Meet Our Team

Everyone wants Jacqueline on their team! She is funny, smart, analytical and creative all bundled into one! She orders the products, manages the finances and builds the website. When she is not overlooking all the details at Beyond the Blackboard, she is traveling, skiing, or hosting parties and celebrating birthdays with friends and family. She and her husband Brian are avid yoga enthusiasts and their recent vacation was hiking the Inca Trail in Peru - all 26 miles of it!

Jean’s happy place is working on the sales floor helping families tackle challenges at school. If there is a way to make memorizing math facts fun, Jean will find it! She and her husband , Walt, sell our Stop Summer Learning Loss! materials across the country and have created cutting edge literature tubs to support the Science and Social Studies content for grades K-8. Jean works with schools both locally and nationally to build Parent Engagement in the academic journeys of all children. In 2020, Jean will be publishing a book with FranklinCovey to provide new ideas for school leaders to create stronger partnerships with parents.

Jacqueline’s daughter, Carah, grew up at Beyond the Blackboard! In addition to the family business, she shares a love of travel with her new husband. She graduated with a degree in Europian languages, flirted with the idea of moving to Europe and eventually settled back in Denver as the Director of Retail Stores for Beyond the Blackboard. She knows our toys inside and out and always has a great idea on the tip of her tongue! When she is not working, you can find her on the dancefloor pursuing her love of ballroom dancing!

Our Lead Storyteller is Katie.

Our resident “Princess” is a hit at our events. She is a self-taught Make-Up Artist and she looks like she stepped out of a disney movie! She is your go-to girl for all things Birthday at Beyond the Blackboard

Makenzee is a freshman in college and we hope to implement all the marketing skills she is learning.  She is amazing at squeezing in all the merchandise in the store making it look really great. She plays the piano and can’t wait  to return to her favorite spot on earth - Hawaii!

For almost 15 years Erik has been working at Beyond the Blackboard! While he was still in high school, he volunteered with his family or school friends and after graduation from Cherry Creek High School, he joined the team as our official Maintenance Manager. He is our most regular and dedicated Team member! Watch for him in Arvada!

Karen is our resident Jewish mother - or is she Italian!? The truth is she nurtures all of us. It might be a homemade treat, an awesome new cheese or simply putting in an extra hand to get a difficult job done right.