About Global Grid for Learning (GG4L),
a Public Benefit Corporation:
Founded in 2018, GG4L offers a secure, private data exchange for the education ecosystem. GG4L’s product School Passport® serves 30,000+ schools, 15 million students, and hundreds of EdTech vendors.
Our zero-trust data exchange platform offers PII Shield. It aims to protect the Personally Identifiable Information (PII) of students, educators, and staff in K-12 educational institutions. The solution offers data encryption, role-based access control, and audit logs to ensure the secure handling of sensitive information. Additionally, PII Shield complies with relevant data protection laws and regulations, such as the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA). With industry-leading PII Shield protection, GG4L advocates for open standards based data integrations, governed data exchange, and strict data privacy compliance.


Robert Iskander
Chairman & CEO

Michael King
Chief Growth Officer

Larry Smith
Chief Technology Officer

Alex Stasuk
Chief of Staff

Sergiy Panchuk
SVP of Engineering

Leo Brehm
SVP of Technology & Innovation

Wallace Reeves
SVP of Client Operations

Lisa Dean
VP of Marketing

Padraig O'Shea
VP of Vendor Business Development

Tamara Rubbelke
VP of Vendor Engagement

Jennifer Johnson
VP of School & District Engagement

Nick Garvin
VP of Product
Impact Initiatives
As a Delaware Public Benefit Corporation, GG4L maintains significant mission focused initiatives to support students and schools around the world. Our primary initiative today is developing Career Readiness for students, beginning in their high school years while the Safer Schools Initiative focuses on school safety.
Our Sponsors
GG4L is funded through corporate and philanthropic partnerships. As a mission driven Public Benefit Corporation, we solicit financial pledges from various impact driven organizations to underwrite the operational expenses of our core platform and to subsidize the cost of EdTech solutions offered by the members of our collaborative. GG4L welcomes your support.