Featured Speaker on 05.01.2024

Geoff has been an educator since 2001.  First as a history, law, and government teacher at Manhattan’s Beacon School, and later as an experiential educator and non-profit program director. Geoff has developed a passion for working with adolescents to help them become confident, thoughtful adults.  As Director of Enrollment for CATES Tutoring, Geoff manages and oversees business development and partnerships with individuals, businesses, and educational institutions in NYC and around the world.  

Before teaching, Geoff worked in book publishing, and found his way back to books as part owner of two (now closed) book and game stores in Massachusetts and New York.  Between his for-profit and non-profit work, Geoff has 25 years experience of building relationships with organizations and individuals. He is an avid hiker/camper and nerd, enjoying comics, board games, and reading recent Supreme Court decisions.  Geoff lives in Park Slope, Brooklyn with his fiancée, Erin, and their cat, Luna, who has been on a rent strike for 15 years.

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