Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) announced changes to its executive team, with a slate of new talent and the promotion of internal leaders to support its goal of improving learning outcomes for all students. Reporting directly to Jack Lynch, President and CEO, HMH, the following executives will serve leading roles: Jim O'Neill, EVP and General Manager, Core Curriculum: Joining most recently from Achieve3000, O'Neill has spent his career in the K-12 education space, including roles at HMH, Pearson and National Geographic. He brings deep experience in educational technology, product development, strategy, marketing and sales support to the newly created position of EVP and GM, Core Curriculum, where he will focus on enhancing HMH's basal core business; Matthew Mugo Fields, EVP and General Manager, Supplemental Curriculum: In this new role, Fields will manage the development and growth of HMH's supplemental curriculum portfolio, which includes intervention and assessment offerings. He previously worked at McGraw-Hill Education, overseeing strategy, operations, marketing and product development for a suite of adaptive learning software solutions; Rose Else-Mitchell, EVP and Chief Learning Officer: Else-Mitchell, who joined HMH in 2015 with the company's acquisition of Scholastic's EdTech Business as head of product, will focus on the efficacy of HMH's programs and services to drive student outcomes. This newly created position expands Else-Mitchell's responsibilities as leader of HMH's Professional Services business to include oversight of Learning Science, Research, Data Analytics, User Experience and HMH's Teaching and Learning Platforms; Amy Dunkin, SVP and Chief Marketing Officer: Dunkin has been named Chief Marketing Officer and will oversee product marketing, field marketing, market research, pricing, an in-house creative agency, communications, and digital and demand generation teams. She is tasked with ensuring HMH has a best-in-class, modern, agile marketing organization in order to increase brand awareness and prioritize customer needs; Alejandro Reyes, SVP and Chief People Officer: Reyes joins HMH from Laureate Education, where he served as the Chief Talent and Organization Development Officer, responsible for building the talent infrastructure for the company's recent growth. He previously held significant tenures at both Dell and Motorola; Trish Torizzo, SVP and Chief Information Officer: Torizzo has joined the team as Chief Information Officer, and will focus on leveraging the company's enterprise software solutions to streamline all internal operations and improve the customer experience.