About Us
Simple and effective educational materials that make teachers' lives easier.
Our Story
We are experienced Texas educators who understand the challenges of the classroom. Our mission is to lighten the workload for teachers and administrators by taking the guesswork out of instruction and STAAR® test preparation.
We believe that when educators feel supported, their students thrive. Strategic, effective, and simple to implement, our resources give teachers more room to focus on students, strengthen classroom engagement, and improve outcomes.
Meet the educators and operators guiding Lowman Education's strategy, products, and customer experience.
Alan Lowman
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Alan Lowman
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
With Lowman Education since 2019
Alan Lowman is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of Lowman Education. Born to Texas educators and a product of Texas public schools, Alan's roots in Texas education run deep. Alan has 11 years of experience teaching in Texas middle-school classrooms, where his infectious personality and passion for people inspired both students and teachers alike. Alan founded Lowman Education in 2018 with the mission of creating simple, effective materials to help teachers focus on educating students and improving their performance.
Stephanie Atwell
Chief Education Officer
Stephanie Atwell
Chief Education Officer
With Lowman Education since 2020
Stephanie Atwell oversees all content creation and product delivery at Lowman Education. She draws from 13 years of teaching experience along with her time spent as an instructional coach and a curriculum specialist to provide direction and leadership to the highly talented curriculum team at Lowman Education. Stephanie is passionate about developing quality, structured, and easy-to-implement products to encourage teacher success.
John Lowman
President
John Lowman
President
With Lowman Education since 2019
John Lowman has led growth initiatives at Lowman Education since its infancy. He brings 34 years of experience in Texas public education as a bilingual teacher, coach, and principal. As a trusted advisor, friend, and mentor to hundreds of teachers and administrators across the state, John is passionate about helping Texas educators solve problems and promote learning.
Mary Stockton
Chief Operating Officer
Mary Stockton
Chief Operating Officer
With Lowman Education since 2022
Mary Stockton leads the business operations, customer experience, and sales activities for Lowman Education. As a seasoned educator with 18 years of experience in teaching and administration, Mary has a deep knowledge of district, campus, and classroom rhythms. Mary has a keen ability to anticipate customer needs and leverages her experiences to guide our team on how to best serve our customers.
Our curriculum team builds classroom-ready resources grounded in real Texas instructional experience.
Carrie Rivera
Curriculum Director
Carrie Rivera
Curriculum Director
With Lowman Education since 2022
Carrie Rivera manages multi-disciplinary content creation activities at Lowman Education. Prior to joining our team, Carrie spent 15 years in the Texas education system, serving as a secondary social studies teacher and department chair for 10 years before spending an additional five years as an advanced academics coordinator and curriculum writer.
Brooke Morris
Social Studies Director
Brooke Morris
Social Studies Director
With Lowman Education since 2023
Brooke Morris leads content creation for social studies at Lowman Education. She brings 12 years of experience teaching secondary social studies within two large Texas districts. Brooke has also served on various planning and curriculum committees and TEA's Assessment Educator Committee.
Myka Agnew
Mathematics Director
Myka Agnew
Mathematics Director
With Lowman Education since 2021
Myka Agnew leads all content creation for math at Lowman Education. Her 18 years of secondary teaching experience spans from sixth grade to geometry. Myka's previous experience also includes serving as a math department chair, a district curriculum writer, a mentor teacher, and an instructional coach.
April Cathriner
Curriculum Director
April Cathriner
Curriculum Director
With Lowman Education since 2022
April Cathriner manages all copyediting activities at Lowman Education. She brings eight years of multi-disciplinary teaching experience, including reading language arts, social studies, and writing at both the elementary and secondary levels. April leverages her classroom experience and astute attention to detail to ensure the precision and quality of our products.
Heather McFarland
Mathematics Elementary Specialist
Heather McFarland
Mathematics Elementary Specialist
With Lowman Education since 2023
Heather McFarland concentrates on elementary math content creation. Prior to joining Lowman Education, Heather spent a combined four years teaching math at the elementary and secondary levels. Heather also has previous experience as a collaborative learning facilitator and a campus math lead.
Lindsay Vanderburg
RLA Director
Lindsay Vanderburg
RLA Director
With Lowman Education since 2022
Lindsay Vanderburg leads all content creation for reading language arts. She brings almost 20 years of secondary English language arts and reading teaching experience. During this time, Lindsay also served as a department lead, as an instructional specialist and coach, and as a member of several curriculum selection committees. Lindsay has also worked as a reading specialist and dyslexia teacher.
Taylor Tuttle
RLA High School Specialist
Taylor Tuttle
RLA High School Specialist
With Lowman Education since 2023
Taylor Tuttle specializes in high school reading language arts content creation. She has 10 years of combined middle school and high school teaching experience with additional responsibilities ranging from curriculum selection and writing to instructional coaching and mentorship.
Beth Hamrick
RLA Middle School Specialist
Beth Hamrick
RLA Middle School Specialist
With Lowman Education since 2024
Beth Hamrick specializes in middle school reading language arts content creation. In addition to 20 years of secondary teaching experience, Beth has held leadership roles as a regional professional development coordinator and presenter, a literacy specialist, a curriculum writer, and an instructional coach.
Dale Suther
RLA Elementary Specialist
Dale Suther
RLA Elementary Specialist
With Lowman Education since 2023
Dale Suther specializes in elementary reading language arts content creation. Prior to joining Lowman Education, Dale spent 14 years in the classroom teaching fifth and sixth grade reading language arts. In addition to her teaching responsibilities, Dale served as the reading language arts teaching lead for her campus and was charged with developing curriculum for the district.
Kari Ragain
Middle School Science Specialist
Kari Ragain
Middle School Science Specialist
With Lowman Education since 2023
Kari Ragain specializes in secondary science content creation. She brings five years of experience teaching middle school science and 12 years of experience serving as a middle school instructional specialist and coach. Kari also has experience designing and implementing professional development materials at both the campus and district levels.
Brittany Murray
Science Director
Brittany Murray
Science Director
With Lowman Education since 2023
Brittany Murray specializes in elementary science content creation. She spent 11 years teaching fourth through sixth grade science with most of that time focusing on her passion, fifth grade science, where she also served as the district team leader. Brittany was also an elementary campus instructional facilitator prior to joining our team.
Jennifer Lewis
High School Science Specialist
Jennifer Lewis
High School Science Specialist
With Lowman Education since 2025
Ana Aguilar
Social Studies Specialist
Ana Aguilar
Social Studies Specialist
With Lowman Education since 2025
Regional partners who help districts and campuses find the right Lowman Education support for their goals.
Mitchell Kelley
Regional Sales Representative - South (1, 2, 20)
Mitchell Kelley
Regional Sales Representative - South (1, 2, 20)
With Lowman Education since 2024
Mitchell Kelley leads sales efforts for the south region. His 39-year career in Texas public education includes 23 years of classroom experience teaching world history, geography, and social studies, 12 years as a district administrator, two years as a region center accreditation specialist, and two years working for the TEA. As a former user of Lowman Education products, Mitchell now enjoys the opportunity of introducing the benefits of our products to customers.
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Johnny Gomez
Regional Sales Representative - Gulf Coast (3, 4, 5)
Johnny Gomez
Regional Sales Representative - Gulf Coast (3, 4, 5)
With Lowman Education since 2022
Johnny Gomez leads sales efforts for the gulf coast region. His 10 years of education experience includes two years as a teacher and coach, five years as an assistant principal, and three years as principal. Johnny has played a foundational role in establishing Lowman Education's sales efforts since its infancy. Highly relational, Johnny is passionate about connecting customers with other teachers and administrators who have found success using our products.
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Cullen Carroll
Regional Sales Representative - East (6, 7, 8)
Cullen Carroll
Regional Sales Representative - East (6, 7, 8)
With Lowman Education since 2022
Cullen Carroll leads sales efforts for the east region. Prior to joining, Cullen spent 10 years working at campuses across east Texas as a teacher, a coach, an assistant principal, and a principal. As a principal, Cullen led economically disadvantaged and turnaround campuses back to being academically acceptable. Cullen has a deep knowledge of our products and enjoys helping customers implement them as a means to improve results.
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Forrest Harding
Regional Sales Representative - West (9, 14- 19)
Forrest Harding
Regional Sales Representative - West (9, 14- 19)
With Lowman Education since 2024
Forrest Harding leads sales efforts for the panhandle and west regions. He brings 25 years of experience teaching and coaching across the south plains and Texas panhandle. He is passionate about people and helping introduce the benefits of our products to customers.
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Brent Falls
Regional Sales Representative - North (10,11,12)
Brent Falls
Regional Sales Representative - North (10,11,12)
With Lowman Education since 2022
Brent Falls leads sales efforts for the north region. He has nine years of combined teaching experience in high school English and reading intervention. He was also a high school football, basketball, and powerlifting coach. Before going into education, he worked with a software management company as a trainer and product designer. Brent has deep product knowledge, and he enjoys training customers on how to maximize the benefits of our products.
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From training to digital content and editorial review, this team helps turn ideas into dependable teacher-facing resources.
Jordan Crase
Lowman Digital Team Lead
Jordan Crase
Lowman Digital Team Lead
With Lowman Education since 2023
Jordan Crase manages all content for the company's digital platform, Lowman Digital. She spent seven years as a secondary technology and art teacher and three years working in the insurance sector prior to joining Lowman Education.
Candice Carroll
Lowman Digital Specialist
Candice Carroll
Lowman Digital Specialist
With Lowman Education since 2024
Candice Carroll supports digital content for the company's digital platform, Lowman Digital. After spending four years in business, Candice found her way to the classroom, where she taught at the elementary level for eight years before joining our team.
Misty Bowers
Copy Editor
Misty Bowers
Copy Editor
With Lowman Education since 2023
Misty Bowers is a copy editor for Lowman Education. Her diverse experience includes six years as a secondary reading language arts teacher, nine years in print and broadcast journalism, and seven years as a nonprofit communications director.
Katie Gutierrez
Senior Editor
Katie Gutierrez
Senior Editor
With Lowman Education since 2024
Katie Gutierrez is a copy editor for Lowman Education. She brings a unique blend of experience with six years as a language arts teacher, three years as a librarian, and three years as a newspaper editor.
Ashley Lucio
Copy Editor
Ashley Lucio
Copy Editor
With Lowman Education since 2024
Ashley Lucio is a copy editor for Lowman Education. Before joining the team, she spent 12 years teaching ELA and social studies at both the secondary and post-secondary levels. Additionally, Ashley created district-wide assessments for third through 12th grade and edited supplemental learning materials for K-12 curriculum.
Becky Stephens
Data Entry Specialist
Becky Stephens
Data Entry Specialist
With Lowman Education since 2023
Becky Stephens supports the content load for the curriculum team at Lowman Education. Prior to joining, Becky spent 15 years in the banking and mortgage industry.
Shera Atkins
Copy Editor
Shera Atkins
Copy Editor
With Lowman Education since 2025
Technology, operations, and customer care teammates who keep the platform and the experience running smoothly.
Robert Sorenson
Technology Manager
Robert Sorenson
Technology Manager
With Lowman Education since 2022
Robert Sorenson leads technology operations and solutions for Lowman Education. His extensive experience spans from teaching to data analysis, programming, and application development, making him a versatile and knowledgeable professional in the fields of education and technology. Prior to joining Lowman, Robert spent 14 years at a large Texas district serving in various capacities, including Advanced Data Analyst, Senior Programmer, Director of Data Analysis and Reporting, and Director of Application Development. Robert also has experience as a computer science instructor and program manager.
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Brendan Walton
Full Stack Developer
Brendan Walton
Full Stack Developer
With Lowman Education since 2026
Program Developer and Data Analyst at Richardson ISD - 6 years
Technical Specialist at SG Electronics - 7 years
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Melissa Cavnor
Director of Business Operations
Melissa Cavnor
Director of Business Operations
With Lowman Education since 2020
Melissa Cavnor is part of our business operations and support services team. She brings 18 years of on-campus experience in supporting campus administrators and staff. Melissa brings a unique understanding of the daily rhythms and needs of campuses, and she leverages her knowledge to help anticipate and meet those needs.
Mia McCarthy
Support Services Manager
Mia McCarthy
Support Services Manager
With Lowman Education since 2021
Mia McCarthy is part of our business operations and support services team. Prior to joining, Mia spent four years supporting campus administrators and staff. Before entering into education, Mia spent 16 years as the business manager of her family's multi-location restaurant business.
Robyn Willingham
Customer Support Director
Robyn Willingham
Customer Support Director
With Lowman Education since 2022
Robyn Willingham is part of our business operations and support services team. She also serves as conference coordinator and supports communication activities at Lowman Education. Robyn has 10 years of combined experience teaching RLA, math, and first grade.
Melanie Grant
Customer Support Specialist
Melanie Grant
Customer Support Specialist
With Lowman Education since 2026
Melanie Grant is a part of our business operations and support services team. Prior to joining Lowman Education, she spent 10 years in the classroom teaching upper elementary and middle school Math and Science.
Missy Hefty
Training and Success Coordinator
Missy Hefty
Training and Success Coordinator
With Lowman Education since 2024
Missy Hefty leads our training and customer success efforts at Lowman Education. Prior to joining Lowman Education, Missy spent 11 years teaching, four years as an instructional coach and specialist, 11 years in human resources and one year as a consultant at the Education Service Center at Region 10. She now leverages her diverse experience to help our customers unlock the full benefit of Lowman Education resources and improve their performance as educators.
Courtney Lovins
Media Manager
Courtney Lovins
Media Manager
With Lowman Education since 2025
Courtney Lovins oversees media strategy, communications, and brand engagement at Lowman Education. With over a decade of experience in marketing, content creation, social media strategy, and event management, she brings a strong foundation in digital storytelling and audience engagement to help amplify Lowman’s mission and impact across Texas schools.