Jamie Candee

Jamie Candee leads Edmentum’s strategic vision and long-term growth as President CEO and Board Director. She has served as CEO of Edmentum since 2017 and has extensive experience in education technology private equity and education policy. Edmentum is a global education leader delivering research-based digital curriculum assessments for learning and quality educational consulting. Leading with an educator first approach Jamie ensures that over 1 million educators and 6 million students are always top-of-mind – from development through implementation of their Edmentum programs.In 2018 Jamie founded Edmentum’s We Can Learn foundation. We Can Learn is committed to making a meaningful impact in education through philanthropic giving and service that supports equitable and innovative learning opportunities. Since its inception We Can Learn has supported the development of a school in Nakivale Refugee Settlement in Uganda a new K-12 school in the Dominican Republic and provided support to over 10000 children and dozens of grantees.Jamie is on the Board of Trustees for Visitation School and she sits on the board of directors for Project Success America Succeeds and Learning Tree International. In 2021 Jamie was recognized as the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of The Year® 2021 Heartland award winner. Jamie holds a Master of Business Administration from Bethel University and a Bachelor of Science in political science from the University of Wisconsin.