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title: Our Team | Hoot Reading
description: Meet Hoot Reading's dedicated team of early literacy and EdTech experts committed to innovating a solution that changes lives through literacy.
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- [Families](https://www.hootreading.com/family-memberships?hsLang=en)
  
    - [• Hoot Tutoring](https://www.hootreading.com/family-memberships?hsLang=en) 
          - [• Early Reading (Pre-K & K)](https://www.hootreading.com/early-reading?hsLang=en)
          - [• Elementary Reading (Grades 1–5)](https://www.hootreading.com/reading-tutoring-for-elementary?hsLang=en)
          - [• Middle School Reading (Grades 6–8)](https://www.hootreading.com/reading-tutoring-for-middle-school?hsLang=en)
- [Schools & Districts](https://www.hootreading.com/high-impact-tutoring?hsLang=en)
  
    - [• High-Impact Tutoring](https://www.hootreading.com/high-impact-tutoring?hsLang=en)
    - [• Reading Intervention](https://www.hootreading.com/reading-intervention?hsLang=en)
    - [• Assessments & Reporting](https://www.hootreading.com/assessments-and-reporting?hsLang=en)
- [Impact](https://www.hootreading.com/our-impact?hsLang=en)
- [Teach With Hoot](https://www.hootreading.com/teach-with-hoot?hsLang=en)

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# Our Team

 

 

 

 

 

We are a startup, but our team has been working on raising readers for over a decade. Our research-backed approach to remote literacy instruction was incubated on a research project at the Nokia Research Lab with Sesame Workshop (the creators of Sesame Street) and the Joan Ganz Cooney Center.

We’ve got the best in literacy technology and team.

 

[View Current Openings](https://www.hootreading.com/careers?hsLang=en)

![Team Picture](https://www.hootreading.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Website/careers-1.png?width=500&height=532&name=careers-1.png)

## Meet Our Team

 

 

 

 

 

### Carly Shuler

Co-Founder & Co-CEO 

<https://www.linkedin.com/in/carlyshuler/>

### Maya Kotecha

Co-Founder & CO-CEO

<https://www.linkedin.com/in/mayakotecha/>

### Kara Henrie

VP of Product

<https://www.linkedin.com/in/kara-henrie/>

### Caitlin Mehra

VP, Literacy & Learning

<https://www.linkedin.com/in/caitlinmehra/>

### Swara Narayanan

VP, Operations & Customer Experience

<https://www.linkedin.com/in/swara-narayanan/>

### Lyndsay Pushka

Director of Teacher Operations

<https://www.linkedin.com/in/lyndsay-pushka-87222166/>

### Cindy Chodirker

VP, Finance

<https://www.linkedin.com/in/cindy-chodirker-cpa-85b12226/>

### Carmen Feng

Director, Customer Experience and Account Management

<https://www.linkedin.com/in/carmenfeng/>

## Advisory Board

 

 

 

 

 

### Jay Rosenzweig

<https://www.linkedin.com/in/jarosenzweig/>

### Dr. Michael Levine

<https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-h-levine/>

### Tico Ballagas

<https://www.linkedin.com/in/ballagas/>

### Jodi Kovitz

<https://www.linkedin.com/in/jodikovitz/>

## Looking for a Career with Hoot?

[View Current Openings](https://www.hootreading.com/careers?hsLang=en)

## Join the Hoot Teacher Network

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### Solutions

- [High-Impact Tutoring](https://www.hootreading.com/high-impact-tutoring?hsLang=en)
- [Reading Intervention](https://www.hootreading.com/reading-intervention?hsLang=en)
- [Assessments & Reporting](https://www.hootreading.com/assessments-and-reporting?hsLang=en)
- [Tutoring for Families](https://www.hootreading.com/family-memberships?hsLang=en)

### Company

- [Our Team](https://www.hootreading.com/our-team)
- [Our Impact](https://www.hootreading.com/our-impact?hsLang=en)
- [Careers](https://www.hootreading.com/careers?hsLang=en)

### Teacher Network

- [Teach With Hoot](https://www.hootreading.com/teach-with-hoot?hsLang=en)
- [Teacher Login](https://app.hootreading.com)

### Help Center

- [Help Center](https://www.hootreading.com/support-hub?hsLang=en)
- [Contact Us](https://www.hootreading.com/contact-us?hsLang=en)

### Resources

- [Resources](https://www.hootreading.com/resources?hsLang=en)
- [Blog](https://learn.hootreading.com/blog?hsLang=en)

 

 

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