# Maggie Leen

> Maggie Leen is the Chicago-area chief executive of Top Hat, a Toronto-based higher-education technology company. After 14 years in progressively senior sales and marketing roles at Pearson, she led a large education portfolio at Adtalem, joined Top Hat as chief marketing officer in 2021, and became CEO in March 2024. Her public agenda connects active learning, affordable course materials, accessibility, and carefully applied AI with a personal conviction that education can change a life.

- **Role:** Chief Executive Officer at Top Hat
- **Organizations:** Top Hat, Adtalem Global Education, Pearson, Empower Scholarship Fund, Marquette University
- **Education:** Bachelor's degree in biomedical science and psychology, Marquette University
- **Known for:** Appointed CEO of Top Hat in March 2024 after helping shape its corporate and go-to-market strategy as CMO., Led growth marketing strategy for a $1.4 billion higher-education portfolio at Pearson., Led a multidisciplinary team of more than 80 people around a $900 million portfolio at Adtalem Global Education.

## Career timeline

- **2004-2018** — Spent 14 years at Pearson in progressively senior sales and marketing roles, finishing as Senior Vice President of Product Marketing for Global Higher Education.
- **2018-2021** — Served as Vice President of Marketing and Communications at Adtalem Global Education, leading more than 80 professionals around a $900 million education portfolio.
- **2019-2021** — Served as a board member of the Empower Scholarship Fund.
- **2021** — Joined Top Hat as Chief Marketing Officer, responsible for growth and product marketing, brand management, and corporate communications.
- **2024** — Appointed Chief Executive Officer of Top Hat on March 15, with responsibility for corporate and go-to-market strategy.

## Achievements

- Appointed CEO of Top Hat in March 2024 after helping shape its corporate and go-to-market strategy as CMO.
- Led growth marketing strategy for a $1.4 billion higher-education portfolio at Pearson.
- Led a multidisciplinary team of more than 80 people around a $900 million portfolio at Adtalem Global Education.
- Received Pearson's Marketing Manager of the Year honor in 2009.
- Led marketing campaigns for Pearson products recognized internally as Global Product of the Year in 2008, 2010, and 2014.
- Led Top Hat as it received the 2025 EdTech Breakthrough Courseware Solution Provider of the Year award.

## Latest updates

- **2026-09** — Top Hat and the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society announced three recipients of the 2026 Shannen's Dream Scholarship, with Top Hat providing $20,000 in support.
- **2026-01** — Top Hat announced a Wiley partnership to bring selected psychology and anatomy and physiology titles into its engagement platform.
- **2026-01** — Top Hat reported that an enterprise agreement with the University of Wisconsin-Madison was saving students more than $1 million annually while expanding active-learning adoption.
- **2025-10** — Top Hat launched Ace Content Enhancer to help educators assess and improve the accessibility of digital course materials.
- **2025-06** — Top Hat was named the 2025 EdTech Breakthrough Courseware Solution Provider of the Year.
- **2024-03** — Leen was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Top Hat.

## Links

- Website: https://tophat.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/maggie-leen

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Last updated: 2026-09-26