Betsey Schmidt
CEO and Founder

Elizabeth (Betsey) Hun Schmidt is the founder and CEO of MeshEd, a Public Benefit Corporation, whose mission is to close the opportunity gap of access to innovative learning experiences that prepare K12 learners for fulfilling, next-gen careers. Betsey has worked as an educator and learning designer for nearly 30 years. Since 2010, she has led large-scale educational R&D initiatives in both the public and private sector. Betsey served as Chief Curriculum and Innovation Officer at Ascend Learning in central Brooklyn, where she led the design of a vibrant K12 lliberal arts curriculum that between 2015 and 2017 helped Ascend students close the achievement gap of race in New York State. Betsey holds a PhD in American Literature from New York University and a BA from Wesleyan University, where she served as a trustee from 2016-2019. She has taught at Barnard College, The New School, Sarah Lawrence College. Currently, she teaches Edtech Entrepreneurship at NYU Steinhart's MA program in Learning Technology and Experience Design and innovative learning design (curricula, architecture, + digital tools) to graduate students at Wesleyan. Betsey lives in Brooklyn and is the mother of two recent college graduates.