
From Kotex packaging and Starbucks snack shelves to Shoe Carnival’s customer data and K12’s virtual classrooms, Deb Hannah has spent a career studying how a choice gets made - then rebuilding the path around it.
Stride built a multibillion-dollar business by turning the school building into a service - then stretched that machinery from kindergarten lessons to job credentials. Its next test is whether a sprawling education portfolio can stay personal while operating at public-company scale.