TEAM
Founders
Anne Desmond, Co-Founder and Executive Director
Anne is the co-creator of Bent On Learning’s curriculum and training for middle and high school students. After many years of teaching yoga to teens in New York City classrooms, she currently serves as Executive Director, overseeing all aspects of the organization and ensuring excellence in the organization’s operations and program.
Anne received a Bachelor of Science degree from Drexel University.Prior to Bent On Learning, she worked in technology as a ‘woman who codes’. She has been practicing yoga since 1995.
Jennifer Ford, Co-Founder
In addition to 200-hour RYT certification, Jennifer holds teaching certificates for pre- and post-natal yoga, yoga for labor and delivery, and Yoga for the Special Child™, which focuses on yoga for children with autism spectrum disorders, cerebral palsy, and Down syndrome. She has been practicing yoga since 1995.
Jennifer holds a Master’s degree in Education from The New School for Social Research and for many years taught in the New York City public school system. It was her experimentation with yoga in the classroom that convinced her that yoga was a powerful, positive tool for young people, especially those with learning disabilities. She fully believes that yoga’s physical and philosophical framework is a natural complement to today’s conventional education system. She is combining her life passions: kids, yoga… and FUN!
Board of Directors
Paul Kesicki
Vice President, Commercial Real Estate, TD Bank, N.A.
Jennifer Moore, Board Chair
Senior Vice President and Head of Talent, Standard Industries
Shaival Shah
Research Data & Analytics at Ashler Capital
Associate Board
Ann Senflug, CPA, Associate Board Chair
Senior Manager, Ernst & Young
Julia Kaback
Development Assistant, Education Alliance
Jessica Ledingham
Pharmaceutical & Life Sciences Consulting at PwC
Piyush Ranjan Satapathy
Product Management Executive
Thomas White
Senior Associate, Strategy&
For information about becoming a member of our Board of Directors or Associate Board, please email us at info@bentonlearning.org.
