Meet Our Team

Paul Krause is the vice provost for external education at Cornell University and the Executive Director of eCornell.

Krause leads the university-wide effort to extend Cornell education to non-traditional students. He collaborates with academic units and faculty to plan and manage both open enrollment and custom learning programs.

Responsibilities include oversight of online professional development offerings through eCornell. The office also provides design, development, delivery, and recruitment operations for online and blended professional master’s degree programs. Cornell’s professional programs support lifelong learning for individuals who are interested in career advancement or pursuing academic interests. They also support organizational goals for workforce learning and development.

Since 2014, Krause has led Cornell’s efforts to drive online learning innovation and growth through eCornell. Previously, he worked as a senior leader in the EdTech and professional education industry.

He holds an MBA from the University of Rochester and a Bachelor of Science from Cornell University.

Megan Burke is responsible for overseeing brand, communications and digital media initiatives and strategy across eCornell, helping Cornell University reach non-traditional and underserved audiences across the globe with a wide range of faculty-authored programs.

Prior to bringing her deep digital and web expertise to Cornell, Megan served as CMO of an innovative graduate-level online education program in Washington, DC.

Megan is a summa cum laude graduate of Cornell University’s College of Arts and Sciences. She holds a BA in New Media and Visual Studies.

Jim Morris is Senior Vice President of Enterprise Programs for eCornell. Jim is responsible for eCornell’s client-facing team that works with domestic and international corporate clients. He also collaborates with Cornell University’s Executive Education teams. Jim has over 25 years experience working with various technology and learning companies, at which he focused on building, motivating and leading high-performing sales teams.

Prior to joining eCornell, Jim held several key sales leadership positions at Apple, SkillSoft and the New York Stock Exchange. Jim holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Administration from St. Ambrose University.

Lisa is responsible for the growth of eCornell’s student enrollments. She works with her team to ensure that individuals considering professional development choose the program that aligns most closely with their career goals, and that the eCornell student experience meets Ivy League expectations.

She was promoted to this position in November, 2013 after serving two years as Assistant Vice President, two years as Retail Manager and four years as Enrollment Counselor.

Prior to joining eCornell, Lisa held various management positions within the newspaper industry. Most recently she led an advertising sales team with Gannett, a Fortune 500 media company. Lisa has earned eCornell’s Master Certificate of Human Resources and is now working on the Marketing Strategy Certificate.

Chad Oliveiri has served as eCornell’s Vice President of Curriculum Development since February, 2012. He sets eCornell’s online content design and development strategies and leads teams responsible for their execution.

Previously, Chad served as Manager of Content Development for Element K, an online learning company in Rochester, New York. He led teams of instructional designers and graphic designers in creating award-winning online learning solutions for global corporate clients.

Before joining Element K, Chad worked for the Rochester alternative newsweekly City Newspaper for eight years, the last five as Managing Editor.

Chad is a 1997 graduate of Michigan State University’s School of Journalism.

As eCornell’s Director of Product Management, Sally Berkowitz represents the voice of the customer. She is responsible for driving innovation in our products by creating new content, features and product lines to support our customers growing and evolving needs. Prior to joining eCornell Sally was the Director of Events at a communications agency in the Boston area where she was responsible for developing and executing events for 20 – 1500 attendees. Sally holds a B.A. from Skidmore College in Saratoga Spring, NY where she studied Sociology and Studio Art.