We are a social enterprise dedicated to expanding access to education and deepening its impact for millions of learners.
Our History
Building on a commitment to educational ideals.
Axim Collaborative is a joint endeavor by Harvard and MIT. It is the successor to edX, the online learning platform launched by the two universities in 2012. edX was created with the goal of increasing access to high-quality learning opportunities, advancing digital learning technologies, and enhancing teaching and learning on campus and online through research. Today, Axim and its trustees bring forth this pioneering experience in online education matched with a dedication to making a meaningful difference in post-secondary education for students everywhere.
Our mission is to make learning more accessible, more relevant, and more effective for all learners to drive strong student outcomes.
The Open edX Project
Axim Collaborative stewards the open-source Open edX project, a learner-centric, massively scalable online learning platform and community designed to provide effective and personalized digital learning experiences. The Open edX platform is available to anyone to download and deploy to deliver courses and programs of study. It is utilized by major universities, enterprises, governments, and NGOs, serving millions of students around the globe.
Senior Team
Stephanie Khurana
Chief Executive Officer
Peter Brau
Chief Financial Officer
Stephanie Miller
Vice President, Data and Impact
Philipp Schmidt
Vice President, Technology Innovation
Nicole Fadavi Snyder
Vice President, Partnerships
Mike Smith
Senior Fellow
Ed Zarecor
Vice President, Engineering
Sandra Brown
Deputy General Counsel, Head of Legal
Scott Durand
Vice President, Partnerships
Our Board of Trustees
Dimitris Bertsimas
Vice Provost for Open Learning, MIT
Katie Hammer
Vice President for Finance, MIT
Bridget Terry Long
Saris Professor of Education and Economics, Harvard GSE
Provost, Harvard University; Co-chair, Axim Board
John Manning
Alan G. Spoon
Board Member: MIT, Ralliant, IAC, Danaher
Meredith Weenick
Executive Vice President, Harvard University
Vice Provost for Faculty, MIT; Co-chair, Axim Board
Maria C. Yang
Collaborators
Digital innovators driving education equity
Patrick Rossol-Allison
Dr. Mark Sanchez
Associate Vice President, Learning Enterprise, Arizona State University
President, Office of the Superintendent, Southwestern College
Renee Ducre
Ed Smith-Lewis
Julian Thompson
Dustin Tingley
Director of Strategic Technology, Vice Provost for Advances in Learning, Harvard
Zac Wang
Meg Benner
Managing Director, The Learning Agency
Head of Strategic Growth and Development, Calbright College
Marisa Bold
Ajita Talwalker Menon
President and Chief Executive Officer, Calbright College
Kathryn McCarthy
Cynthia Breazeal
Assistant Professor, Educational Psychology Learning Sciences, Georgia State University
Professor of Media Arts and Sciences; MIT Dean for Digital Learning; MIT
Distinguished University Professor, George E. Smith Eminent Scholar’s Chair and Chair Computer Information Systems; Department of Computer Information Systems; Georgia State University
Jálynn Castleman-Smith
Bala Ramesh
Operations Associate, MDRC
Senior Research Associate, MDRC
Research Analyst, MDRC
Stanley Dai
Marjorie Dorimé-Williams
Executive Director of Open SUNY, State University of New York
Kim Scalzo
Dan Feinberg
Manager, Campus Partnerships at Open SUNY, State University of New York
Founder and Managing Partner; CampusEvolve
Vice President and Chief Information Officer; Indiana Tech
Maria Langworthy
Jeff Leichty
Dean of Academic Affairs; Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of Technology
Senior Vice President, College Transformation; Education Design Lab
Marvin J. Loiseau, Ed.D
Lisa Larson, EdD
Kerry McKittrick
David Deming
Harvard Business School Faculty Co-Director; Harvard Project on Workforce
Joseph Fuller
Lane Glenn
President, Northern Essex Community College
Norman Bier
Dhanfu Elston, Ph.D.
Director of the Open Learning Initiative (OLI), Carnegie Mellon University
Senior Vice President for Strategy & Chief of Staff, Complete College America
Norman Palmer
Dave Savory
Director of Technology & Innovation, Complete College America
Co-Founder, VP of Experiential Learning, Riipen
Senior Manager, Strategic Partnerships, Riipen
CEO and Co-Founder, Ed Advancement
Mara Woody, Ed.D.
James Runcie
Vice President, Technology Hub, Ed Advancement
Makola M. Abdullah, Ph.D.
Nicholas Cheng
President, Virginia State University
Vice President for Enrollment Management and Student Success, Virginia State University
Deputy Chief of Staff, Office of the President, Virginia State University
Alexis J. Brooks-Walter, Ph.D.
Rodney D. Hall
Dr. Marcia Ballinger
President, Lorain County Community College
Thomas Benjamin
Director, Institutional Research
Lorain County Community College
James Cleaver
Sarah Dysart
Chief Marketing Officer, Center for Academic Innovation, University of Michigan
Chief Learning Officer, Center for Academic Innovation, University of Michigan
Vice Chancellor for Information Technology and Chief Strategy Officer, University of Michigan-Dearborn
Carrie Shumaker
Kristyn Manoukian
Program Director, Learning Agency
Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota
Dr. Caitlin Mills
Liz McCreary
Chief Impact Officer, Digital Harbor Foundation
Assistant Vice Chancellor for Student Success and Transformational Initiatives, SUNY
Executive Director, SUNY Impact Foundation
Casey O’Brien, Ed.D.
Nisha Atre
Executive Director, Washington Student Achievement Council
Michael Meotti
Daniel M. Oliver, Ph.D.
Director of Research, Washington Student Achievement Council
Associate Director of Research and Program Evaluation, Washington Student Achievement Council
KC Deane
Sarah Weiss
Associate Director, College Access and Support, Washington Student Achievement Council
Executive Director, Cofounder, Quill.org
Peter Gault
Katherine McConachie
Senior Director of Impact, Quill.org
Caitlin Augustin
Quentin Walz
Head of Programmatic Partnerships, U.S., DataKind
Vice President, Product & Programs, DataKind
Aimee Eubanks Davis
Lorraine Anderson King
Nancy McNamara
Ania Sanchez
Alex Werntz, PhD
Jefferson Pestronk
Director of Research, MentorPRO, Associate Director, Center for Evidence-Based Mentoring, UMass Boston
Executive Director, Modern States Education Alliance
Senior Vice President, Workforce and Careers, Ivy Tech Community College
Molly Dodge
Shabbir Qutbuddin
Assistant Vice President, School of IT and Entrepreneurship, Ivy Tech Community College
Assistant Vice President, Workforce Data, Analytics, and Outcomes, Ivy Tech Community College
Executive Director, Behavior Change for Good Initiative, University of Pennsylvania
Gina Romano, Ph.D.
Dena M. Gromet
Angela Duckworth
Katy Milkman
Faculty Co-Director, Behavior Change for Good Initiative, University of Pennsylvania
Faculty Co-Director, Behavior Change for Good Initiative, University of Pennsylvania
Richa Sharma
Romain Puech
Lead for Personalized Learning, Open Learning, MIT
Researcher, Operations Research Center, MIT
Senior Managing Director, Direct Impact, OneGoal
Kirat Doshi
David Ferreira
Provost, Charter Oak State College
Director of Workforce Development, Charter Oak State College
Chief Executive Officer, Business-Higher Education Forum
Nancy Taylor
Kristen Fox
Jennifer Thornton
Stephanie Blochinger
Vice Chancellor for Digital Learning & Transformation, Alamo Colleges District
Director of AlamoONLINE Student Support, Alamo Colleges District
Luke Dowden, Ed.D.
Monica Rogers
Van Davis, Ph.D.
Megan Raymond
Executive Director, WCET and Vice President, Digital Learning, WICHE
Senior Director, Membership and Programs, WCET
Senior Vice President, Strategic Partnerships and Institutional Programs, UNCF
Chief Information Officer, UNCF
Professor of Government, Deputy Vice Provost for Advances in Learning, Harvard
Senior Director, Strategy Development, UNCF Institute for Capacity Building
Regents’ Professor and Howard S. Starks Distinguished Chair; Director, Center for Digital Innovation; Department of Computer Information Systems; Georgia State University
Hao Loi, Ed.D
Professor of Computer Science; Coordinator of Computer Science Program; Quinisigmond Community College
Arun Rai
Research Assistant, MDRC
Resource Management Analyst, MDRC
Makoto Toyoda
Diane Wren
President and CEO; Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of Technology
Assistant Professor; University of Central Florida
Aisha Francis, Ph.D.
Christopher Randles
Harvard Kennedy School Faculty Co-Director; Harvard Project on Workforce
Co-Director; Harvard Project on Workforce
James Glapa-Grossklag
Allison M. Dolan-Wilson
Dean, Educational Technology, Learning Resources and Distance Learning, College of the Canyons
Vice-President, Institutional Advancement, Executive Director, NECC Foundation, Inc.
Special Advisor to the President, Founding Executive Director of the Center for Academic Innovation Associate Vice Provost for Academic Innovation, Center for Academic Innovation, University of Michigan
Executive Director, Lorain County Community College Foundation
Lisa Brown
James DeVaney
Associate Provost for Faculty Development and Digital Learning, Professor of Mathematics, University of Michigan-Dearborn
Chief Technology Officer, Center for Academic Innovation, University of Michigan
Jeremy Nelson
Joan Remski, Ph.D.
Senior Vice Chancellor for Student Success, SUNY
Stacy Caldwell
Donna Linderman
President and CEO, CredLens
Chief External Affairs Officer, Braven
Founder & CEO, Braven
Founder & Executive Director, ResearchEd
Vice President, Development, Braven
Alina Yang
Rachel Rush-Marlowe
Director of Operations, ResearchEd
Michelle Foley
Program Director, ResearchEd
Tarush Lall
Co-founder, MentorPRO, Frank L. Boyden Professor of Psychology, UMass Boston
Policy Associate, ResearchEd
Jean Rhodes, PhD
Ayana Tapper
Director of Product Success, MentorPRO
Co-founder, MentorPRO
Chief Program Officer, OneGoal
Executive Director, Apprenti
Karla Robles-Reyes
Jennifer Carlson
Senior Director, Business-Higher Education Forum
Chief Programs Officer, Business-Higher Education Forum
Project and Change Manager, Rio Salado College
Janelle Elias
Vice President, Strategy and Academic Affairs, Rio Salado College
Sasha Flores
Our Team
