Bill Daugherty

Upon graduating from the Harvard Business School, Bill served as Sr. Vice President of Business Development for the National Basketball Association from 1991-1999. After leaving the NBA, Bill went on to become the co-CEO of Interactive Search Holdings, which was sold to Ask Jeeves in 2004. Bill chairs the Center for Entrepreneurship at The Met Center, a charter high school in Providence, Rhode Island where he teaches three mornings each week. His extensive network, incredible business acumen, and successful track record of entrepreneurial ventures are invaluable to NBA Math Hoops’ success.

Khalil Fuller

Khalil is currently an undergraduate student at Brown University, double concentrating in Education and Economics. Over the course of his young career, he has shown a passion for social entrepreneurship and education reform, and has earned multiple fellowships, scholarships, and grants for his work. Khalil joined the Math Hoops team early on, and has recently earned the title of CEO; his dedication to Math Hoops’ cause and determination to see its mission fulfilled serve as the driving force behind NBA Math Hoops. He can be reached via email at khalil@nbamathhoops.org.

Jim Fina

Jim has been working in educational publishing for the past 25 years, serving variously as editor, production manager, and editorial/design director at such companies as Macmillan, McGraw-Hill, Scholastic, and Kaplan Inc. amongst others. He is also the co-publisher of Fantasy Baseball: An Integrated Math Program. He can be reached via email at jim@nbamathhoops.org

Tim Scheidt

Tim Scheidt, M.S. Ed is the inventor of the NBA Math Hoops board game and a principal writer of the student and teacher support materials. What began in 1997 as a creative means designed to engage students in developing fluency and facility with basic operations has evolved into an innovative program applicable for both in-school and out-of-school use. Sports being a prevalent context for Tim’s work, he is also the author of Fantasy Baseball: An Integrated Math Program. First published in 1994, the Fantasy Baseball program has been utilized by thousands of teachers and after school instructors throughout the U.S. and has become an institution in many schools around the country.

For over 30 years, Tim has worked as a classroom teacher, school administrator, curriculum writer/staff developer and educational entrepreneur, explicitly engaged in helping to improve mathematics education for all students. Prior to his current position, Tim’s served as National Director of Quantitative Reasoning for Big Picture Learning and Math/QR Lead for the Alternative High School Initiative. Throughout his extensive career, Tim has maintained that all students are capable of developing and demonstrating mathematical proficiency while enjoying their learning along the way. He is proud to be a member of the NBA Math Hoops team and looks forward to the national launch of the 2012 program.

Tim currently works as the Business Manager and Middle School Administrator for the Dehesa School District in San Diego County, California. He can be reached via email at tim@nbamathhoops.org.