Mr. Avi Urbas

Avi UrbasSenior Consultant Avi Urbas is a Senior Consultant at The District Management Council (DMC).

Prior to joining DMC, Mr. Urbas was Director of Strategic Development at Catapult Learning, the school services division of Educate, Inc. (formerly Sylvan Learning Systems).At Catapult, Mr. Urbas worked with in partnership with many of the country's largest public school districts, to deliver reading and mathematics instructional programs to thousands of low-performing Title I students.Mr. Urbas also led strategic planning, product development and operational improvement initiatives associated with Catapult's entry into special education services.

Prior to joining Catapult Learning, Mr. Urbas worked as an equity research analyst for JP Morgan Chase, covering the eCommerce industry through its rise, fall and subsequent re-emergence.His responsibilities included researching key industry trends and identifying winning business models in an industry noted for rapid change and continuous innovation.Prior JP Morgan, Mr. Urbas worked in a strategy development capacity for the international division of a large consumer products company.

Mr. Urbas recently served as a Board Director for the Sylvan Beach Foundation, a Baltimore-based non-profit organization providing employment and life skills training, academic instruction, counseling, and housing to at-risk, young adults from Baltimore's inner city.The foundation is unique in that its operations are primarily self-funded using profits generated from an award winning ice cream business run by Sylvan Beach program participants.

Mr. Urbas received a B.A. in History from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland and has trained in economics, finance and accounting through the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) program.He attended public schools in Yorktown Heights, New York.