Vice President, Education Outreach & Engagement
Common Sense Media
Richmond, California
Merve is a Results-driven education strategist with a track record of expanding reach and impact in K12 learning environments. As Vice President of Outreach & Engagement at Common Sense Education, he's led initiatives that have reached over 96,000 schools and supported 1.4 million educators. This includes overseeing a regional team driving community engagement, access, and professional development across school community stakeholders including district adoption, regional implementation, parent/family engagement, strategic marketing, and community development.
Merve has over 27 years of experience driving education technology initiatives across school programs, and building educator confidence through professional learning, and strategic implementation. Merve also sits on a number of steering committees addressing school climate and policy, and currently sits on the Marketing and Communications Board for the University of San Francisco (USF), The Alameda Health System Foundation Board, and the Executive Board for the Children’s Creativity Museum of San Francisco.
Merve holds a BA in Psychology and Sociology from the University of San Francisco
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