Heather Staker is a senior research fellow for the education practice at the Clayton Christensen Institute for Disruptive Innovation. She has appeared on radio and television and in legislative hearings nationwide as a spokesperson for blended learning, competency-based learning, and student-centered design. Major publications Staker has authored or co-authored include "The Rise of K−12 Blended Learning," "Classifying K−12 Blended Learning," and "Is K−12 Blended Learning Disruptive?"Named by Scholastic as one of the Five People to Watch in Education in 2012, Staker has written articles for Education Next, Deseret News, and THE Journal, as well as appeared as the keynote speaker at over 20 education and innovation conferences across the country. Staker is also the co-producer of Brain Chase, a 6-week worldwide learning adventure disguised as a massive treasure hunt for K−8 students during summer vacation.Prior to the Christensen Institute, Staker worked as a strategy consultant for McKinsey & Company, served as a member of the California State Board of Education during Governor Pete Wilson's administration, taught U.S. history as a teaching fellow at Harvard University, started a co-op preschool, and marketed Oil of Olay for Proctor & Gamble. She holds a BA in government from Harvard University and an MBA from the Harvard Business School. She is happily married to Allan Staker, and together they are raising five spirited children.