Scholastic Corporation announced Jeffrey Mathews has been named Executive Vice President, Corporate Development and Investor Relations. In the new role for the Company, Mr. Mathews will be a member of the executive committee, focused on identifying and evaluating investment and partnership opportunities to accelerate Scholastic's growth across its leading businesses. He will also be the Company's key point of contact with the investment community, working directly with Company leadership to strengthen the organization's shareholder engagement and its strategy for long-term value creation.

Effective immediately, Mr. Mathews will report to Scholastic President and CEO Peter Warwick in New York. Most recently, Mr. Mathews was Managing Partner at Gagnier Communications, a boutique strategic financial communications and investor relations agency serving clients across North America, Asia and Europe. There he provided senior counsel and advice across a wide variety of industries involving complex situations and high-profile repositioning assignments, with an expertise in special situations and mergers and acquisitions.

From 2008 to 2012 at Scholastic, he held the role of Vice President, Corporate Strategy, Business Development & Investor Relations, after four years as head of investor relations for the Company. Mr. Mathews has also co-founded and led two technology startups as well as served as Principal at Sard Verbinnen & Co. He holds an A.B. in Biology from Princeton University, and a D.Phil.

in Zoology from Oxford University.