Lew Bader is a finance and operations professional with more than forty years of experience in Fortune 500 companies.

Lew joined Counseling in Schools in 2015 and is focused on improving business processes, policies, and technology across the organization to better serve the communities where CIS works.

Prior to joining Counseling in Schools, Lew held various positions at Pearson, the world’s largest learning company, including SVP of North American Customer Service, SVP of Global Order-to-Cash and VP of North American Shared Services.

He has also served as VP of Accounting Services at Simon & Schuster, Assistant Controller at Macmillan Publishing Company, Director of Financial Reporting at CBS Educational and Professional Publishing and Manager of Royalty Accounting at Random House Inc.

Prior to entering the world of Finance, Lew taught third grade in the city of New York.

Lew earned his BA and MS degrees from Queens College of the City University of New York and his MBA from St. John’s University. He is certified in Change Management, is a Six Sigma Black Belt and is CPA Qualified.