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MANAGEMENT & STAFF

Richard Datz: Vice President, General Manager
Celine Provini: Editor
Jason Tomaszewski: Associate Editor
Sarah Caron: Social Media Editor
Lisa Wrubel: Webmaster
 

Richard Datz: Vice President, General Manager
Rich Datz was vice president, sales and marketing, of Education World for three years prior to being named general manager. Before joining Education World, he was a sales and marketing leader for the McGraw-Hill Companies for 14 years. As McGraw-Hill's sales and marketing director, Datz was responsible for five sales and marketing units, including a 120-person worldwide sales team, the company's List Management Center, and an outbound telemarketing operation. Datz has extensive experience in developing and implementing sales plans and directing domestic and international growth initiatives. Prior to being named a director at McGraw-Hill, Datz was general manager of worldwide circulation sales in the company's Information & Media Services segment. Datz has a bachelor's degree in mathematics from Glassboro State College and an MBA in marketing from Drexel University.

Celine Provini: Editor
Celine Provini joined EducationWorld as editor in 2011. She was previously program director for The Governor’s Prevention Partnership, where she trained educators to implement and evaluate best practices with regard to positive school climate, bullying prevention, youth mentoring and drug/alcohol prevention. Provini authored A Parent’s Guide to Preventing Underage Drinking as well as Human Relations Media’s Prescription Drugs Update: Teacher’s Resource Book. Provini taught several developmental psychology courses at Fordham University, taught English composition at Goodwin College and worked as a substitute teacher in several Connecticut towns. She also did writing and editing for a variety of online and print publications, created test items for The Princeton Review and conducted quality control evaluations for teacher licensing exams. Provini has done research demonstrating the relationship between school climate and student achievement. She holds a doctorate in Applied Developmental Psychology from Fordham University and a B.A. in English and Psychology from Hofstra University.

Jason Tomaszewski: Associate Editor
Jason Tomaszewski joined EducationWorld in 2011 as associate editor. He began his career in publishing with the Amherst News-Times in Northeast Ohio. He moved to Connecticut to take a job as a reporter for the Register Citizen newspaper, where he rose to the position of Managing Editor. Tomaszewski received several Connecticut Society for Professional Journalists awards for excellence in reporting, editing and design, including an award for an investigative piece on the Connecticut Resource Recovery Authority in connection with the Enron case. He has co-authored two books: 50 Things Every Guy Should Know How to Do for the Plume imprint of Penguin Publishing and Worst Ideas Ever for Skyhorse Publishing. Tomaszewski is no stranger to the field of education, having earned a B.A. in Communications and English Education at Robert Morris University in Pittsburgh, PA. At Robert Morris, he also served as on-air talent for television shows including a top-rated sports program in the local viewing area.

Sarah W. Caron: Social Media Editor
Sarah W. Caron joined EducationWorld in 2011 as social media editor. Caron, who has a background in educational publishing, is the former associate editor of Weekly Reader’s Current Events magazine, where she worked on the print publication and teacher resources. She also oversaw the online component for the magazine, posting weekly content for teachers, and helped launch the magazine’s first news blog for students. Her career in publishing began more than a decade ago at a small directory publisher in New York. She made the leap into newspaper journalism soon after, accepting a reporter position at the Register Citizen newspaper in Connecticut. After a year, she was promoted to her company’s flagship newspaper, The New Haven Register, where she won several Connecticut Society of Professional Journalist awards for her news reporting. Caron is also a sought-after food writer and recipe developer whose work has appeared on BettyCrocker.com, Pillsbury.com and SheKnows.com, among others.

Lisa Wrubel: Webmaster
Lisa Wrubel joined EducationWorld in 2007 as webmaster. She previously worked as Web producer for the New Haven Register newspaper. Her responsibilities at the paper included maintaining the Web site, managing the online advertising and creating graphics and banner ads for the Register and several other daily and weekly papers across Connecticut. In addition, Wrubel designed the Web site for Connecticut Bride Magazine’s 2007 Online Bridal Expo. Prior to working at the Register, she interned in the Web department at WFSB news station in Hartford and the promotions department at WCBS in New York. At WCBS she was responsible for editing local promotions for television shows such as "Oprah" and "Entertainment Tonight." Other projects Wrubel has worked on include the re-design and management of Precious Paws, an online pet boutique, and the re-design of Cornerstones, a company that specializes in group development. She holds a degree in Multimedia Communications from Marist College in Poughkeepsie, New York.