Charter Schools USA Bids Farewell to Jonathan D. Mariner and Names Michael G. Strader Executive Vice President of Operations.Business Editors/Education Writers FORT LAUDERDALE Fort Lauderdale (lô`dərdāl), residential, commercial, and resort city (1990 pop. 149,377), seat of Broward co., SE Fla., on the Atlantic coast; settled around a fort built (c.1837) in the Seminole War, inc. 1911. , Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 8, 2002 Charter Schools USA (CSUSA CSUSA Copyright Society of the U.S.A., The ), one of the nation's leading charter school development and management companies, announced today that Jonathan D. Mariner, CSUSA's Chief Operating Officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. , has accepted the position of Chief Financial Officer and Senior Vice President with Major League Baseball "MLB" and "Major Leagues" redirect here. For other uses, see MLB (disambiguation) and Major Leagues (disambiguation). Major League Baseball (MLB) is the highest level of play in North American professional baseball. in New York City New York City: see New York, city. New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. . In addition to his role as COO for CSUSA, Mariner also served and supported the company for the past four years as a member of the board of directors. Moving forward, Mariner will continue to assist and counsel CSUSA as an ongoing advisor and board director. In his new capacity with Major League Baseball, Mariner will responsible for overseeing the finance department for the Office of the Commissioner, Major League Properties, and related entities. Mariner will be the principal liaison on all financial matters with the Commissioner and President, Clubs, Industry credit providers and the Finance Committee. "It has been an honor to have Jonathan on our CSUSA management team and he will be a tremendous asset to the Major League Baseball operation. This is truly an outstanding opportunity for him and CSUSA, as Jonathan continues to advise the company as it makes tremendous strides in the charter school arena," stated CSUSA's founder and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , Jonathan Hage. "CSUSA is proud to be opening several new schools in the South Florida area this year, which supports our commitment to empower young minds and create environments that promote life-long learning," continued Hage. Charter Schools USA also announced today that Michael G. Strader, CSUSA's Senior Vice President of Operations and Client Services has been promoted to Executive Vice President of Operations. In his new capacity, Strader will oversee all CSUSA operating functions, including school operations, enrollment, existing facility oversight, human resources The fancy word for "people." The human resources department within an organization, years ago known as the "personnel department," manages the administrative aspects of the employees. , public relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most and marketing. Strader has more than 22 years of professional experience as a teacher, coach and administrator in elementary, secondary and post-secondary education. Before joining CSUSA, Strader was Executive Director and co-founder of the Center for Education Entrepreneurs, a non-profit Florida-based technical assistance center for those desiring to establish performance-based centers of learning. He was a frequent advisor to the Florida Department of Education on charter school matters and spoke at many state and national school choice conferences on charter school issues. He published the Florida Charter School Planning Guide, the state's first comprehensive "how-to" manual on charter school development. Strader started his education career as a math teacher and coach and became Headmaster of a K-8 independent school at age 29. Following his independent school career, Strader founded the Center for American Free Enterprise at Jacksonville University, where he recruited international students to study at the Davis College of Business and established outreach programs for the College. Strader holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree from the University of Florida University of Florida is the third-largest university in the United States, with 50,912 students (as of Fall 2006) and has the eighth-largest budget (nearly $1.9 billion per year). UF is home to 16 colleges and more than 150 research centers and institutes. and received his Master Degree from the University of Illinois University of Illinois may refer to:
Charter Schools USA, Inc. is one of the nation's leading charter school development and management companies, serving kindergarten through 12th grade. CSUSA provides comprehensive turnkey school outsourcing for corporations, municipalities, developers and non-profits in all stages of charter school development including construction, planning, marketing, financing, human resources, enrollment, curricula and school operations. CSUSA currently operates 20 schools including the nation's first municipally organized charter high school, the first charter school-in-the-workplace and one of the nation's largest charter schools. Charter Schools USA's Web site is located at http://www.charterschoolsusa.com. |
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