EDVANTAGE PARTNERS - Key Persons


CAREY KNUTSON

Job Titles:
  • Accounting Manager

DANIELLE JOHNSTON

Job Titles:
  • Payroll Manager
Danielle is the Payroll Manager for EdVantage Partners and handles all aspects of client payroll services from deductions and direct deposits to taxes and quarterly filings. She has more than fifteen years of accounting experience and, prior to joining the firm, worked as Financial Assistant & Payroll Administrator for an Arizona charter school.

DOUG COWLEY

Job Titles:
  • Accounts Payable & Accounting Clerk

Ellen Everett

Job Titles:
  • Controller
Ellen holds the Controller position at EdVantage Partners. Prior to joining the firm, she served as Operations Manager of a community bank in Massachusetts and later moved to Arizona where she worked in the accounting department of a local holding company. Ellen oversees all of EdVantage Partners' accounting functions including accounts receivable, accounts payable, gerneral ledger, financials, management reports, and payroll.

Karen Scott


RICHARD HAY

Job Titles:
  • Consultant
  • Senior Partner
Richard serves as a Senior Partner and Educational Consultant. He is a veteran public high school teacher, administrator, curriculum director, has co-founded four Arizona charter schools and has assisted other non-profit school developers nationwide. Richard has extensive experience in the development and implementation of start-up charter school operations including instructional programs, curriculum alignment to state standards, assessment development, school governance and leadership, state and federal program compliance, finance and budgeting, and personnel development.