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Pam Goodner, chief academic officer

Pam leads a team of teacher-writers in developing PhD Science, Great Minds’ latest curriculum offering. She joined Great Minds in 2012 as a writer for Eureka Math after spending 25 years in the classroom. Pam taught math and science in grades 6 – 12, serving as the Mathematics Department Chair and receiving the Presidential Award of Excellence in Mathematics for the state of Louisiana in 2009. She is a National Board Certified Teacher and taught online college calculus for the University of California Irvine and the Louisiana Virtual School. Pam is a Chemical Engineer and spent 5 years working in the chemical industry, leading safety, health, environmental, and quality teams. She has a B.S. in Chemical Engineering from Louisiana State University and an M.A.T. in math and chemistry from Rice University

Pam Goodner, chief academic officer

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