Building the future of online therapy. Empowering providers everywhere.

Kate Eberle Walker has more than 20 years of experience leading education organizations. Prior to becoming CEO of Presence, Kate was CEO of The Princeton Review and Tutor.com.

Previously, she managed strategy and investments for Kaplan, Inc. Kate has served on several education-focused boards, including Babbel, Rosetta Stone, Testing Mom and Prospect Schools. Kate is the author of the book The Good Boss: 9 Ways Every Manager Can Support Women at Work. She began her career as an investment banker at Goldman Sachs, received her MBA from Harvard Business School and her undergraduate degree from Georgetown University.

She lives in New York with her husband and two daughters.

Anthony Pane has a record of accomplishments in publicly traded and privately held companies across diverse industries, as well as Big 4 Accounting Firms. Anthony was the CFO at the Princeton Review and VP of Finance at Kaplan, both leading educational service providers.

Anthony has also taken two companies through the IPO process, first as the CFO of Sybari Software, which was acquired by Microsoft just prior to going public, and subsequently as the Head of Finance for FX Alliance, which was acquired by Thomson Reuters 6 months after going public.

Anthony began his career in public accounting working for both PricewaterhouseCoopers and Ernst & Young. Anthony holds a B.S. in Accounting from the University at Albany.

Louisa Balach has 20+ years of experience driving profitability, growth, and new market expansion across industries, through the elevation of customer experiences, expanding lines of business, and innovating go-to-market strategies.

Prior to joining Presence, Louisa held various leadership roles in general management, strategy, and marketing across a variety of organizations, from startups to mature, industry-leading firms. She designed and led the continued growth of Sonder into the West Coast and Southwest markets, set a new strategic direction for Groupon’s travel marketplace, launched global brands to diversify Hyatt Hotels’ brand portfolio, and built direct-to-consumer wellness platforms for the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association. Louisa started her career as a consultant at Accenture and holds an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.

She lives in Chicago with her husband and three children.

Brian Stephen has 20+ years of experience providing advice and counsel to public and private companies and individuals across a range of industries.

Prior to joining Presence, Brian was an in-house attorney with a private equity firm, where he managed the legal affairs of businesses across diverse industries, including automotive, consumer products, healthcare, manufacturing, and staffing. Previously, he was an Associate General Counsel with Kaplan, Inc., a global education company. He began his career in private practice in New York City.

Brian holds a B.A. in Philosophy from the University of Illinois and a J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania.

Jennifer has 25+ years of management experience, focused primarily on strategic planning, HR and talent development, capacity building, business development, finance management, and operations.

Jennifer received her Doctorate in Education, Organizational Change, and Leadership degree from the University of Southern California and has dedicated her career to equity and access in education. Before joining Presence, she served as COO of After-School All-Stars, a national nonprofit supporting free programming in under-resourced communities across the country. Previously, she was the COO of Quantum Learning Network, a leading K-12 professional development and student program organization. Jennifer was also a Vice President with SCORE! Educational Centers, Kaplan Test Prep, and Kaplan Bar Review. She began her career in retail, spending 15+ years with Gap Inc.

Jennifer lives in San Diego, California, with her wife and daughter.

Akshay has a strong track record of building high-growth businesses in the healthcare space. Prior to Presence, Akshay was the Senior Vice President of Operations at mPulse (member engagement software) and helped drive growth while driving profitability (ultimately leading to mPulse’s sale in 2021). At the time of sale, mPulse was the largest member engagement software provider and served more than 50M+ members nationwide. Prior to mPulse, Akshay worked in healthcare investing in Boston with Bain Capital and strategy consulting in Houston with Bain & Company.

Akshay attended Rice University and holds a Bachelor’s degree in Chemical & Biomedical Engineering.

Shanelle Reese brings a wide spectrum of experience building and transforming HR practices in start-ups, nonprofits, and corporations to Presence.

Prior to joining Presence, she led HR Operations at Amerit Fleet Solutions before transitioning to an HR Project Manager role at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital of Oakland.

Shanelle is passionate about advocating for children with special needs, having had the personal experience of advocating for her son, who currently has an active IEP.

Shanelle holds a B.A. in Sociology and an M.S. in Human Resource Management.

Brian Culbreth brings 20+ years of experience as a sales leader in the K-12 industry.

Prior to joining the team at Presence, he was Vice President of K-12 Programs at The Princeton Review, where he led a diverse team in the fight for equity and access by providing college admissions programming to at-risk populations at schools, foundations, colleges, and universities across the country. Brian also led one of the largest revenue producing teams at Sylvan Learning Centers, where he was recognized as a National Director of the Year.

Brian started his career as a licensed elementary teacher with a concentration in special education. He holds a BS in Elementary Education from East Carolina University and MA in Special Education and Teaching from North Carolina State University.

Kristin Martinez brings 20 years as a speech-language pathologist to her role as Clinical Director of Speech-Language Pathology and Occupational Therapy at Presence.

Kristin provided speech-language therapy to children in her local school district and in private practice before joining Presence as a teletherapist in 2013.

Kristin has served as a clinical manager and teletherapy subject matter expert with school districts across the country, and she presents on the topics of speech-language pathology and teletherapy nationwide.

Kristin received her M.A. in Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences from the University of Colorado at Boulder.

Stephanie Taylor leads the psychoeducational services of Presence.She began her career in education as a high school English and Special Education teacher. After several years of seeing the impact the school psychologist had on the whole student, she earned her degree in school psychology and began serving a wide variety of students, schools, and communities.

After joining Presence in 2014, Stephanie leveraged her years of experience in education to develop and launch our psychoeducational services, aimed at providing school psychology services, tele-assessment, and general behavioral and mental health services to vastly underserved students.

Stephanie received her Educational Specialist degree from Idaho State University in Pocatello, Idaho.

Lana Ratcliff is the Director of Clinical Operations at Presence. She draws on years of experience working directly with students and her deep understanding of client needs honed during five years as a teletherapist and two years with the Presence Provider Relations team.

Lana’s professional foundation includes 12 years as a speech-language pathologist in schools, hospitals, and private practice in Kansas City, Missouri.

Lana received an M.S. in Speech Pathology and Audiology from the University of Central Missouri.

Dara Rogoff currently is the clinical Product Manager of Presence, leveraging her experience as a speech-language pathologist to develop our proprietary products and online therapy platform.

Dara brought more than 15 years as a pediatric speech-language pathologist in schools, hospitals, and private practice when she joined the Presence team in 2010.

Dara is a Board-Certified Specialist in Child Language. She received her B.S. in Communication Sciences and Disorders from the University of Wisconsin, Madison and her M.S. in Speech Language Pathology from Emerson College.