Meet the Team behind OnToCollege

After a 25-year career in sports marketing at IMG/Husker Sports Marketing and in sales and management in local radio, Joni joined the OnToCollege team in order to use her sales and marketing skills to help spread the word about the OnToCollege mission. Her passion for responsible personal finance makes the “minimal debt” part of the mission her priority.

She has a new husband, three children and two dogs. Kylie is a graduate of the University of Nebraska at Omaha and has no student loans. Delaney graduated from Peru State College, and also has no student debt. Sam also studied at Peru State, where he earned a full tuition scholarship thanks to his four-point ACT increase after taking the OnToCollege course.

Joni enjoys spending time with her husband Rob, her kids, and her mutts, Thor and Loki. She loves to play tennis and captains her USTA team, and likes to read, hike and bike.

Contact: Joni@OnToCollege.com

Betsy has worked with school districts for the past seven years.  Prior to OnToCollege, she worked with Schoolfinances.com which provides reliable management and planning information to school districts to help schools become more “data-based” in their planning and decision-making.

Betsy and her husband Kevin have two boys, Spencer and Mason. She enjoys volunteering at her kids’ schools and playing many sports with her kids.  She also loves to spend time with her family at their cabin, enjoying many water activities.

Contact: Betsy@OnToCollege.com

Ken has spent the last 25 years working in public education as a teacher, athletic director, dean of students, coach, assistant principal, and finally as a MS/HS principal for the last seven years. He graduated from Hope College (Holland, MI) with a BA in Kinesiology and a minor in English and received his MA in Educational Leadership from Western Michigan University.

Ken lives in North Muskegon, MI. with his wife Jessica and four children. When Ken isn’t working, you can find him coaching, attending sporting activities,  traveling or doing yard work. 

Ken is excited to join OnToCollege and to give the students of Michigan the opportunity to see growth in their scores, and more importantly, growth as learners.

Contact: Ken@OnToCollege.com

Donna has worked with school districts for the past twenty-nine years. She has worked as a teacher, assistant principal, elementary school principal, middle school principal, high school principal, and principal & superintendent of a charter school prior to OnToCollege. Donna is very passionate about the way OnToCollege improved her students’ scores in her school over the past three years. Her students increased from 56.1% to 75% of her students scoring a 17 or higher on the ACT.

Donna and her fiancé’ reside in Washington, NC.  She enjoys spending time with her adult children and their spouses. Together they have six children: Trey, Justin, Dylan, Joseph, Jordan and Meghan. Donna’s favorite place is the beach.

Contact: Donna@OnToCollege.com

Becky is a graduate of the OnToCollege Program and was wowed by the results as a high school student by jumping 2 points after OnToCollege, even after having jumped 4 points by studying on her own! Becky studied Actuarial Science at the University of Nebraska at Lincoln. She has been with OnToCollege since 2012.

Becky and her three children live in Chesterfield, MO. She enjoys attending her kids’ school and sporting activities, reading a good book, and almost anything outdoors.

Contact: Becky@OnToCollege.com

Deb worked for 20 years in the credit card industry for First Data and American Express. She held positions in operations, as vice president of corporate settlement, and senior vice president of client relations. Deb’s role at OnToCollege is to keep the “wheels on the bus.”   

She is married and has two grown children.  Deb enjoys spending time with her family, golfing, reading, gardening, skiing, and anything outdoors.

Contact: Deb@OnToCollege.com

Liz was a teacher for 30 years with Omaha Public Schools. She has a degree in Elementary Education and Theology from Briar Cliff College and an endorsement from Concordia University in English as a Second Language.

She is married with one son who is an OnToCollege graduate.  Their son attends the University of Nebraska at Omaha with a major in Computer Science and Media Design.  Liz loves to walk, read and volunteer.

Contact:  Liz@OnToCollege.com

Heidi worked in university donor and alumni relations for 16 years as a public relations and fundraising assistant, director of membership and online services, and assistant magazine editor. She holds business degrees from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and the University of Missouri-Columbia. She is a former adjunct faculty member for the College of Business Administration at the University of Nebraska at Omaha, teaching business communication.

She is married with three children. One attends Penn Law, one is a senior at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and one is a freshman at MIZZOU. Heidi loves reading, traveling, and volunteering in the community.

Contact: Heidi@OnToCollege.com

Adam is a Norfolk, Nebraska, native and OnToCollege alum from Norfolk Catholic High School. He graduated from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in 2016 with a degree in business management.

He began his career in video production in 2012 after being hired as a student intern at HuskerVision, and worked closely with the athletic department to create video content and produce live events. In 2017, he accepted a two-year full-time internship position with HuskerVision.

Upon completion of his internship, Adam accepted a position at OnToCollege as a full-time video production specialist to oversee all the video, editing, and media needs for the company.

Contact:  Adam@OnToCollege.com

John Baylor graduated from Middlesex School and then Stanford University. Tens of thousands of students have taken OnToCollege’s (formerly John Baylor Prep’s) in-person and online ACT® and SAT® courses.

John’s contrarian test-taking techniques have inspired students for more than two decades–improving scores, scholarships, and college choices. Used by more than 425 high schools in 23 states, OTC’s online classes routinely increase an entire high school’s ACT average score 1-3 points and SAT average score 50-200 points.

Since 1994, John has been the radio voice of University of Nebraska Volleyball. John is also a father, husband, author, tennis player, and golfer.

Contact: John@OnToCollege.com

Lauren began working for OnToCollege while studying mechanical engineering at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.  She, her husband David, and their daughter Natalie live on a farm in Ohio.

She works in a variety of roles at OnToCollege.  One of our master teachers, Lauren is also the content expert and head researcher.  She also tutors for the ACT®, SAT®, GRE®, GMAT®, and LSAT® tests. Lauren scored a 36 on the ACT and was a National Merit Scholar.

Lauren loves gardening, cooking, and knitting, and she sells her results at her local farmers’ market.  Lauren also sings and plays piano for her church music team and teaches chemistry and physics for a homeschool high school co-op.

Contact: Lauren@OnToCollege.com

Bhagya graduated with Distinction and Honors from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln with a bachelor’s degree in Political Science and Mathematics. At UNL, she held various internships with state government, non-profits, and law firms, worked as a math tutor, test prep mentor, and teaching assistant for UNL and local students, and mentored K-12 students. Her achievements include the 2022 Journal Star Inspire Awards Young Leader Award Finalist, 2022 UNL Homecoming Royalty Finalist, 2023 Nebraska Admiralship, 2023 NHRI Stuart Award Recipient, UNL Regents Scholar, UNL Honors Scholar, and UNL Jayne Wade Anderson Scholar.

In high school, she scored in the 99th percentile nationwide on the ACT and SAT and received a perfect score on the SAT Math II Subject Test. She was part of the top 5% of her graduating class, was featured in the Journal Star Class Acts & the Omaha World-Herald Honorable Academic Mentions, was awarded numerous athletic and academic letters/recognitions, and was the 2019 NHRI Outstanding Leadership Mentee Award Recipient.

Outside of OnToCollege, Bhagya continues to mentor students and invest in the greater good through community engagement and service. She enjoys traveling with friends and family, cooking, learning, and reading a good book with a delicious cup of masala chai!

Contact: Bhagya@OnToCollege.com

​Cassie has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Secondary Mathematics Education and a master’s degree in Counseling with a concentration in PK-12. She taught Mathematics at Omaha Central High School for 18 years. During her time at Central, she was a district assessment/curriculum writer and coached JV/Varsity girls soccer and JV boys soccer. In 2021, she received the Alice Buffett Outstanding Teacher award.

When she is not teaching for OnToCollege, Cassie and her husband Eric form the West Mortgage Group at Fairway Independent Mortgage.

Cassie has two daughters, Ella and Anna, and a dog Wrigley. Ella enjoys playing soccer, softball, basketball, and reading. Anna enjoys playing soccer, softball, basketball, tumbling, and playing the piano. Cassie coaches Ella’s soccer team and Anna’s Girls On The Run team. As a family, they love to spend time at their cabin, playing in the lake and river, kayaking, and hiking. Cassie also enjoys singing, gardening, doing crosswords, and playing cribbage.

Contact: Cassie@OnToCollege.com