sam kuttner

Group collaborator: Consultant + trainer

Sam’s passion for creating passionate, thoughtful and equity-focused leaders brought him to the work of The Group Forward. Sam has spent his career focused on Learning & Development and High Performance Management Culture, in a variety of different settings. Spanning from the Nonprofit to the SaaS tech world has given him keen insight into what it means to both be a successful first time manager, and also manage folks who are later in their careers.

Currently, Sam is the Senior Manager of Learning and Performance at BrainPOP, an education-technology company. In this role Sam oversees the employee lifecycle regarding performance management, goal setting, professional development and upskilling- as well as BrainPOPs internal manager training program.

Sam holds a degree in International Relations from Boston University and a Masters Degree in Educational Administration from Christian Brothers University. He has also been a recipient of the Dorot Fellowship in Israel, and the New Israel Fund’s Shatil Social Justice Fellowship.