Vicky Phillips, Founder & CEO
Chief Online Education Analyst

Vicky Phillips, one of America’s leading experts on online education, has been researching, rating and ranking online colleges since 1989, when she designed America’s first online counseling center for distance learners on America Online. In partnership with the Princeton Review, she authored the first print guide to online master’s degrees: Best Distance Learning Graduate Schools (1998). Today, she serves as Chief Online Education Analyst, developing and expanding GetEducated.com’s online college ranking system—a system that helps consumers compare, rank and rate more than 12,000 accredited online college degree programs on dimensions ranging from affordability to brand reputation and student satisfaction. Her classic articles on online education’s transformative influence on American higher education have appeared in Salon.com, CNN/The Industry Standard, and Nation’s Business, among other national media. Her ideas and writings have helped to define online learning as a viable option for a new generation of “older” college students—many of whom will only study online. Her expert insights and futuristic trend analysis of distance learning have been chronicled in the Wall Street Journal, Time, Fortune, U.S. News & World Report, CBS News, Forbes, The LA Times, and The New York Times.


Cindy Yager, CTO

Cindy Yager oversees the technology infrastructure and development of GetEducated.com. Previous to joining GetEducated, Cindy served as founding coordinator of the Computer Learning Center for Business and Industry Training at Ivy Tech State College in Bloomington, Indiana. Yager has also worked in the Information Technology department at Saint Michael’s College, in Vermont, where she developed and taught computer application classes for the Emerging Technology Center.


Lorna Collier, Online Editor

Lorna Collier edits and contributes articles and other GetEducated.com content. She has been a writer and editor for more than 20 years, with specialties in education, technology, business and health. She has written for a variety of publications and websites, including the Chicago Tribune, Smithsonian magazine, MSN.com's Encarta, T.H.E. Journal, the NCTE Council Chronicle (National Council of Teachers of English member magazine), CNN.com, Knight-Ridder, Smart Computing, and many others. She holds a bachelor's degree in English, with a minor in journalism, magna cum laude, from Northern Illinois University.


Tammy McPike, Director of Operations

A seasoned veteran in the field of office operations and account management, Tammy oversees billing and promotional placements for GetEducated and keeps the company’s internal fiscal operations humming along.


Melissa Eubank, Director of Information Services

A graduate of Indiana State University, with a degree in sociology with a minor in psychology, Melissa oversees GetEducated’s national surveys of online colleges. Her diligence and patient help make sure that all accredited colleges which offer online degrees or career certificates get accurately profiled in GetEducated’s online college ranking systems and surveys. (No small job!)


Michelle Hummel, Account Executive
National Online Media Consultant

A graduate of Cincinnati State Technical College with a degree in Internet Business Marketing, Michelle helps colleges with online education programs design promotional plans that build, protect and differentiate their online brands. She is a specialist in all types of online media products and has previously worked on national media teams at CareerBuilder and The Cincinnati Inquirer.


Sara Dawes, Account Executive
National Online Media Consultant

Sara specializes in helping clients understand and create media plans that showcase their competitive brand features. A graduate of the business school of the Maharishi University of Management, Sara traveled the world teaching meditation before settling on a career in consultative sales. She has previously worked as an educational product specialist with LRP Publications and as an account executive in radio and television media markets nationwide.


Dee Stewart, Account Executive
National Online Media Consultant

An honors graduate of Purdue University with a background in audiology, speech and psychology, Dee enjoys helping university clients create individualized media plans that effectively communicate their unique educational promise in the online sector. A creative listener with a flair for design and client care, Dee has previously worked as a design and product consultant with California Closets and Designing Spaces. Dee, who is located in the Cincinnati area, has also worked as an account executive in the mortgage and finance industries in the Midwest.


Becky Grenier, Web Manager/Programmer

Becky is in charge of managing GetEducated's website and ongoing web development projects. Becky has nine years of experience working on web and IT programming for various companies in Vermont. She was born and raised in Vermont and holds a bachelor's degree in computer science and English from Wells College of New York.