NEW YORK, Dec. 15, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Skillshare—the world's largt onle learng muny for creativy—today announced that digal nsumer dtry lears, Jaleh Bisharat, Maribel Perez Wadsworth and Becky Sheehan will jo the pany's Board of Directors. On the heels of Skillshare's $71M Seri D, the dtry veterans will support further growth and global expansn. Skillshare has more than 12 ln registered members and over 30,000 vio-based class a wi range of creative discipl om graphic sign to photography to patg and illtratn to terr sign. "It's been an extraordary year of growth for Skillshare, and the addn of Bisharat, Sheehan and Wadsworth to our Board will be stmental to ntug our momentum," said Matt Cooper, CEO of Skillshare. "Beyond beg proven lears and trailblazers their fields, the women are passnate about Skillshare's muny and the power that creativy n have on an dividual's life. We are lucky to lean on their unique expertise and valu to further brg our missn and visn to life." Co-founr and CEO of NakedPoppy, a clean bety pany, Bisharat brgs extensive marketg, brand and ctomer sight experience om some of the most regnizable technology pani, cludg Amazon, Eventbre, Upwork and OpenTable. Bisharat has prevly served on the Board of Directors of OpenTable Inc. and Homtead Technologi. "I am a Skillshare member and based on my experienc g the platform for the last three years, I have personally experienced the nurturg muny, top-notch teacher talent and wealth of excg urs. There is no other onle platform like on the market," said Bisharat. "I'm thrilled to jo such a diverse and talented team that is mted to enuragg all to explore and disver our creative passns and skills." Wadsworth, Print, News and Publisher, USA TODAY at Gant, is a foremost thory on growg digal subscriptn bs and will play a cril role shapg Skillshare's next phase of membership globally. She currently serv on the board of directors of the News Media Alliance and the Internatnal News Media Associatn and formerly served on the U.S. Secretary of Commerce's Natnal Advisory Council on Innovatn and Entreprenrship. In addn, Wadsworth is a regnized lear the velopment of women and mory lears and was recently award the 2019 Robert G. McGr Award for Diversy Learship. "Skillshare is a vibrant platform for learng, anchored by a thrivg muny who greatly gment the value of membership. As someone eply passnate about tn and the power of muny, I uld not be more thrilled to jo this credibly talented, diverse team at such an excg time," said Wadsworth. Sheehan, currently the CFO of PSAV, brgs s of fancial expertise to Skillshare after leadg the IPOs at and FTD. Throughout her reer as CFO she has directed ial public offergs, strategic acquisns and bs transformatn iativ. Sheehan spent 19 years public acuntg, most recently as an d partner wh Delote LLP. "I am spired by and very passnate about supportg Skillshare's onle muny. It is tly a force for disvery, tn and change people's liv, " said Sheehan. "I'm thrilled to be jog as a Board member at an excg time the pany's history and buildg on the momentum to take Skillshare to s next phase of growth." About Skillshare Skillshare is the world's largt onle learng muny for creativy. Wh more than 12 ln registered members and over 30,000 vio-based class a wi range of creative discipl om graphic sign to photography to patg and illtratn to terr sign—tght by dtry experts cludg Roxane Gay, Aaron Drapl, Ey Henrson, Thomas Frank, and Jeff Staple —Skillshare's missn is to support profsnal and personal growth through creativy. To learn more, go to: View origal ntent to download multimedia: SOURCE Skillshare
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