Overview

Gender

male

Mr. Girn earned his B.S. with honors from the University of Toronto, his early education certification from Vanguard University, and his Association Montessori Internationale primary level training from Dr. Silvia Dubovoy of the Montessori Institute of San Diego.

Mr. Girn joined LePort’s fledgling upper elementary and junior high program in 2003, and spent the next five years teaching and designing the first draft of LePort’s math and science curriculum. Over this period, he found himself increasingly involved in projects and responsibilities across the organization. In 2008, Mr. Girn formally accepted the role of LePort’s strategic director, and with it the mandate to create and implement a vision of a growing network of schools embodying LePort’s Knowledge for Life approach.

In 2010, now with an intimate knowledge of LePort’s curriculum, pedagogy, business practices, and strategic needs, Mr. Girn was promoted to the position of Chief Executive Officer. In his first three years on the job, he restructured the organizational hierarchy of the company, built an exceptional executive team, developed the company’s growth strategy, and instilled in LePort a mania for both pedagogical rigor and excellent customer service–while almost tripling the size of the organization. Mr. Girn’s goal over the coming years is to develop a scalable prototype for LePort’s curriculum, pedagogy, and business model, starting from its Montessori infant care programs and eventually going through high school—and in so doing, laying the groundwork necessary to bring LePort’s exceptional education to as many children as possible.