Our Leadership

Randy is an experienced business executive with an extensive background in education. Randy spent nearly 30 years in a leadership position at Media Source, Inc., which helped librarians acquire materials and inspire a lifelong love of reading. Under his direction, the company grew into a leading brand supporting librarians in all aspects of their jobs to ensure their patrons had the resources they need to make their lives better.

Randy graduated from The Ohio State University with a degree in Finance.

Raj Kaushal currently serves as Chief Operating Officer. Previously, Raj served as President and Chief Operating Officer for ChanceLight Behavioral Health. Raj came to ChanceLight with over two decades of experience as a seasoned Senior Manager of Operations serving large, national post-acute care, behavioral health and home health services companies where he led the delivery of services, quality and growth.

In his most recent role, Raj served as the President of the Southeast Division of LHC Group, a National Post-acute care services company providing skilled nursing, personal care, hospice and chronic disease management services in 32 U.S. states. Raj has a track record of building and leading high-performing, cross-functional and dynamic operations teams focused on delivering financial results. He is highly-skilled in re-engineering, process improvement, M & A, integration and developing strategic market partnerships.  Raj holds a Bachelor’s degree in Medical Sciences, and a Doctorate degree in Preventive & Community Health from the International University of Punjab. Raj has been a member of AMA (American Medical Association – HealthCare Executives Group) since 1998.

Rudy Flores has more than 30 years of experience in education, and prior to ChanceLight he served as an educator, principal and school board superintendent and a consultant and entrepreneur in the fields of education, technology, health care and commercial real estate development. Flores earned a master’s degree in International Business from San Jose International University in Costa Rica and a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Arizona. He is also a graduate of the Disney Way of Leadership and Business Excellence – Disney Institute in Orlando, Fla. Rudy previously served as Senior Vice President of Operations for Ombudsman Educational Services, a division of ChanceLight that provides alternative education programs to serve at-risk students. Flores provided oversight and direction resulting in significant growth for the company’s Arizona-based charter schools and its programs in partnership with Chicago Public Schools.

John Scott works with key stakeholders including city, state and federal officials across the country to enhance and grow business opportunities for ChanceLight Education. He is also responsible for providing strategic oversight on community and corporate engagement strategies to ensure the company continues to meet its goal of developing more district partnerships and helping more students succeed.

John joined ChanceLight from the Chicago Board of Education and Chicago Public Schools, the nation’s third-largest district, where for four years he was responsible for government affairs and community organizing and outreach. John currently serves as a Board Trustee of East/West University of Chicago. He attended Loyola University and Richard J. Daley College, both located in Chicago, and he is a member of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity.

Emily Langfeldt leads ChanceLight’s Program and Information Technology teams. She is responsible for driving the development of systems and processes to ensure program models are designed to meet the needs of the company’s diverse student, district, client, and patient populations; establishing performance metrics to ensure accountability across the organizations; and establishing effective processes to integrate new companies into the ChanceLight family.

Emily has led major strategic initiatives resulting in increased student achievement and significant improvements in learning, outcomes and program operations. Emily leads curriculum and instruction, clinical and behavioral services, integrity assurance and data and reporting. She began her career at ChanceLight as a teacher in 1998; since then she has served as regional manager, assistant vice president of operations, vice president of program operations and vice president of program integration and accountability. She earned a bachelor’s in Psychology from Boston University and is pursuing a master’s in Educational Psychology.

Kevin Mitchell has been a key member of the ChanceLight accounting and finance team since he joined ChanceLight, Therapy and Education in 2004. As Chief Financial Officer, he is responsible for leading ChanceLight’s accounting and finance department, and has overall responsibility for financial planning and reporting, capital formation, acquisitions, accounting, tax, treasury and risk management.

Kevin earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in accountancy from the University of Mississippi and is a member of the CFA Society of Nashville, the Tennessee Society of CPAs, the American Institute of CPAs, and the CFA Institute, a global organization of investment professionals committed to professional excellence. Kevin is a Certified Public Accountant and Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA charterholder).

Kathy brings vast expertise in multi-channel marketing with over 25 years of experience in building executable customer-focused strategies, with experience ranging from small to enterprise B2B and B2C companies across multiple verticals, to her role at ChanceLight. She was named Executive VP and Chief Marketing Officer of ChanceLight in 2020.

Kathy is also a regular speaker at conferences with a focus on improving customer-centric marketing strategies with actionable data insights.

Kathy earned a Bachelor of Science in Economics from Colorado State University, and a Master of Business Administration from University of Missouri-Kansas City.

Jeremy has over 18 years of experience providing HR support and guidance. His professional background includes hospitality, retail, and medical industries through working at SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment, Bloomin’ Brands, Target and CareCentrix. His experience includes training and development, HR compliance, executive coaching and mentoring, employee relations, talent acquisition and organizational design.

Jeremy earned his bachelor’s degree in Liberal Arts and Business Administration from the University of Missouri-Kansas City and his master’s degree in Human Resources Management from DeVry University.

Binky began her career with Ombudsman in 2000 as a center director for Metro Charter, one of eight schools operated by the company in Arizona. She has served in several positions for Ombudsman, including regional manager of Arizona and assistant vice president of operations. In 2013, Binky was promoted to regional vice president and is responsible for providing overall leadership, quality assurance, and strategic direction for the Ombudsman Charter Schools. Binky has bachelor’s and master’s degrees of education and administration from the University of Missouri-Columbia. She currently holds a K-12 Arizona teaching certificate in vocational education and an Arizona Principal’s Certificate. She is president of the Arizona Alternative Education Consortium.

Mark DiConsiglio has over 10 years of experience working in exceptional student education and Mark DiConsiglio has over 15 years of experience working in exceptional student education and student services. He holds master’s (M.S.) and specialist (Ed.S.) degrees from Florida State University in School Psychology. Mark also holds Advanced Graduate Certificates in Applied Behavior Analysis (Florida Institute of Technology) and Educational Leadership (University of Central Florida) and is currently pursuing his Doctorate in Educational Leadership at the American College of Education. He is a Nationally Certified and Licensed School Psychologist.

In his current role as SVP of Operations for ChanceLight Education, Mark works to ensure the successful delivery of quality educational services, customer relations, marketing/development, and accountability oversight to all schools within his assigned region. Prior to his current role, Mark served Seminole County Public Schools, Florida for 10 years in a variety of capacities including: School Psychologist on the district’s behavior support team; Elementary Coordinator of Exceptional Student Education; Supervisor of Psychological and Behavioral Services; and Director of Autism and Emotional/Behavioral Disability Services. Mark also has experience consulting with school districts nationwide on the provision of special education and related services.

Sue Leuser has been a member of the Ombudsman team since 1999. She has held several management positions at Ombudsman, including director, regional manager and assistant director of center operations. In 2008, Sue was promoted to vice president of center operations, with responsibility for providing leadership, quality assurance, managerial and administrative support to all regions and centers. In 2020, Sue was promoted again to Senior Vice President.

Sue also leads the accreditation process for Ombudsman learning centers. She earned a bachelor’s degree in education from the Pennsylvania State University and holds a certificate as a school improvement specialist.

Kyle Farris leads Spectrum Center Schools and Programs in Northern and Southern California.

Kyle is an accomplished business leader with 10 years of operations management experience. He served as operations manager for the Center for Autism and Related Disorders (CARD), where he was responsible for leading day-to-day operations and mentoring site managers for the largest behavioral health therapy provider in the United States. He served most recently as Regional Director of Operations for a large network of occupational health and urgent care centers

Kyle develops strong relationships with our district partners and prospective partners; as well as focusing on enrollment, utilization, contract renewal, program start-up, budgeting and financial management. He empowers site leadership to do the same by building positive, productive, professional relationships with all staff to ensure their personal and professional success.

Kyle earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration with an option in management from California State University, Los Angeles, and is also a certified nursing assistant.

Ralph began his career with ChanceLight in 2011 as VP, Customer and Community Relations, before joining the Business Development team. Ralph is a proven educational leader with stellar relationships with school district staff and board members, community advocates, local government, law enforcement and juvenile courts, and community organizations.

Ralph served for 33 years in a number of leadership positions in the Tennessee Metro Nashville Public School system, Tennessee’s second-largest school district where he was named teacher, principal and educator of the year. Additionally, Ralph was awarded the state’s highest honor when named the Tennessee Colonel Aide de Camp in recognition of his contributions to education. Ralph is a member of the Tennessee State University Education Wall of Fame and a member of Kappa Alpha Psi.

Michele Throm is a former classroom teacher, leader, and trainer who brings 18 years of expertise working professionally with educators in both the public and private sectors. Michele has extensive experience in the education market partnering with all levels of educational leaders on solutions to help make a difference in the lives of children.

Michele holds a B.A. in Art History as well as a M.A.T. in Education, both from Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida.

Stephen Schwartz has 25+ years of experience in the education industry. Prior to joining ChanceLight, he served as an educator, Director of Special Education, and a Head of School. He brings academic, operational, and financial knowledge and has consulted with charter schools to develop special education programs, policies, and services.   Most recently Stephen served as District Vice President for the Southwest with Fusion Education Group.

Stephen earned a M.A.T. in Special Education from the College of New Jersey and a B.S. degree in Psychology from Pennsylvania State University.  

Alex Schoenfeld is a self-professed education data nerd, assessment wonk, EdTech guru and fierce advocate of equity in public education. Prior to joining ChanceLight, Alex was Director of Business Development at Pearson where he supported large urban districts with the development and deployment of large-scale assessment programs. He has experience supporting State Education Agencies, scaling startups, engaging stakeholders and selling books.

Alex holds a BA in Environmental Science from Connecticut College and a MA in Education Technology from Harvard University. 

Monique Martin, Ed.D. joins ChanceLight with over two decades of experience in education within the public and private sphere. She served 8 years as Admissions and Enrollment Director for Kaplan, Lincoln Technical Institute, and Automotive Training Center. For the past 9 years, she has been the Academic and Educational Director for Job Corp, and most recently, the Philadelphia Department for Prisons.

Monique holds an Ed.D. in Education Leadership from Wilmington University, a M.Ed. in Elementary Education, and a B.S. in Physical Education and Recreation from Cheyne University (PA).

Rachel Black’s 20-year career has been dedicated to serving students through a variety of educational roles and settings.  As a high school English and Language Arts teacher, middle school counselor, Success Coordinator, and principal in public schools, she became passionate for providing relationship-driven education for students most in need. 

In 2016 Rachel joined ChanceLight as the Program Administrator for programs in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Since then, her role within the company has evolved. As an Assistant Vice President and, most recently, as the Regional Vice President for South Central and Northeast Programs, Rachel has been responsible for building and maintaining strong relationships with partnering school districts. Through collaboration, Rachel has grown existing partnerships, along with creating new opportunities. Rachel’s shift to ChanceLight’s business development team is a natural progression. Through her in-depth understanding of school’s needs, as well as ChanceLight’s programs and services, she hopes to create lasting partnerships that will benefit students, families, and their communities.

Rachel holds a BA in English and Secondary Education from Augustana University, an MS in Professional School Counseling from Minnesota State University-Mankato, and an Education Specialist-Principal degree from the University of Sioux Falls.

For nearly 20 years, Matt has supported educators across multiple facets of the Education industry, including education technology and content, professional development, international education, publishing, and education finance.  Prior to joining ChanceLight, Matt oversaw a team at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, which supported alternative and special education programs with intervention curriculum and professional learning, to strengthen instruction and help students thrive.

Matt holds Bachelor’s degrees in Communication Studies and Foreign Languages from New Mexico State University, and a Master’s degree in International and Intercultural Communication from the University of Denver.  

Bill Listanski began his career with ChanceLight, Therapy and Education as a teacher at an Ombudsman center in Pennsylvania in 2006. He was promoted to center director, training specialist and operations manager, and then named a vice president of business development in 2015.

As operations manager, Bill supervised all Ombudsman programs in Pennsylvania, Ohio, New Hampshire and Massachusetts, and developed and nurtured strong relationships with school district partners, and led a significant expansion in Ohio. Bill graduated from the University of Scranton with a bachelor’s in secondary education social studies and political science. In 2010, he was awarded ChanceLight’s highest honor in recognition of his exemplary leadership.