Kermit Cook
Kermit Cook
Chief Executive Officer
As CEO, Kermit is responsible for the vision and strategy that opens doors to brighter futures for Penn Foster Group’s learners. Kermit works with our leadership and team on how we create paths to greater economic mobility for learners and enable them to achieve long-term success.
Kermit is an experienced executive in the education industry, having started his career as a high school physics teacher in St Louis Public Schools with Teach For America. Most recently, he served as the Chief Operating Officer of the education technology company Cengage Group, where he was responsible for investments to grow its career education offerings. He also led Cengage’s K-12 business, along with corporate functions including supply chain, corporate development, and human resources. Prior to Cengage, Kermit worked at the investment firm KKR, ultimately serving as Co-Head of KKR Capstone in the Americas and as a member of the Portfolio Management Committee.
Kermit lives in Connecticut with his wife and three children. He is a member of the board of trustees at Linsly School in Wheeling, West Virginia, where he grew up. He holds an MA in Education and an MBA from Stanford University, and a BA in Engineering Sciences and a BE in Mechanical Engineering from Dartmouth College.