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About Chad
Chad Zimmerman serves as President and Chief Executive Officer of Nationwide Learning, LLC/Studentreasures Publishing, a 200-employee, 25-year-old national education company. Prior to 2011, he was General Management/Senior Director of Lifetouch National School Studios; Director of Strategic Planning at Introworks Branding and Marketing Communications; Founder of Brand SnapShot, LLC, a marketing management software application, and held senior marketing and account management roles earlier in his career.
Chad graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and attended the Dartmouth College – Amos Tuck School of Business. He served as President of Sporting Kaw Valley, a youth soccer organization from 2016 to 2020, is a nationally licensed youth soccer coach, and is an International Competitor, Master Instructor and Fourth Dan Black Belt, Olympic-style Taekwondo (Kukkiwon). Chad has been a member of Vistage Chief Executive Group since 2012.
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