Feb 2025 – Present · 1 yr 2 mos

Sep 2024 – Present · 1 yr 7 mos

• A forward-thinking collective dedicated to elevating diverse voices and shaping the world of work.

May 2024 – Present · 1 yr 11 mos

Oct 2023 – Present · 2 yrs 6 mos

• Partnering with clinical and business leaders across functions at multi-site healthcare organization to drive clinical, operational and financial value and deliver an exceptional employee experience for clinicians, special education professionals and business operations teams.
• Leading and transforming The People Team at LEARN reporting to the CEO.
• LEARN Behavioral is  a national organization dedicated to nurturing the potential of children and young adults with autism and special needs.

Jun 2023 – Oct 2023 · 4 mos

Mar 2023 – Present · 3 yrs 1 mo

Apr 2022 – Present · 4 yrs

• SemperVirens is an early stage venture capital fund investing in technology transforming healthcare, work, and financial wellness. The fund has a portfolio of more than thirty industry-defining technology companies, a Venture Advisor group of leading CHROs as well as a broader ecosystem of more than 100,000 HR Executives. SemperVirens is committed to making meaningful connections amongst all stakeholders on a mission to build a better future of work.

Feb 2022 – Oct 2023 · 1 yr 8 mos

• Interim CHRO at Open Education (March 2022-October 2022)
• Fractional CHRO
• Strategic Human Resources Consulting
• Start-up Advisor
• Executive Coach

May 2020 – Nov 2021 · 1 yr 6 mos

• Over a decade of progressive senior operational and human resources roles at 2U, an edtech leader in digital education. Key member of leadership from the time it was a small venture-backed firm through IPO and public company phase.
• Promoted to Chief People Officer reporting directly to the CEO responsible for the company’s global talent and people strategies, culture, and diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts aligned to the company’s business long-term business objectives. Led a global team over over 100 and drove People Organization structure transformation in greater alignment with the operating model and objectives of the company.

Oct 2019 – May 2020 · 7 mos

• Promoted to Senior Vice President, Business Operations reporting to the Chief Operating Officer. Enterprise-wide senior role driving change management, strategic operational design, and business management of initiatives in the delivery of products and the functioning of the business.

Feb 2018 – Oct 2019 · 1 yr 8 mos

• Led operational initiatives across a team of senior leaders, oversaw our annual Global Partner Symposium and acted as the right hand for the President, University Partnerships and Services. This role brought together expertise in 2U’s business operations, focus on development and managing relationships and acting as a trusted advisor to the most senior team.
• Seconded to the Chief Operating Officer from March of 2019 through August 2019 to orchestrate restructuring of departments executing on the student experience in degree programs and driving greater operational efficiency.

Oct 2016 – Feb 2018 · 1 yr 4 mos

• Building on the success with Simmons University, promoted to an executive position overseeing and directing the business strategy and growth of 2U-enabled programs with several of 2U’s largest university clients and representing significant portion of portfolio revenue.

Jan 2014 – Oct 2016 · 2 yrs 9 mos

• Primary executive leader on the 2U team, responsible for the launch, growth, and health of each of the business lines with Simmons University and management of the client relationship. Success in this role define first by student outcomes and followed by strong partner relationships, growth, retention and financial health.

Dec 2012 – Jan 2014 · 1 yr 1 mo

• Semester Online was the first-of-its-kind program to offer rigorous, online, for-credit undergraduate courses through a consortium of top-tier colleges and universities. During this pilot program for 2U, first responsible for all operational aspects of the program from inception through launch and later identified and implemented learnings from the pilot into the graduate program business.

May 2010 – Dec 2012 · 2 yrs 7 mos

• When a startup with strong values that drive incredible engagement is growing fast, leadership needs to be focused on maintaining those values while formalizing human resources practices and policies. Joined two years after the company's founding as executive leadership for the HR function and an integral member of senior management team, built the initial HR team to set the foundation for rapid enterprise and employee growth and leveraging centralized organization across new university partnerships and programs.

Sep 2007 – Apr 2010 · 2 yrs 7 mos

• Manage the Human Resources and Training functions at 250+ employee organization.
• Manage the corporate university including the development of courses in Employment Law, Finance and Business Ethic.
• Develop a program to leverage SMEs to deliver company specific and developmental training for employee base.
• Oversee research and selection of a new third party administrator for benefits as well as the open enrollment process.
• Provide counseling and coaching to employees and managers.
• Partner in selection of new payroll system and HIRS
• Report to the Chief Financial Officer

Jan 2000 – Jan 2007 · 7 yrs

• Entrepreneurs start businesses related to their own passions and to solve problems they see in the world. Margaret Ruvoldt Associates was launched to provide these small business owners with expert advice and counsel on a variety of human resources and business operations without the expense of a full time high level resource on staff.

Jan 2000 – Jan 2001 · 1 yr

• Formerly known as the Electronic Recruiting Exchange, I developed and provided content addressing the entry level college recruiting market.

Jan 1999 – Jan 1999 · 0 mo

• Teaching Assistant for the Statistics/Databased Decision Making course

Jan 1998 – Jan 1999 · 1 yr

• Developed new college recruiting program for target schools
• Responsible for relationships with key college and university recruiting departments.
• Developed presentation to market new college recruiting strategy to operating units.

Jan 1993 – Jan 1998 · 5 yrs

• Teacher, Recruiter and Trainer (1993-1995)
• Interviewed, hired and trained SAT and LSAT teachers.
• Taught SAT, LSAT, GRE and GMAT courses.
• Managed teachers at remote teaching sites.
• Director of Training and Development (1995 –1999)
• Coordinated and oversaw organizational change to team based business model.
• Developed new national teacher training program.
• Developed training and development program for full-time employees.
• Oversaw Train the Trainer program for national teacher trainers