Our Leadership
Leadership for the changing landscape of learning and work
Covered Bridge Collective brings together leaders with deep expertise across records, credentials, skills, systems, analytics, strategy, and organizational transformation. Together, we help organizations design the infrastructure that's needed to make learning, skills, and achievement more visible, connected, and actionable.
The Collective
Meet the leadership team
Our leadership team combines strategic vision with operational, technical, and logistical expertise. Drawing from experience across education, workforce, technology, and employer ecosystems, our advisors help organizations navigate complex challenges at the intersection of learning and work.
Clients engage with Covered Bridge Collective in ways that best fit their needs- through the full team, individual advisors, or in tailored combinations of expertise aligned to specific goals, initiatives, and opportunities.
Chief Technology Officer
Chief Executive Officer
Casey Cotita
Darin R. Hobbs
Casey Cotita brings expertise in enterprise technology, systems engineering, and collaboration platforms. He helps organizations translate technical complexity into secure, scalable solutions that support long-term interoperability.
Darin R. Hobbs brings expertise in academic records, digital credentials, and learner record strategy. He helps organizations connect policy, systems, and strategy to design clearer pathways between learning and opportunity.
Chief Administrative Officer
Board Member
Melissa Clark
Debra Coleman
Alas Cotita
Melissa Clark brings expertise in skills strategy, learning ecosystems, and operational design. She helps organizations turn emerging ideas into practical models, governance structures, and implementation pathways.
Debra Coleman brings expertise in executive operations, communications, and organizational coordination. She helps organizations create the structure, clarity, and continuity needed to move complex initiatives into execution.
Alas Cotita brings expertise in data analytics, technical standards, and learner record innovation. She helps organizations connect data quality, standards, and implementation planning to make complex records more usable.
Chief Strategy Officer
Chief Policy & Governance Officer
Ken Sauer, Ph.D.
Ken Sauer brings expertise in strategies for how states, systems, and institutions can best implement digital credentialing and related data systems. He helps organizations assess the viability of alternative pathways to do this.
Our Leadership Philosophy
Leadership in service of clearer pathways
We believe learning, skills, and achievement should be represented in ways that are portable, legible, and trusted across systems. Our leadership approach brings strategy, standards, operations, and technology together so clients can build infrastructure that reflects the realities of modern learning and work.
Ready to build modern pathways?
Connect with Covered Bridge Collective to explore how our leadership team can support your strategy, standards, systems, and implementation goals.