Ryan Stromberg brings 22+ years of comprehensive human resources experience to his current co-CEO role. In addition, he has been an executive leader in public education since 2007 and an executive coach for the past 10 years.

He received his master's degree in Organizational Development & Leadership from the University of St. Thomas, was past president of the Minnesota Association for School Personnel Administrators (MASPA) and formerly owned Walker Thomas Consulting.

Ryan is passionate about collaborating with district leaders to transformationally rethink what's possible for the education system. He lives in Medina, Minnesota with his wife, Katy, and their two sons.

In addition to his senior leadership responsibilities as co-CEO, Ron Meyer also leads CESO's finance team providing consulting, management and staffing support for organizations across all areas of their business and finance departments.

With over 15 years of experience in finance and operations, he began his career in the education space in transportation operations. Since then, he's held several transportation leadership roles and has been a controller, CFO and COO at several districts across Minnesota. He currently serves on the Business Advisory Committee at Bethel University and has also served on the Eastern Carver County District School Board.

He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Communications and a Master of Business Administration from Bethel University. Prior to education, he owned and operated insurance businesses. He lives in Chaska, Minnesota with his wife, Erin, and their three children.