About Connect For Education
We had this crazy idea that course materials should be beautiful and engaging.
It all started at a picnic over a glass of wine
In 1996, Dongsook and Bruce Whitehead offered to host a student picnic at their home where they met Dr. Carlos Maldonado, and the rest, as they say, is history. With a common passion for education and improving the learning process through technology, Dongsook, Bruce, and Carlos vowed to create a company that used technology to make learning fun, engaging, and memorable, increase affordability, and change the way all the stake holders in the learning process interact with each other and their course materials. And so Connect For Education was born.
C4E has served...
1,000+
Professionals
1,000,000+
Students
500+
Schools
Meet Our Leaders
Our people are our greatest assets.
Our team is a diverse group of creative, smart professionals who are dedicated to the mission of improving education for one student at a time.
Dongsook Whitehead, Founder & President
Carlos Maldonado, Founder & Chief Learning Architect
Bruce Whitehead, CEO
Christopher Gaines, Chief Technology Officer
Bryan McElhaney, VP Sales and Marketing
John Wulff, VP Finance
Anita Horsley, VP Product Management
Narwan Aimen, VP Customer Service
Meet Our Team
Our management is supported by an experienced and dedicated staff of employees and consultants who provide the foundation to enable an unequaled online learning experience.
Sachi Sugiyama - Graphic Design Specialist
Leticia Cuevas - Sales & Marketing Manager
Maria Paz - Marketing Manager
DeJean Levenberry - Sales & Marketing Specialist
Michael Heu - IT & Customer Success Manager
Rick Yamamoto - Network & Information Security Admin.
Andrew Adams - IT & Platform Support Specialist
Pang Heu - Office Administrator
Anne Barrat - Director of Customer Success & Accessibility Services
Anitra Brame - Tech Support & QA Specialist
Zachary McCarthy - Tech Support & QA Specialist
Emily Monahan- Tech Support & QA Specialist
Johana Alas - Tech Support & QA Specialist
Why Our Customers ❤️ C4E!
Dr. Audley Chambers, Oakland University
The Connect for Education music courses are a rich media content-driven text that can be used like a regular textbook or delivered to your target audience in a synchronous or asynchronous fashion. Most, if not all of their texts come with a variety of ancillary materials to help navigate, structure the course as well as engage students.
Prof Carmella Hedrick, Stanley Community College
Connect For Education courses are wonderful. I have online music classes and sometimes hybrid classes and the courses work for both. I can use it for both formats. The fact that they're so interactive... I just think the format is so adaptable and the technicians are so wonderful to work with to change it and modify it to meet whatever I ask. So it's just a great, great format.
Prof. Joseph Amante y Zapata
When I initiated History of Rock at CCRI, I never imagined it would succeed as it has. (It helped get us through the pandemic.) The service has been amazing to the faculty and students and I want to call out Emily as a fantastic person to work with!
Prof Atla DeChamplain, The University of Rhode Island
This is my first time teaching an asynchronous music class and C4E has been great! The course materials are great, and the tech support has gone above and beyond to help me do this well.
Prof Ulli Brinksmeier, Mount St. Joseph University
C4E is an exceptional company. I use their materials for all my music courses.
Prof Joesph Amante, Community College of Rhode Island
I have used Connect 4 Education online music courses for several years now and have stuck with them because of how quickly they address student or instructor questions. Their Rock 3rd edition is also very good.