Pam Garner

Executive Director

Education has always been an integral part of Pam’s career. Having spent fifteen years as a math teacher and twenty-three years in educational publishing, her knowledge was essential in crafting top-selling educational materials for several industry leaders. As a teacher, Pam taught high school–level math and her dedication to her students earned her a nomination for the Austin ISD Teacher of the Year award. Upon entering the educational publishing industry, she quickly established a reputation for high-quality and accurate work, which kept her in high demand. She was later hired by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, where she rose to become the Director of Secondary Math, Portfolio Marketing, and Strategy. Before joining CSA Education, she served as the Senior Vice-President of K–12 Education for Six Red Marbles.

Highlights in Pam’s career include the following:

Teaching high school math from low-level courses to honors Geometry and Algebra 2, which included designing and piloting a two-year algebra course
Successfully managing project schedules and budgets for large and small projects, including mentoring and supervising twenty-seven content specialists and copyeditors
Working with authors and editorial, sales, design, and marketing teams to create one of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt’s top-selling secondary math series in Texas and California
Developing successful marketing campaigns and strategies to win sales
Collaborating with clients to develop the most efficient user-friendly workflows that result in quality products
Developing a pricing worksheet for math projects based on expected level of effort, leading to more predictable costs and profits, which was quickly adapted into all other departments due to its ease of visibility and use for all areas
Working with directors and senior staff to ensure best practices across teams
Initiating a social studies department, growing both the math and science departments, and creating a system for all directors to know current, future, and freelance staff needs that was later adopted for use for all departments
Collaborating with a new executive team to establish more efficient metrics-based processes while maintaining quality and high morale of the staff
Training and mentoring staff in new processes that resulted in meeting sales, EBITDA, and other company goals
Developing and overseeing global company initiatives
Being named a top 50 high-potential employee in all of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.