Jen is a Client Success Manager at Clarity who enjoys working with schools to help them maximize Clarity’s financial aid software by ensuring that they have the training, resources, and support to do so. Jen brings 14 years of financial aid and enrollment management experience in both day and boarding schools, where she focused on reducing barriers and de-mystifying the application process for families. She lives in Portland, Oregon with her husband, their black cat, and a few backyard chickens. She loves spending time with her two daughters when they return home from college. Outside of work, she enjoys hiking, gardening, baking, and solving puzzles of all types!

Hannah is a member of Clarity's family support team with a main goal of helping families get through our financial aid application as smoothly as possible for a quick and seamless experience. Before joining Clarity, she worked within the customer service industry for the last 6 years mainly in auto insurance and debt consolidation industries. Hannah is an avid equestrian and has showed horses all across the East Coast.

A thought leader, Ron is Director of Education at Clarity and brings 19 years of experience, with 16.5 of those years as Director of Financial Aid at TADS. Ron is author of the financial aid “Impact Data Report” for schools and is dedicated to using data as a means of helping schools uncover their financial aid story. Ron is a graduate of the University of Minnesota and resides in Maple Grove, Minnesota with his wife Barb, and dog Kibby.

Sarah is an account executive but prefers the title Clarity Ambassador. She brings 9 years of admission solution experience to Clarity, most recently with PeerPal and Ravenna. She loves the collaborative spirit of schools and the Clarity team and the opportunity to partner with schools and share the Clarity story.

As a founding or early engineer, Zach has worked in sectors including low code automation, talent marketplaces, AI, healthtech, and education. His work has been published or featured in outlets like VICE Magazine, Virgin Entrepreneur, and a16z’s Future and his talks on programming psychology with Professor Barbara Oakley have been viewed by tens of thousands of software engineers.

Gabriel is a member of Clarity’s Family Support Team. Over the past few years Gabriel has worked in Leave of Absence Management and in Customer Support roles where he has developed skills in various fields such as problem solving and leadership. He is excited to provide a warm and welcoming experience to families at Clarity in both English and Spanish. Gabriel lives in Chicago and is a big Chicago sports fan. You will find him enjoying a nice bike ride along the Lakefront or traveling and exploring a new country.

Jan is on her 3rd startup doing what she loves most - spreading the word about software she’s passionate about. Jan was the #2 employee at Ravenna Solutions, moved onto PeerPal and thrives being at Clarity with both co-founders from her previous jobs. When Jan isn’t cooking/eating out with family, you can find her in a rowing shell with her women’s rowing group, Martha’s Moms.

Drew is the Director of Client Success at Clarity, with a focus on ensuring that school users have the training, resources, and support they need to make the most of Clarity's Financial Aid software. Before joining Clarity, Drew spent the first 14 years of his career in independent schools as a teacher and enrollment professional. A spreadsheet nerd at heart, he regularly publishes and presents on how to use data to optimize enrollment and financial aid strategies. Based outside of Philadelphia with his wife and three children, he enjoys carpentry and playing music in his spare time.

Sean Dearnaley has over 20 years of experience in software development. His journey has taken him from creating music websites as a teenager to designing impactful software for international organizations and startups. His work has spanned various roles, from intranet systems for the United Nations to homelessness management systems and educational software used by millions. An American, UK, and Irish citizen, Sean now lives in Boston, MA with his dog Scotty.  Beyond the keyboard, he’s known for his love of music, science and technology.

Marketing operations manager by day and community leader by night. Patrick brings experience in tech marketing from a variety of industries and is focused on removing limitations and creating growth through hypothesis testing. Beyond company walls, he leads jam sessions, climbs, and enjoys a good bahn mi.

Linda is the Chief Innovation Officer at Clarity. She was the CEO and co-founder of Ravenna Solutions, a technology company offering transformational admission software. Most recently Linda was a member of the Future of Independent Schools committee at the National Association of Independent Schools. Her mantra – “spreadsheets solve problems!”

As the Operations Manager for Clarity, Allie works with each team in the company to build communication and processes for both team members and the programs they use. Her passion for learning and structure have given her the ability to grow in every workplace, but Clarity has been a dream of opportunity and team knowledge. She has over a decade in store sales, team management, and operations, along with a background in fine art. Allie lives in Western Massachusetts with her partner, where she hikes, paints, and bakes in her free time. Her favorite contribution to the team has been in the form of the adopted mascot “Clarence”.

Stephanie is a Client Success Manager at Clarity who enjoys working with schools to help them maximize Clarity’s financial aid software by ensuring that they have the training, resources, and support to do so. She brings 10 years of experience in admissions and financial aid and is humbled to be part of the amazing team at Clarity. Originally from Maryland, Stephanie’s been residing in Honolulu for over 30 years where she met her husband and raised 2 daughters. She enjoys eating/cooking/baking, hosting friends and family for meals, traveling, and going to the beach.

Jason is the Director of Engineering at Clarity. Over the past 15 years he has held a wide variety of engineering roles for both large and small companies, in both the enterprise and non-profit spaces. Most recently he was part of an acquired startup (acquired by OpenTable) and was instrumental in the successful integration of that product into the OpenTable ecosystem. He has played both the part of individual contributor and team lead, at times managing up to 12 engineers. Jason once worked as part of a team at the National Priorities Project nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.

Lulu is a product designer at Clarity, working to create experience improvements for the households and schools that use Clarity. She’s primarily worked in the startup space and does her best work when she can be close to user feedback. When she’s not glued to her desk, she loves to run and spend time in the Canadian backcountry hiking with her partner and their dog.

Jackson is a Client Success Manager at Clarity who enjoys working with schools on how they can optimize Clarity’s financial aid software to best meet their financial aid goals and objectives. Prior to joining the Clarity team, he spent 18 years working at The Hotchkiss School as Director of Financial Aid (15 years) and then Director of Admission (3 years). Jackson is not afraid of data and enjoys getting lost in enrollment and financial aid spreadsheets. He lives in Barrington, Rhode Island with his wife and two sons. During his free time, Jackson likes to play golf and tennis, work on puzzles, and support all Boston sports teams.

Carolina is Clarity's first product specialist. She has 10 years of experience in software and product management. She lives in Florida with her two Siberian Huskies and gets to watch rocket launches from her backyard. 

Ray likes to build minimum lovable products. Most recently, he served as Principal Engineer developing OpenTable's enterprise web platforms. Ray’s dad was a software engineer too. He gave Ray a book on "How to build Websites" when he was a little kid... and now Ray has 25 years of hands-on JavaScript experience.

Laurie proudly serves as the Data Processing Team Lead at Clarity. Laurie has over 10 years of experience working in multiple areas in the education field including customer service and support, enrollment, operations, and technical support. Outside of work, Laurie volunteers her time as a pageant director to help individuals learn about real-world skills and inspire them to give back to their community.

Molly is a Client Success Manager at Clarity, working with schools to ensure that they have the training, resources, and support they need to make the most of Clarity's financial aid software. She began filling out financial aid forms for her own education in the early 1990s, when she was in middle school, so she is particularly thrilled to work for a company whose mission is to remove enrollment barriers and increase access to schools. Molly comes to Clarity after 16 years in both boarding and day schools working in admissions, development, and financial aid. She lives in Washington, DC with her husband, daughter, and dog Trevor, though they’re often found spending time in Massachusetts. She enjoys reading, biking, and traveling, and every spring looks forward to doing her family’s taxes.

Justin is the Family Support Manager at Clarity, and brings 10 years of support & services experience working in Higher Ed and K12 EdTech solutions. He is passionate about helping others succeed and is excited to help families as they navigate through the financial aid process. A transplant from Los Angeles, Justin currently resides in the Greater Seattle area.

Jenny has more than ten years of experience working in schools as a faculty member, coach, and director of enrollment and financial aid. She has also worked in sales and marketing for a start-up health and wellness software company and is excited to bring her school and business experience to Clarity to support a more effective financial aid process for both schools and families.

Jenny lives in Maine with her husband and twin boys and is grateful to be living in a place with easy access to hiking, mountain biking, and skiing.

Jennifer is a Client Success Manager at Clarity and loves working with schools to ensure that they have the training, resources and support to make the most of Clarity’s financial aid software. Before joining the Clarity team, Jennifer spent 25+ years  as a career professional in independent school admission and financial aid spanning two coasts, six schools and student grade levels from infant through grade 12. Aside from running admission and financial aid programs at various schools, Jennifer has also served as a resident faculty member and student advisor. She believes deeply in the accessibility of independent schools to families of diverse backgrounds as well as the impact of such work on individual students. Her previous schools include: Stevenson School (CA), The Urban School of San Francisco (CA), The Pennington School (NJ), George School (PA), Princeton Academy of the Sacred Heart (NJ), St. Andrew’s Episcopal School (MS). With both of their children away at school, Jennifer and her husband spend time at home with their two Siberian Forest cats and a very needy Shichon puppy named Jerry.

Matt is the Chief Technology Officer at Clarity. He is a builder at heart and has dedicated his time to help startups grow, including working alongside Brennan in a prior independent school venture, PeerPal. Before his time in startups, he spent years developing financial systems for UBS. Matt used to be a firefighter.

Ben has 10+ years experience building software applications as an individual contributor based on of Los Angeles, Seattle, Boston, and Cincinnati. He now lives in central Kentucky with his partner, cats, chickens, bees, and a host of plants. In his free time, he works on old houses, plays video games, and iteratively improves his small farm.

As a Client Success Manager at Clarity, Kelly enjoys building relationships with schools to ensure that they have the training and resources to make the most of Clarity’s financial aid software. After working more than 20 years in Admissions and Financial Aid at independent schools, Kelly is thrilled to be a member of the Clarity team. She grew up in Toronto, Canada and now lives in Connecticut with her husband, 2 children and adopted Greyhound. Kelly loves traveling, reading and spending time with family and friends at their cottage in Vermont.

After 20 years serving independent schools, primarily in admissions and financial aid, Alex discovered Clarity. After several thought provoking conversations with Brennan and others, he was convinced that he wanted to immerse himself into family support at Clarity. He works in education because he wants to change lives for the better. Every day, he works with an integrated group of capable people that are transforming the financial aid experience for families.

Brennan is the founder and CEO of Clarity, where he is focused on helping schools remove barriers that prevent families from accessing their institutions, particularly in the financial aid process. Prior to Clarity, Brennan founded PeerPal, which was acquired by Graduway in July 2021. Brennan lives in the Seattle area with his partner, Sara, and two dogs.

Maeghan is part of our Data Specialist Team where she will be helping families through the application process. Maeghan is bringing over 10 years of customer service, sales and coaching/training experience to the team. When she is not at work she enjoys gardening, adventuring with her 2 dogs or on Sundays she is at the Buffalo Bills games.