Founder and President, Footsteps to Brilliance

Ms. Rosenthal has co-founded several companies that have used technology to accelerate learning. She currently is the President and Founder of Footsteps to Brilliance, a comprehensive pre-school program designed to help children realize their full potential with respect to reasoning, math and reading performance. Prior to this she served as President of Strategic Initiatives for Achieve3000. She also was a co-founder of Lightspan, an educational software company that successfully bridged the gap between school and home using videogame technology.

Ms. Rosenthal began her career as a teacher, during which time she designed curricula and authored textbooks. In her capacity as a lawyer, she has served as General Counsel to the Government Operations Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives and as an Assistant United States Attorney in the District of Columbia. She also served as General Counsel to the Software Publishers Association and Special Assistant to the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO).

Ms. Rosenthal received her J.D. from Georgetown University and her B.A. from Wesleyan University in Middletown, Conn. She is on the Board of the E L Haynes Public Charter School and the Board of New Futures, and has two daughters that are adopted from China.