People
Decision Partners is passionate about serving critical non-academic needs of high school and college students. With backgrounds in teaching, computer science, non-profit management and educational product development, we are driven to provide fresh perspectives in the education of students.

But, most of all, Decision Partners reflects YOU - the educators, students, and parents who want to cultivate a culture of knowledge and responsibility among tomorrow's adults.

Austin Jackson
Founder and CEO
Austin Jackson has over 10 years of experience developing educational products for students and universities. Prior to founding Decision Partners, he directed the marketing efforts of Outside the Classroom, a for-profit educational company that sells online alcohol prevention courses to over 400 colleges. He has also served in senior marketing roles for Mascot Network, a venture-backed communication technology company, and Alloy (formerly YouthStream Media), Inc., a publicly-traded youth marketing company that developed 6degrees.com, the first social marketing website. Jackson also founded Westover Communications, an internet publishing company that was acquired by Alloy in 1998. Jackson holds a BA from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

James Pfeiffer
Vice President of Customer Development
Jim Pfeiffer brings over 30 years of experience in not-for-profit management, planning, sales and marketing to Decision Partners. Jim is particularly skilled in helping organizations introduce new products and services to a national audience. Most recently, he helped the Institute for Healthcare Improvement double its membership base. Prior to IHI, he helped the Picker Institute become an international leader in health care patient surveying. Jim has taught several courses at the college level and he holds a Master of Social Welfare degree from the University of California at Los Angeles.

Kathleen Manning Robinson
Vice President of Learning Programs
Kathleen Robinson brings to Decision Partners a rich background in technology enabled learning, teaching, and professional development. Before joining Decision Partners, she held leadership positions in professional development and product development at Co-nect, an educational consulting firm. There she developed and delivered in-person and online training modules to academic professionals in schools throughout the United States. At Tom Snyder Productions, an educational technology company, Kathleen designed and led over 130 professional development workshops and seminars for teachers and administrators. She has classroom teaching experience at the elementary and high school levels. Kathleen holds an undergraduate degree from Gettysburg College and a masters degree in Technology in Education from Harvard University.