About LEC

Bio | Philosophy | Team

Bio – Carolyn Lindstrom, President

Carolyn Lindstrom, President of Lindstrom Education Consulting, is an educator, business woman, wife and mother. For the past twenty, Carolyn has dedicated herself to the improvement of education by being a teacher, director and administrator. 

Carolyn began her career as a 7th and 8th grade teacher in Ripon, CA. During this time she was also Lead Teacher and advisor for many extra-curricular school activities. After Carolyn moved to San Diego, she became Director of a private high school. She later moved to the District Office where she became COO/CFO and Managing Partner of the private high school district. Carolyn was responsible for managing 4 private high schools, located in Orange and San Diego Counties. After 13 years in private, for-profit, education, and five years in public school education, she decided to begin her own education consulting firm.

Lindstrom Education Consulting was developed to help schools realize they need to be better advocates of themselves and their students. Carolyn's unique background in for-profit management of schools, plus her hands-on training and experience with accreditation of alternative educational programs, as well as her education and background in college counseling and course development allows for a very rich perspective of charter programs and for-profit education industry. Coupled with her strong belief that education should be managed from both a business and curriculum perspective, there is no doubt that Carolyn can help both private and charter schools understand the importance that a strong mission, a strong administration, and a strong sense of school will ensure sustained student success.

She earned her B.A. degree from St. Mary’s College of California in Moraga, California in 1988 and earned Master’s Degrees in Education Administration and Special Education from Chapman University in Orange County in 1994 and 1999 respectively.

Carolyn has been married for 17 years and has two wonderful sons. She is active in her sons’ schools, where she is currently a Reading teacher, as well as a volunteer in the Parent Teachers’ Association (PTA) as Treasurer for both La Mesa Dale Elementary and La Mesa Middle Schools in the San Diego area.

Carolyn also owns a karate studio, where she is a 3rd degree Dan.

Professional Affiliations:

Member - Western Association of College Admission Counselors

Member - National Association of College Admission Counselors

  Member – National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO)

  Member – Education Industry Association (EIA)

                  Planning Committee Member – National EIA Convention - 2008

  Visiting Committee Member - Western Association of Schools and College -1999-                                               2007

  Member – California Charter School Association

  Member – ACSD

Philosophy

Schools need to be run as a business– and a successful business at that. The future of our children is riding on it.

It is crucial to understand how the financial stability of a school, or any educational institution, affects the quality of education. Too many schools / educational businesses fail to recognize the importance of having quality operational systems in place to manage the administration of the program. It doesn’t matter how “good” the education program is if the business is not managed properly. Proper financial management and a strong administrative program are imperative to the success of any education-related business.

Lindstrom Education Consulting (LEC) advises educational businesses in the implementation of the best systems to promote education programs. With twenty years of direct experience in public and private education, LEC can provide “guidance” in how to establish, maintain and improve any educational programs’ business systems.

The motivation for LEC is to establish and promote quality education programs for all students – our mission is to make sure your business success is your student’s academic success.

Team

Robert Lindstrom, Ed.D
Dr. Robert Lindstrom’s career in education spans four decades.  Currently retired, he remains active in the industry through various positions, including President of Stay in School Motors Sports and Advisor to LEC. Previously, he was the Co-Founder and Vice President for a technology company that provided technology in public schools, was the co-owner of the only for-profit, accredited architecture college in the U.S., and a Board Member of for-profit, alternative high schools in California. He taught at both the University of Southern California (USC) and the University of Pepperdine, as well as consulted and wrote the Superintendent In-Service Program for the Association of California School Administrators (ACSA).  His experience also includes being Superintendent of K-8, rural and urban school districts and Deputy Superintendent of the second largest School District. in the state of California. He was a School Principal for grades K – 8, and taught elementary school for grades 3 – 8. He graduated from USC with an Ed.D in Education Administration and Leadership and received his B.A. and M.A. degrees from Long Beach State.

Christine Drew
Christine Drew is the Chief Consultant and President of Phoenix Systems, LLC, a company which specializes in putting research efforts into practice in the classroom. Christine and the Phoenix team have created teacher instructional software based on state standards and assessments, conducted teacher training in multiple states, and worked with schools and districts to implement technology tools in the classroom. Responsible for creating mirror state assessments for Georgia, Florida, California and Texas, as well as other states throughout the U.S., and a former middle school teacher herself, Christine always sees the ultimate goal as improving measured student achievement.

Kathy Megazzi 

Kathy Megazzi has been an educator for 24 years working as a teacher, Vice-Principal, Foundation President, and Principal in grades K-12.  She also has been an Adjunct Professor at Vanguard University in Costa Mesa, California, where she taught adult learners in the Organizational Management major.  Although teaching and administration is a gift, her passion is school accreditation.  She has gained extensive experience with over 20 years as a visitation team chairperson and member, and has been a part of taking several schools through their accreditation visits with the accrediting agencies of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges and the Association of Christian Schools International. Mrs. Megazzi earned her BA degree from Humboldt State University in Arcata, California and a Master’s degree in Education Administration from California State University, Bakersfield, where she was nominated as a ‘Who’s Who’ in American Universities.

Lynn Scheurell
Lynn M. Scheurell, Creative Catalyst, works with leaders and decision makers who want to define and experience success by their own definition.  Capitalizing on nearly 20 years of corporate management experience, as well as intense personal development (including innovation and systems thinking, high sensitivity cultivation, coaching techniques and technology training), Lynn brings all of who she is and what she does to support intentional change with and for her clients. As a practical visionary, idea generator and trainer, she helps people understand where they are in relationship to their ideal in order to make it happen more quickly and easily. Her corporate experience in a variety of environments includes: team development, management training, resource development, sales presentations, a broad range of marketing, strategic planning, goal setting, motivation, diversity sensitivity, executive coaching, space planning and working through the implementation of a merger between two national and well-established family service organizations.