Judy Perez has been identified as a national-level expert in K-12 online and blended learning by the U.S. Department of Education. Prior to founding the iLearn Collaborative, she directed districtwide blended learning at Jeffco Public Schools and led their online school from turnaround status to performance accreditation. Perez’s 29-year career in education includes roles as science teacher, assistant principal, principal, district leader, and CAO for the Charter School Institute at the Colorado Department of Education. She has led districtwide and statewide implementations in innovative learning environments impacting more than 50 Colorado school districts. She led and developed Colorado’s largest statewide multi-district online middle school and a districtwide blended learning program for Colorado’s largest school district. She is  recognized as a national expert in blended and online learning contributing to research for the U.S. Department of Education, iNACOL, the state of Colorado, and numerous publications. Judy has consulted for the Secretary of Education in Manizales, Colombia, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, the ASCENT Initiative, and other international agencies.
