Board of Directors
 

Joe Elliott

Chairman and CEO
School Specialty Science

jelliott@freybg.com

Joseph E. Elliott joined School Specialty Science as President in September of 2005. This newly created division of School Specialty, Inc. includes Delta Education, CPO Science, Neo/SCI, and Frey Scientific. Joe has been with School Specialty as President of Frey Scientific/Brodhead Garrett since January of 2005.

Joe has an extensive background including high-level general management, sales and marketing management, finance, operations, and product development experience in the education industry. Throughout his 30+ year professional career, Joe has been employed by a number of organizations including ACI Films, Films Incorporated, Coronet/MTI Film and Video (as President), and Encyclopedia Britannica (EB) where he was President of their Educational Division. At EB, he was instrumental in growing the hands-on science curriculum business (FOSS) from development to $12 million in revenue in two years. Most recently, Joe worked for the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, a non-profit provider of professional development/curriculum development tools for K-12 teachers and administrators and post-secondary teacher training.

Joe and his wife, Paula, recently relocated to Hollis, NH. They have been married for 35 years, and have two adult daughters. The elder is a Principal and the younger is a Vice President with an ad agency, both in the Chicago area. Joe has run in 22 marathons and enjoys backpacking.