Teacher Profiles

Teaching is at the heart of what we do. In recognizing this, we go the extra mile to recruit the best and the brightest. Our students seem to agree. Get to know some of our teachers...

Ashish Gogia, Lead Instructor, Georgia

The Right Stuff.
Ashish graduated from the Georgia Institute of Technology with a degree in mechanical engineering, but then decided to follow a different path and pursued a teaching career. He is passionate about helping kids with all their subjects, but gets a real charge out of getting kids hooked on math.

Why C2.
“The decision to become part of C2 was an easy one. We’re on the path for a super expansion in the coming years, and it is very exciting to be a part of something so dynamic.”

Smart Advice.
Ashish is fond of saying to his students, “It must all start with you.”

Bill Macklin, Teacher, Georgia

The Right Stuff.
Studying philosophy, religion and music, Bill earned a degree from Thomas Jefferson College. “TJC was the kind of liberal arts school your parents warned you about: quirky and rebellious. I loved it.” Bill thrived in his studies. “I read poetry with Allen Ginsberg, discussed literature with Anais Nin, and had my writing critiqued by Galway Kinnell, before he won his Pulitzer Prize.” Bill has also completed graduate studies in creative writing.

What a Life!
After college, Bill worked a long, varied string of jobs ranging from box factory lineman to substitute teacher to municipal contract administrator. He didn’t find his calling until the day he walked into a newspaper office in Grand Rapids, Michigan. “Faster than you can say, ‘Hand me the white out,’ I was working as a reporter.” He worked his way up the ranks to entertainment critic, profiling famous entertainers, including Jay Leno, Jerry Seinfeld, and the members of the bands Metallica, Def Leppard, and Guns N’ Roses. From there, Bill took a job with a major Philadelphia newspaper, polishing his writing talents and adding to his extensive work experience. Eventually, Bill returned to Michigan to teach graduate school, then traveled to Atlanta, where he took a job as a line editor at the Journal-Constitution, and finally to teaching as a tutor for C2 in semi-retirement. But don’t ask him how old he is, which he says is “somewhere between young as spring and old as dirt.”

Smart Advice.
Bill ends each class by telling his students to keep their noses clean. “I use it to remind students of the incredible fluidity of this young and vibrant thing we call the English language; how it can be bent, almost at will, to imaginatively convey an almost endless array of ideas and images. I also use it to remind my students to stay out of trouble.”

Jamie Marble, Educational Director, Washington

The Right Stuff.
Jamie is an honors graduate of Pacific Lutheran University. She also spent time abroad studying art history in Italy and Aboriginal and Canadian politics in Canada. Jamie’s educational approach is shaped by her experiences as a diversity advocate for Pacific Lutheran University’s Diversity Center.

Happiness Is...
“I am happiest when I’m teaching.” Regardless of the subject matter, Jamie loves every aspect of teaching. What else makes her happy? She is actively involved in animal rights and political activism.

Jamie believes, “Each student is unique, so my approach is a little different with each one. There is no real universal except that I expect every student to try to his or her best ability and go into every activity with confidence.”

Smart Advice.
She likes to pass on her favorite words to live by, including a quote from Senator Barack Obama: “Focusing your life solely on making a buck shows a certain poverty of ambition. It asks too little of yourself. Because it's only when you hitch your wagon to something larger than yourself that you realize your true potential.”

Joe Loughnane, Mid-Atlantic Regional Trainer, Virginia

The Right Stuff.
Joe received a bachelor’s degree in Biomedical Engineering from the University of Virginia, Class of 2005. Shortly after, he joined the C2 team after discovering a gift for working with students and “helping them to succeed where they were having trouble before.”

Personality Profile.
Tall, with a “pretty good, if a little twisted, sense of humor”

Smart Advice.
“In high school, there are usually two types of students who do well: The smart kids who don’t work hard, and the kids who work their butts off. You want to be one of those hard workers because they are the ones who do the best in the end.”

Tim Atkins, Southeast Regional Trainer, Georgia

The Right Stuff.  
Tim attended Georgia Tech with dreams of becoming a weatherman, but when he found out the study of meteorology was not his thing, he switched to public policy. This turned out to be a much better fit, given his involvement in community service. Since joining C2 in 2005, Tim was recognized as one of our teachers of the year. Despite the motley mix of jobs he’s had over the years, “I’ve always come back to teaching. I can’t imagine not teaching.”

Tall Tales.  
Tim has a story for everything. Interestingly, his older sister still calls him by his childhood nickname “Munchkin” even though he now stands 6’5”.

Smart Advice. 
Make sure you have many mentors in your life. “Growing up, I didn’t have any mentors, especially any male role models. I don’t want any of my students to have to go through this difficult time in their lives without mentors.”