Andrea Mainelli

Andrea is a Senior Advisor at Tyton Partners and works across the strategy consulting and investment banking platforms as a thought leader and advisor to clients, helping them achieve their strategic, operational and mission goals. She is passionate about the transformative power of education to change lives and infuses this passion in her work. With over twenty years in the education industry, including C-suite roles at the College Board and Kaplan, Inc., Andrea brings a wealth of executive-level strategic and operational experience in for-profit and non-profit education. She has worked across the lifelong learning spectrum with a variety of clients, including investors, foundations, companies, and operating non-profits and is a sounding board and advisor to entrepreneurs.At Tyton, Andrea co-leads its work with impact investors and philanthropies, focusing on K-12 systems change and future of work. She has helped clients validate theory of change, craft investment strategies across the capital spectrum, and create frameworks for operationalizing and measuring their impact. She serves as a Board member of SmartLab Learning and 7 Mindsets, both K-12 learning companies, and is on the Advisory Board of JFF Ventures, which she has guided since inception. She also was a past Board member of OnCourse Learning, a private equity backed corporate and professional training platform which achieved a highly successful exit in 2019.