Jamie Rosenberg

Jamie Rosenberg is the founder of two successful education technology companies, AdoptAClassroom.org and ClassWallet.  Jamie’s journey from a mergers & acquisitions lawyer to social entrepreneur in the K-12 education space has contributed to advances in how educators access education funds.

Rosenberg’s first company, AdoptAClassroom.org, launched in 1998 as one of the first crowdfunding sites on the Internet and the first national online platform for education philanthropy. Through AdoptAClassroom.org, Rosenberg partnered donors with classrooms raising over $25M for teachers in 30% of schools in America, improving the learning environment for 3.5M students.

ClassWallet, Rosenberg started in 2012 and is an industry leading funds management and tracking platform for school systems.  ClassWallet works with school districts and school foundations throughout the United States transforming how education dollars are spent and providing more accountability and transparency.

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