Sean Farrell leads Noggin's original content development and strategy. Before joining Noggin, he co-founded the goal-based learning platform, Huddle, served as VP of Product and Marketing Strategy for the K-12 education company Amplify, and worked in strategy at Scholastic Book Clubs. He started his career in the edit room and on set across a range of feature films and television shows. (His love for creating content started at an early age when he pitched his parents on a family newspaper, collected an annual subscription fee, and then released a single issue before retiring.)
Michael H. Levine, Ph.D. is Senior Vice President of Learning and Impact for Noggin, Nickelodeon’s direct-to-consumer interactive learning platform for young children. An early learning and social policy expert, Dr. Levine is responsible for deepening Noggin’s value to children and families through dynamic content, partnerships, and interactive experiences developed for learning and impact. Dr. Levine previously spent 12 years at Sesame Workshop where he served as Chief Knowledge Officer, a member of the senior executive team responsible for driving organization-wide learning, educational partnerships, knowledge exchange, and policy leadership. He is also the Founding Executive Director of the Joan Ganz Cooney Center, a pioneering thought leader in the digital media and learning field. Previously he oversaw innovative grantmaking, strategic communications and program design and scaling strategies for Carnegie Corporation of New York, the New York City Department of Education, the Mayor’s Office and Asia Society. Dr. Levine serves on numerous non-profit and double-bottom line boards including the Cooney Center, JumpStart, We Are Family Foundation and Woot Math. He received his PhD in Social Policy from the Heller School at Brandeis University and his Bachelor’s degree from Cornell University.
Julia Levy is the executive director of Sparkler Learning, a family engagement organization that is leading the Big Heart World social and emotional learning initiative in collaboration with Noggin and 30+ organizational partners. Julia has worked for 15+ years at the crossroads of education, policy, and technology. She holds an MBA from Columbia Business School and an AB from Dartmouth College.
