Announcing Carol Pierce Goglia as New President & CEO
Dear Friends:
Catch Up & Read (CAR) is thrilled to announce that local youth and education advocate, philanthropic leader and positive change agent, Carol Pierce Goglia has been named President & CEO, effective January 5, 2023.
“We believe Carol is the right person at the right time to oversee and expand CAR's outreach to equip the children in our community to read on grade level by the third grade. Based on our results, we are well positioned to meet growing demand to train teachers with science-based strategies that maximize reading growth for every child,” says Catherine LeBlanc, founder of Catch Up & Read.
Carol comes to Catch Up & Read from United to Learn where she served as President and Strategic Impact Advisor. While Carol was at United to Learn, the education nonprofit doubled its footprint expanding its partnerships from 27 to 50 Dallas ISD elementary schools.
“Given the reading crisis we’re facing as a nation, there is nothing more important than investing in our children and their teachers,” says Goglia. “I’m honored to join Catch Up & Read to advance their unique and proven model to grow more young readers who will create a bright future for themselves, their families and our region.”
Before her time at United to Learn, Carol oversaw all marketing and communications for Communities Foundation of Texas (CFT) in Dallas, Texas. Among her responsibilities was leading marketing for CFT’s North Texas Giving Day. The nation’s (and world’s) largest community wide giving event grew tenfold during her tenure and has become a philanthropic movement that defines the generosity of our region. Carol and her team were recognized nationally and locally and was awarded PRNews Marketer of the Year, Dallas-Fort Worth American Marketing Association’s Marketer of the Year and CNM Connect’s Communicator of the Year. Before CFT, Carol worked for a decade in brand marketing at PepsiCo and Frito Lay. Carol holds an MBA from The University of Texas at Austin and a BA from Washington & Lee University. Carol and her husband, Mark, live in Dallas with their three children.
Please join us in welcoming Carol to Catch Up & Read. Her strong and long tenured involvement with our community are assets that we know will be valuable as she leads CAR to the next phase of its growth and in furtherance of our mission.
Bob Dransfield
Chairman of the Board