Kathryn
Learning Express Home Office
Massachusetts
Kathryn joined the Learning Express team in August of 2011. After starting out her working life in a toy store at age 15, Kathryn knew the toy business was for her. After all, who wouldn’t love to spend the day demonstrating the latest in foam rocket technology or trying to figure out how to gift wrap a hula hoop? Kathryn’s career meandered away from toys for a time, and she spent some years in book marketing, university public relations, and event planning before finally coming to Learning Express – where she combines her penchant for fun with a passion for all things PR/marketing related. When not sampling the latest in educational toys, Kathryn can be found reading chick-lit, hosting tea parties, and trying to teach Lloyd (her cat) to walk on a leash.
Carly
Learning Express Home Office
Massachusetts
Carly joined the Learning Express family in June, 2010. A longtime lover of language, Carly crafts the product descriptions for the Learning Express Toys e-commerce sites. How many jump rings are in that jewelry-making kit? Exactly how many feet can you fling that Zing Ring? Those are questions for Carly. When she’s not at work making trips from the toy room to Typepad, Carly enjoys going to concerts, taking way too many iPhone pics of her model-handsome cat, Bob, and spending time with friends and family.
Neil
Learning Express Home Office
Massachusetts
Neil began interning at Learning Express in July, 2012. Hoping to do more than fetch coffee after college graduation, he uses his knowledge of social media, marketing, and graphic design to help edit company publications and plan upcoming social media posts. When he’s not writing copy, he can be found fishing, reading, exploring the wilderness and fighting evil (otherwise known as mosquitoes) with his canine sidekick Mozart.
Katherine
Learning Express Mom Blogger
Minnesota
Katherine is a former journalist and PR associate turned stay-at-home mom to two young boys. She lives in Minnesota along with her husband, toddler, baby, and miniature dachshund. In her scant free time, she enjoys date nights with her husband, ladies nights out with friends, and reading in coffee shops. Someday when her kids are a little older, she hopes to reconnect with her long lost loves of equestrian sports and snowboarding.
Amanda
Learning Express Store Owner
Texas
Amanda is a nurse who initially got into the toy business at the urging of her husband, opening their Learning Express store in July of 2008. While she didn’t need a whole lot of convincing, retail was a whole new world for her. As the mom of two girls under the age of six, she uses her two toy-testers to help decide what to bring into the store.
Colleen
Learning Express Manager
California
Colleen has been the manager of a Learning Express store for ten years. As the mom of a special needs child, she contributes valuable life experience about the potential of developmental toys and learning through play.
Kathryn
Learning Express Storeowner
Texas
Kathryn, the resident mistress of manners, has been a part of the Learning Express family since 1996. She and her husband opened their store in May of that year and have been leaders in the company ever since. Kathryn is the mother of three grown children and has six wonderful grandchildren to date, all under the age of 4!
Mary Beth
Learning Express Storeowner
Tennessee
Mary Beth is the mother of three boys (can we say wowzah?!) and opened her first Learning Express store in September of 2008. Her second location celebrated its Grand Opening on October 15, 2009. Just a year after she joined the company, Mary Beth’s eye for product was recognized with the company’s annual Discovery Award and her commitment to charitable fundraising was lauded with the Ron Kerr Making a Difference Award.
