In 2025, Learn Fresh welcomed four new members to its Board of Directors: Andy Bowman, Shannon Traenkenschuh, Nour Abdelmonem, and Rhonda Bettis. Together, these leaders bring deep expertise across marketing and communications, technology transformation, education innovation, corporate leadership, organizational strategy, and community impact.
Their diverse professional backgrounds and shared commitment to expanding opportunity for students will help guide Learn Fresh through its next phase of growth, as the organization continues to scale its sports-based STEM learning programs across the United States and around the world.
Andy Bowman is a seasoned marketing and communications leader with decades of experience building global brands and shaping the intersection of business and culture. From Apple and Xbox to adventure and electric vehicles, beer, and body spray, Andy has a proven track record of driving ideas and strategies on behalf of iconic brands and the people behind them.
Andy currently serves as Vice President of Communications for the Jeep brand in Detroit. Prior to Jeep, he held senior marketing and communications leadership roles at electric vehicle startup Rivian. In California, Andy also spent nearly a decade at Apple helping introduce some of the company’s most iconic technologies and services to the world. Earlier in his career, he held marketing and communications roles at MillerCoors and spent several years at Edelman, where he worked across strategy and creative roles for leading clients including Unilever, Walmart, and Microsoft.
Throughout his career, Andy has been a trusted counselor to CEOs and CMOs, led partnerships with major sports and entertainment properties such as the NHL and MLB, and worked extensively across the sports media landscape.
Andy proudly serves on the board of Learn Fresh, where he supports the organization through storytelling and media relations. His work has contributed to national visibility, including a Good Morning America profile of the "NBA Math Hoops" program that aired during the 2025 NBA Draft.
Andy holds a degree from Purdue University, where he was also a writer for The Purdue Exponent student newspaper. His connection to education runs deep as the son of two high school teachers and the younger brother of a sociology professor who studies birth order theory and regularly reminds him, “you’re such a classic youngest sibling.”
Shannon Traenkenschuh is a Managing Director in the Data & Technology Transformation practice, providing dynamic leadership in large-scale, cross-functional technology transformation initiatives that align business strategy with technology execution. With a proven track record in program governance, risk management and financial oversight, she has become a trusted advisor to C-suite executives, guiding organizations through complex technology-driven transformations, M&A integration and enterprise-wide modernization efforts.
Shannon leads high-impact technology programs for a range of organizations, including Fortune 500 and private equity-backed companies. Her expertise includes buy-side transaction advisory across the deal continuum to achieve strategic alignment, accelerate value realization and enhance operational resilience.
Shannon has provided leadership through more than 100 transactions, conducting diligence on targets for potential risks and investment requirements, formulating integration strategies to capture deal synergies and navigating entanglements to enable divestiture opportunities. She has also supported numerous private equity clients in driving IT strategy and enhancing tech-enabled operational efficiencies across their portfolio companies.
Nour Abdelmonem is an Associate Partner on the Teaching Reimagined team at NewSchools Venture Fund. In her role, she leads the investment process, funding teams that are working to make the teaching profession more sustainable, effective, and joyful. To date, she has invested over $10M in 40 early-stage organizations, prioritizing innovators whose work reaches students furthest from opportunity.
Before joining NewSchools in 2021, Nour was a consultant at EY-Parthenon. As a consultant, she partnered with higher education institutions, edtech companies, and publishers to tackle complex strategic challenges and scale their impact. Her work, which spanned market sizing, asset valuation, and growth strategy, laid the analytical foundation for her investing practice.
Nour holds a BA in Political Science from the University of Chicago. Born and raised in Chicago to Egyptian immigrants, she is proud of her Midwestern and Middle Eastern roots. Outside of work, she enjoys running along Lake Shore Drive, following Formula 1, and traveling to new places.
Rhonda Bettis is a transformational executive leader with extensive experience driving growth, operational excellence, and customer-focused innovation across complex organizations. Throughout her career, she has built a reputation for developing high-performing teams, leading large-scale business transformations, and creating inclusive cultures where employees can thrive and deliver exceptional results.
Her leadership philosophy is rooted in a people-first approach: placing customers at the center of every decision, investing in talent development, and building sustainable business strategies that create long-term impact. Her expertise spans sales strategy, customer experience, operations, risk management, digital transformation, change management, strategic planning, revenue growth, and board governance.
Beyond her corporate accomplishments, Rhonda is deeply committed to mentorship, education, and community service. She serves on multiple boards and dedicates her time to coaching emerging leaders and advancing opportunities for underrepresented communities. As a published author, keynote speaker, and recognized thought leader, she has spoken nationally on authentic leadership, organizational transformation, and the power of inclusive workplace cultures. Her insights have been featured on Fox 29 Philadelphia and at organizations including the African American Museum, National Black MBA Association, and Women in Consumer Finance.
We are honored to welcome Andy, Shannon, Nour, and Rhonda to the Learn Fresh Board of Directors and grateful for the leadership, perspective, and expertise they bring to this work.