TEAM LEADERS
Caytie Bagatelos, President & CEO
Caytie has been working to support children and schools for more than 20 years. As an educational technology specialist, consultant and trainer, Caytie has enjoyed traveling to support educators in their use of ed tech solutions in California, New York, Tennessee, and Canada.
Caytie joined Greenfield Learning in 2008 and in 2016, Caytie became the Chief Partnerships Officer. Her focus is building and leading a growing team to support Greenfield's efforts in California and Canada. She takes great pride in the impact Greenfield Learning has on childhood literacy in SF Bay Area and around the State. Caytie and her mother, Anne Bagatelos, are the cofounders of Cayton Resources, an educational supply business developed in 1991 to provide parents with research-based materials to support their children's education from home.
Passionate about the role of parents in their child's educational journey, Caytie spends much of her time supporting parental involvement and family literacy programs in the San Francisco Bay Area. She is the devoted mom of an elementary school student who is an enthusiastic reader.
Caytie is an alum of the University of San Francisco, an avid traveler and scuba diver. After 15 years of city living in San Francisco (where her husband Giovanni was renowned for almost a decade as an Italian pizza maker in the heart of Haight Asbury!), Caytie and her family are currently enjoying a quieter pace living in a small town on the picturesque San Mateo Coast.
Caytie can be reached at caytie@greenfieldlearning.com.
Nicole Kade, Chief Education Officer
Nicole Kade joined the Greenfield Team as Director of Implementation and Professional Development in October 2015. She was born in Woodland, California, and then moved to Rohnert Park, California, to attend Sonoma State University. There she participated in a blended program that allowed her to earn a B.A. in Liberal Studies with a focus on Elementary Education and a California Teaching Credential in 4 short years. She then moved to San Jose, California, where she attained her first teaching position in a 3rd grade classroom. Her journey in public education was fueled by her passion to make an impact on as many students as possible. This led her to become a middle school teacher, curriculum coach, administrator and the Educational Chair for the Franklin Mckinley Children's Initiative. During this time, her passion also led her to attend graduate school and earn a Masters in Educational Leadership and an Administrative Credential. She has a deep desire to work collaboratively with teachers, administrators and educational technology partners as Greenfield Learning works toward providing exceptional professional development and implementation support.
In her free time Nicole enjoys spending time with her family, especially her two young boys, Gregory & Logan. She also loves floral design, she even won floral designer of year in her high school’s FFA, and has been the florist at many of the weddings of her friends and families.
Nicole can be reached at nicole@greenfieldlearning.com.
Victoria Paul, Chief Partnerships Officer
Victoria has been fortunate to work with district leaders across the country for over 20 years supporting innovative learning and edtech initiatives. She is passionate about partnering with educators to provide all students with a pathway to college and career readiness. Since joining Greenfield Learning in 2016, Victoria has greatly enjoyed collaborating with districts and schools in the San Francisco/Bay Area.
Victoria has lived most of her life in Northern California, outside of an eight-year adventure living on the Big Island of Hawai'i. She has a Bachelor of Arts from San Jose State University and currently lives with her family and lots of pets in the Santa Cruz Mountains.
Victoria can be reached at victoria@greenfieldlearning.com.
Kristie Clements, Sr. Director of Educational Services
Kristie joined the Greenfield Learning team as an Implementation Partner in 2017 and is from Long Beach, California by way of Canada and Minnesota. Born and raised in British Columbia, Canada she attended Grande Prairie Regional College (Alberta, Canada) and Augsburg University (Minneapolis, Minnesota) on athletic scholarships where she received her B.A. in Elementary Education. Moving to California, she began her career in education teaching in the Long Beach Unified School District. During this time, she received a Master’s in Curriculum and Instruction from California State University Long Beach. This began her deep passion and commitment to urban education and literacy across the country. She has worked with children and adults across multiple grade levels for 18 years in education as a teacher, literacy consultant, instructional coach, and administrator in both the public and charter school environments.
Kristie can be reached at kristie@greenfieldlearning.com.
Jessica Rockwood, Sr. Director of Educational Services
Jessica joined the Greenfield Learning team in 2016. She resides in Napa and supports educators and schools across Northern California. Jessica earned her BA in Cultural Anthropology at San Francisco State University, then spent some time traveling, including an extended stop in Granada, Spain to study Spanish at Centro de Lenguas Modernas. Upon her return, Jessica completed her teaching credential and MA in Education at Chapman University. Jessica taught at several Monterey County public schools and was a member of leadership teams and Parent-Teacher organizations, acted as administrator for after-school and Saturday school programs, and managed partnerships with outside student support organizations promoting literacy, STEM education, and physical education. Jessica’s favorite teaching assignment has been, without a doubt, third grade. She loves eight-year-old minds, teaching multiplication, Charlotte’s Web, and spontaneous classroom dance parties. She also loves having the opportunity to apply her teaching experience to her current work with educators.
Jessica and her husband have two young daughters, Ayla and Emerson. She stays extra-busy as owner of a small handmade/sewing business and as an active member of both her neighborhood elementary PTO and local mothers’ club. She loves crafting, reading, and coffee.
Jessica can be reached at jessica@greenfieldlearning.com.
Ashley Rebiskie, Director Of Educational Services
Ashley joined the Greenfield Learning team as an Implementation Partner in 2018 after an eleven year teaching career. She received a B.A. from Sonoma State and earned a Masters in Education and Multiple Subject Teaching Credential from UC Santa Cruz. Since then Ashley has taught various grade levels in Santa Cruz County and North Monterey County School districts. Ashley is an avid reader and as an educator one of her greatest goals was helping students learn to love reading. As an Implementation Partner she is passionate about helping educators find reading success with their students
Ashley was born in Santa Cruz, California but spent an early part of her childhood in Rockport, Massachusetts. She now resides in Scotts Valley, California with her husband and three children, Atticus, Owen and Lucy. As a family they enjoy hiking in the beautiful Santa Cruz Mountains and sunny days at the beach.
Ashley can be reached at ashley@greenfieldlearning.com.
Rebecca Bittner, Sr. Director of Educational Technology
Rebecca began her teaching career around the corner from her childhood home in Los Angeles. With a deep and personal passion for education, she's worked as a classroom teacher, an instructional designer for McGraw-Hill's Center for Innovation, and a district personalized learning manager. When she's not teaching, she can be found learning. Rebecca earned her BA in Literature from the College of Creative Studies at UCSB and completed her Single Subject Teaching Credential program in English at California State University Long Beach. She earned her MA in Social Entrepreneurship from Goldsmiths College, University of London, completing her thesis on the impact of commoning on innovation within schools.
Along this journey, she's managed to attend to her love of travel, living in seven cities and traveling to thirty countries. She geeks out over technology and is deeply committed to improving her capacity to do the work and hold space for others. She also enjoys 10-mile wander-hikes, jogging at the beach with her Huskies, birdwatching in the garden, painting in VR, falling over in yoga class, embroidering herself to sleep, and playing Tabletop Simulator. This year, she's determined to perfect her gluten-free hazelnut loaf and elderflower cake.
You can find her at rebecca@greenfieldlearning.com sneaking in early mornings with a cup of cinnamon coffee.
Lindsey Keenan, Director Of Social And Emotional Learning Innovation
Lindsey joined the Greenfield Learning team as an Implementation Partner in 2020. She was born and raised in a small town near Monterey, CA, and moved to Chico, CA for college. She graduated with her B.A. and M.S. in Psychology from California State University, Chico, and went on to support a variety of clients as a Marriage and Family Therapist. Lindsey ultimately decided that her skills and interests would be better suited in education and completed her Multiple Subjects Teaching Credential through CalState TEACH. She has since taught kindergarten, third grade, and sixth grade. Through her experiences in the fields of mental health and education, she has developed a passion for Social and Emotional Learning (SEL). She will never forget her experience with one of her 3rd-grade classes that proved just how important community and a sense of belonging are to students and their ability to learn. She is excited to be able to support both educators and learners build their capacity for SEL.
Lindsey and her husband currently reside in Northern California. In her free time, she can be found indulging in her obsession with musical theater, reading, meeting friends for coffee, or binge-watching her favorite TV shows.
Lindsey can be reached at lindsey@greenfieldlearning.com.
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