The Honorable Dr. Robert H. Pasternack, Ph.D. Joins Accelify’s Leadership Team
February 12, 2014
Accelify Solutions announced today that the Honorable Dr. Robert H. Pasternack, Ph.D. has joined the company’s leadership team as Chief Education Officer. Dr. Pasternack has over 40 years of experience in public education, including a term as Assistant Secretary for the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services at the U.S. Department of Education.
“It is with great honor that I accept the position as Chief Education Officer for Accelify,” said Dr. Pasternack. “I believe deeply in Accelify’s mission of enhancing the visibility of educational agencies at the state and local level, allowing them to monitor the performance of students, adults, and systems with next generation tools. Accelify’s outstanding Team has proven success in helping education leaders create programmatic efficiencies that lead to reduced costs, greater compliance, maximized federal funding, and, most importantly, improved outcomes and results for all students. Having seen first-hand the power of the company’s proprietary data-driven technology solutions and expert consulting services, I am excited to bring these benefits to school districts nationwide,” he added.
A former classroom teacher, school psychologist, superintendent and State Director of Special Education for the State of New Mexico, Dr. Pasternack has held a number of leadership positions in education. With a focus on improving outcomes and results for all students, particularly Students with Disabilities, Dr. Pasternack has been a leading proponent of changing the identification practices for students with Specific Learning Disabilities from the ‘wait to fail’ model to Response to Intervention (RtI). His advocacy for the RtI model included testimony before the U.S. House and Senate; work on the President’s Commission on Excellence in Special Education; and frequent speaking engagements at state, regional, national and international meetings. Dr. Pasternack’s work on RtI led to the historic reforms embedded in the current Reauthorization of IDEA, including the focus on instruction and results, and considering students with disabilities as general education students first.
“The addition of Dr. Pasternack to our executive team marks a major milestone for our organization,” said Alex Brecher, CEO of Accelify Solutions. “A true leader and a respected visionary, Dr. Pasternack will bring to Accelify and our clients experience at all levels of public education. Holding strong to the same commitment to providing greater opportunities for success to our nation’s students, we look forward to the contributions that Dr. Pasternack will make in our efforts to improve student outcomes and results.”
In addition to his role at Accelify Solutions, Dr. Pasternack is a founding member of Accelify Consulting. With a focus on Special Education, Accelify Consulting aims to help schools improve academic outcomes and student achievement through more efficient and effective practices in program design and delivery.
About Accelify Solutions, LLC
Accelify Solutions, LLC provides K-12 data management systems and comprehensive consulting services that streamline district processes and deliver analytic tools to support better decision-making across all departments and levels of district administration. Our systems provide unprecedented visibility into district operations to create efficiencies in program management and productivity gains, ensure compliance with state and federal regulations, reduce program costs, and maximize federal funding through our proven Medicaid consulting practice.
Headquartered in New York and Los Angeles, Accelify has additional offices in several states to provide on-site service to its client districts.
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