, he also taught and advised young teachers as Director of Apprentice Teaching Programs. In 2001, Jeff and his family moved to Italy where he directed School Year Abroad Italy for the program’s first three years, before moving to Switzerland where he served as headmaster of The American School in Switzerland. Jeff holds a B.A. in Philosophy and an M.A. in English from Georgetown University. Jeff is based in New Hampshire.
 John Hartman, Director of School Partnerships
John is responsible for partnerships with schools across the many network platforms. He has broad experience in education including as an Instructor, Curriculum Designer, Assessment Specialist, Dean of Students, Tutor and in Business Development for corporations serving the independent and public school markets. Based in Florida, John travels extensively around the U.S. He has a Bachelor of Arts from West Virginia Wesleyan in History and Philosophy and a Master of Science from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro in European History.
 Lynn Schramek,
Director of XP Enrollment
Lynn B. Schramek has been sharing her professional organizational communications expertise with OESIS Group since 2014, serving in many roles. She designs OESIS conference program booklets, arranges conference advertising and exhibits, manages the OESIS-X, OESIS-XP and LISTSERV platforms, and, most recently, became Director of OESIS-XP Enrollment. She enjoys enabling the independent schools enrolled in OESIS-XP to collaborate on navigating the 21st century innovation matrix. Since launching in 2017, OESIS-XP has become the leading professional development and networking platform for progressive independent schools. Previously, Lynn provided PR & publications services as LBS Communications for more than two decades, served as Director of Employee Communications and Publications for Corrections Corporation of America, Public Information Officer for the Ohio Department of Education, and Communications Coordinator for JCPenney Casualty Insurance Co. She received her BA in Journalism with an emphasis in Public Relations from The Ohio State University. |
OESIS Network Leaders 2018-2019
Listservs & OESIS-XP Joel Backon, Director of Academic Technology & History Teacher, Choate Rosemary Hall (CT) English Jared Colley, English Department Chair, Oakridge School (TX) Elementary Tara Quigley, Director of Miss Fine's Center for Interdisciplinary Studies, 6th Grade Teacher, Princeton Day School (NJ) Ashley Read, Learn21 Specialist & 4th Grade Teacher, Oakridge School (TX) Tedd Wakeman, Founder Sycamore School (CA) History Debbie Ayers, Upper School Assistant Director & History Teacher, Flint Hill School (VA) International Education Kevin Merges, Executive Director, Global Education Programs, Rutgers Prep School (NJ) Math Yasmin Saban, Math Department Chair, St. Andrew’s Priory School (HI) Marcus Muster, Pre-Calculus Teacher, Kiski School (PA) PBL & Inter-Disciplinary Tara Quigley, Director of Miss Fine's Center for Interdisciplinary Studies, 6th Grade Teacher, Princeton Day School (NJ) Mike Gwaltney, Head of Upper School, Rocky Hill School (RI) Jeff Robin, Founding Faculty Member at High Tech High (CA) Science Megan Bartley, formerly Science Department Chair, Milken School (CA); now Science Teacher in Michigan Public Schools Kevin Quick, Science Teacher, The Webb Schools (CA) David Nassar, Computer Science Chair, Winchester Thurston School (PA) Graig Marx, Science Department Chair, Winchester Thurston School (PA) Tech Tools for Teachers Matt Bavone, U.S. Classics Teacher and Technology Integrator, St. Luke’s School (CT) Ashley Read, Learn21 Specialist & 4th Grade Teacher, Oakridge School (TX) Joel Backon, Director of Academic Technology & History Teacher, Choate Rosemary Hall (CT) Marcus Muster, Director of Technology, the Kiski School (PA) World Languages Jon Shee, World Languages Department Chair, St. Luke’s School (CT)
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