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Maris Mendes
SVP School Launch at Higher Ground Education
Maris Mendes is the Senior Vice President of School Launch at Higher Ground Education.3 She has a background in English Education from California State University Long Beach and previously worked at Starbucks Coffee Company for six years, where she turned around underperforming stores.12
Mendes joined LePort Schools in 2013, quickly advancing from Campus Manager to Operations Manager to Director of Talent Management over three years.1 At Higher Ground Education, she oversees and coordinates all aspects of the school business, including opening new campuses, hiring, initializing systems, marketing, and managing both new and existing campuses.12
Her expertise combines ground-up operational experience with strategic judgment, particularly in creating rapidly scalable Human Resources systems.2 Mendes is also a mother of three Montessori-educated children and considers her personal experience as a parent crucial to her commitment to expanding Montessori education worldwide.4
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