Our Team

As President and CEO of Clarity Innovations, Thor Prichard leads a team of professionals with the unique expertise necessary to meaningfully transform the process and practices of education. His effort is focused on multiplying the effectiveness of clients working towards a vision for teaching and learning in a global society.

Carrie Baker is a Content Developer for Clarity Innovations. She develops online and face-to-face professional development curriculum and conducts teacher trainings both in the United States and Internationally. Carrie has worked in education for over fifteen years as a teacher, talented and gifted specialist, math and science curriculum developer, and teacher-trainer.

Steven has been working for Clarity Innovations for the past five and a half years as Manager of Content and Research. He oversees the development of new solutions for Clarity's clients which typically involves blending research-based practices with emerging technologies. He's paying a lot of attention right now to the educational potential of Web 2.0, content syndication and mobile devices.

Whether building software from concept or developing products using multiple languages, Josh is very exacting. When you add that precision to his strong interpersonal skills, you get a team member who delivers the product in a very satisfactory way.

Julia Fischer is an educator turned content developer for Clarity. As a classroom teacher Julia used innovative teaching methods and materials with her middle school students. Julia discovered online learning and took courses which led to facilitating online courses as well as writing content for these courses in multiple platforms. She transitioned to a district level position where she planned, facilitated and supported professional staff development.

Peggy is a content developer for Clarity Innovations, working primarily on educational content for the Web and for online and face-to-face training in project-based-learning and technology integration.

Stefanie Hausman is a Content Developer at Clarity Innovations, where she creates online tools and resources for K-12 teachers and students. Stefanie has been working in education for almost twenty years. She has had varied teaching, teacher training, and curriculum development experiences in the United States and internationally.

Mary is a full-time writer and expert-level Microsoft Office and Internet specialist. She grew up surrounded by science, technology, and education (being a close relative of engineers and educators) and has more than a decade of electronic and print publishing and design experience, including hands-on experience in the book, animation, magazine, newspaper, courseware, educational, advertising/marketing, and Web publishing industries.

With a love for learning and teaching, Biz Northup has had the opportunity to teach a broad spectrum of learners. Her 23 years of teaching experience spans from Kindergarten through Adults. At the elementary level, she taught all content areas for K – 3 grades and at the adult level, the focus was on professional development for curriculum mapping, facilitating learning and instructional delivery, and technology integration.

As a content developer for Clarity, Judi Yost develops online and face-to-face professional development curriculum, assists countries in their adaptation of training materials, and conducts professional development trainings—most notably for the Intel® Teach Program.