Meet the Team behind OnToCollege

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

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

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

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 three children and a dog. Kylie is a graduate of the University of Nebraska at Omaha and has no student loans. Delaney is a senior at Peru State College, and she also has no student debt to date. Sam is a sophomore 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 kids, her husband Rob, and her little mutt, Thor. She loves to play tennis and captains her USTA team, and likes to read, hike and bike.

Contact: joni@ontocollege.com

Ali has a strong background in marketing, design, and communication with experience at a marketing agency and an in-house marketing team before joining OnToCollege. 

She is passionate about the way OnToCollege can improve lives of students and teachers, and she credits her perfect ACT English score (and her mom) for her continued love for writing and grammar.

In her free time, Ali is busy planning her upcoming wedding, practicing cello, and reading books.

Contact: ali@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 children. Her son attends Colorado State University, and her daughter attends South Dakota School of Mines and Technology. Deb enjoys spending time with her family, golfing, gardening, skiing, and anything outdoors.

Contact: deb@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 has graduated from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and is headed to law school, one is a current UNL student, and one is in high school. Heidi loves reading, traveling, and volunteering in the community.

Contact: heidi@ontocollege.com

Sharon worked as a substitute teacher for Blair Community Schools for 10 years while helping her husband on the family farm.  Previously she taught 4th  Grade and Title I Math and Reading for 10 years at Tekamah Elementary.  She has a Bachelor’s in Elementary Education from the University of Nebraska at Omaha and a Masters in Curriculum and Instruction from Wayne State College.

She is married with two children who attend Blair High School.  Sharon loves spending time with her family while supporting the many sports and 4H competitions that her children compete in.

Contact:  sharon@ontocollege.com

Brenda Cary worked 18 years at Millard West High School in the Counseling Office. In this role, Brenda was instrumental in helping students prepare for their college journey. She also worked closely with parents as they helped plan for their child’s next chapter in post-secondary education. Brenda brings her knowledge to the families and schools at OnToCollege.

Brenda and her husband of 37 years reside in Dallas and have three grown children, graduates from Creighton University and University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She enjoys spending time with her twin grandsons, quilting, and traveling.

Contact:  brenda@ontocollege.com

Dee earned a degree in electrical engineering from the University of California, Davis.  She teaches group classes for OnToCollege as well as one-on-one tutoring.  She is also involved in content development and research.

Dee has been married to her husband Brad for over 25 years.  She homeschooled her three children who all scored 32 and above on the ACT and have all now graduated from college.  She enjoys mentoring young moms and attending Nebraska Huskers’ sporting events with her husband.

Contact: dee@ontocollege.com

Lauren began working for OnToCollege while studying mechanical engineering at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.  She, her husband David, and their two kids 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.  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