Gemm Learning Staff

Gemm Learning provides Fast ForWord and BrainWare Safari to K-12 children and adults in the US and Canada.

Tina Liberatore runs the Gemm Learning service and support operation. She been with us almost from the beginning, the last year in a leadership role. After starting out as a teacher in the New York public school system, she had a long and varied career at Sylvan Learning tutoring centers in New York. Not only is she a ray of sunshine to have in the organization, she is a fountain of knowledge on all things child related. Tina also handles many incoming inquiries.

Michelle Reynard is our Program Director. She has a Bachelors in Applied Learning and Development, with a specialization in reading. Michelle was a school teacher for nine years and holds additional certifications in ESOL (English for Speakers of Other Languages), bilingual education and gifted and talented instruction. Michelle was a grade level team leader and Writing Vertical Chair. Responsibilities here included overseeing grade level instruction in all areas and advising teachers on writing instruction school-wide. After teaching, she moved to Connecticut. After tutoring reading and writing for a year, she spent two years at the Red Cross as Director of Health and Safety Services. Michelle returned full-time to her first love, education, by joining Gemm Learning in early 2008.

Delphine Marden is a program manager. She has a Major in Education and is working part-time on a post graduate degree. She had classroom experience before joining Gemm part-time in 2008, full-time in 2010.

Brittany Mlynar is a program manager. She graduated from University of Connecticut and went on to Hofstra University for her Masters in Education. She was a leave replacement and substitute teacher at Deuville Gardens Elementary School and Susan Wiley Elementary on Long Island, NY. She has a brother who has learning difficulties which inspired her to try to help others who face challenges in school. Brittany joined Gemm Learning in 2011.

Sharlene Kelly handles consults in Mountain and Pacific time zones. Her first exposure to Gemm was as a client, whose twin boys completed our program over the summer of 2007. Based on their success Sharlene inquired about the opportunities to work at Gemm and we are happy she asked.

Christine Robinson has a Masters in Business and over 15 years experience as a educational consultant. She also was a client prior to joining Gemm.

Her son was diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder at the age of 6, and she found seeking the right autism treatment to help minimize his challenges a challenge in and of itself. Of utmost importance was finding a program to reduce his auditory processing delays. Since auditory processing is a critical cognitive skill Fast ForWord addresses, and a pervasive source of difficulties for ASD children, she & her husband turned to Gemm Learning and Fast ForWord. Based on the positive impact the program has made for him, she made a career change so that she could help others who seek the same changes for their children.

Sharon Scholze joined Gemm Learning in 2011 as an educational consultant. She was drawn to Gemm by her personal experience as a mother of a child with auditory processing difficulties, and a desire to help other families. Sharon was a Gemm client prior to joining our Gemm Learning.





Geoff Nixon is the founder of Gemm Learning. After a career in finance Geoff's interest turned to education in 2005 after seeing first hand the power of cognitive software when it helped his son. As he looked at the choices for his son, he saw information was hard to get, that up-front evaluations were traumatic and cost a fortune, and that most recommendations did not address the underlying issues. This was the spark for Gemm Learning, started in Westchester, NY in late 2005. Geoff runs Gemm Learning operations.

Accounting, billing and other finance related functions are handled by Anne McCool. After earning her CPA at Price Waterhouse Anne worked for various finance firms in New York before landing at Gemm. She is married to Geoff Nixon.

Our Certified In Center Coaches

Locally, we provide NY reading help at our Old Greenwich, CT center after school during the school year and for our Summer Intensives. These classes are monitored by Speech Pathology or Education majors, coaches who share one interest -- they love helping children! Our students love them because the coaches are young and cool to be with. And our parents love them because they are a motivating and nurturing influence in their child's life. We are a compelling alternative to Fairfield County tutoring, and our coaches make this happen.