Stephen Lathroum (Management Seminar) is Vice President, Digital Strategy & Business Development of eScholastic, a division of Scholastic Inc., the global children’s publishing and media company. In his role Stephen is responsible for working with the company’s numerous business units to plan and execute digital strategies leveraging the company’s award-winning web site, Scholastic.com, to drive new business opportunities. He is also responsible for managing the company’s Digital Services team and oversees the company’s e-commerce for education professionals.

Prior to this position Stephen held a number of senior management roles in his more than 10 years at Scholastic. Most recently he served as Vice President, Business Development & Operations for the company’s professional and consumer magazine business, and has worked on the Corporate Strategic Planning team where he focused on the sale of non-core company assets. Stephen has also held management positions in several national magazine publishing companies including Newsweek Inc., TV Guide and Primedia.

Stephen is a graduate of Loyola College in Maryland and holds an MBA with distinction from Cornell University.