![]() “We brought them in for a reason,” Tom deadpans, “we are incessant name droppers.” He notes that why these successful entrepreneurs don’t meet with him every day, he is impressed with the degree of granularity they know about EverFi. EverFi has raised about $21 million Series A and B from industry rock stars, New Enterprise Associates (NEA), Rethink Education, Allen & Company, Google’s Eric Schmidt, Ev Williams of Blogger, Twitter, and Medium and Jeff Bezos. ![]() To date, EverFi has gained support of a collection of coveted investors, which the company maintains have no say in the content of its online lessons. About 1,200 customers have signed 3-4 year licenses for about $1 million per year. Private sector supporters contribute to license the education software service. Over the past five years, EverFi has grown from serving 11 students in one rural Alabama school to millions of students across the U.S. For example, EverFi is partnering with the National Hockey League and the National Hockey League Players’ Association to launch Future Goals, to help promote STEM education in North American schools. EverFi’s number and type of courses are expanding. People are impatient with filling educational gaps at all levels. I put that in front of schools and then I have corporations wrap their brand all over the classes… Right model + right time = superstar fundingĮverFi has come along at an interesting time. ![]() I take issues that are devastatingly difficult issue for families with kids, about bankruptcy, mortgages, paying loans, protecting students from rape and violence at school, and more. I tell people it’s really a simple model. We build and implement in schools across the country, but it’s all paid for by the private sector, and that’s the big idea. We build and implement sophisticated learning platforms that bring social gaming and really interesting animation, video, simulations that bring issues to life. The software as a service platform licenses contemporary educational programs that can have a huge impact on whether kids go to college, get a great job, create wealth for themselves, or even survive. After seven years in venture capital, the three-term Maine state legislator moved to the DC area on a remarkable journey with EverFi. Tom Davidson, Co-founder and CEO of EverFi, grew up near Tulsa Oklahoma and graduated in 1994 from Bowdoin College in the coastal town of Brunswick, Maine. ![]() As one point as questions flew, Tom quipped: “This is like a board meeting.” He lives in Hackettstown, NJ with his amazing wife Erica (who is also a middle school band director!) and their super cute golden retriever, Bailey.Tien Wong (R) gets ready to interview EverFi co-founder and CEO, Tom Davidson, at Big Idea Connectpreneur 2015 Fall edition. Prior to coming to Randolph in the fall of 2012, he has previously served as Director of Bands at Cedar Cliff High School in Camp Hill, PA, Elementary Orchestra Director and Assistant High School Band Director in the Montville Township Schools in Montville, NJ, and as Marching Band Director and Jazz Ensemble Co-Director at Hanover Park High School, his alma mater, in East Hanover, NJ. He also holds a Master of Music Education degree from VanderCook College of Music in Chicago, IL. Davidson holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Instrumental Music and a Bachelor of Science Degree in Music Education from Lebanon Valley College in Annville, PA. Tom Davidson serves as the 6th Grade Band Director, a woodwind lesson teacher, and the Jazz Ensemble Director at Randolph Middle School.ĭuring his tenure in the Randolph Township Schools, he has also served as the RMS 8th Grade Band Director, Ironia Elementary School Band Director, and at Randolph High School as Concert Band Director, Jazz Ensemble II Director, Marching Rams visual instructor, and an Honors Music Program Advisor.
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