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A Unified Ecosystem for Higher Ed

About PeopleGrove

Where experience meets opportunity — a unified ecosystem for clinical and non-clinical learning, career readiness, and alumni engagement.

Driving Impact for Students & Institutions

PeopleGrove empowers colleges and universities to deliver meaningful engagement and hands-on learning that drive measurable outcomes for students, alumni, programs, and institutions.

Our platform turns every interaction into measurable outcomes, strengthening communities, advancing careers, and scaling institutional success.

The Future of Learning and Institutional Impact Is Here

From Clinical Placements to Lifelong Networks — Empowering Every Learner’s Journey

Every learner deserves a fulfilling career, and institutions need the tools to make that happen. By connecting students with mentors, networks, and real-world opportunities, programs can guide more students to meaningful outcomes while achieving their goals.

Our mission

To ensure every learner has access to the people and networks needed to succeed.

Our vision

To help every learner successfully navigate their next professional step in life.

United in Purpose

We move as a team

No matter where we live, our team relies on our diverse perspectives and experiences to drive meaningful outcomes for learners and leaders in education.

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Making Higher Ed Work Smarter

Experience the ecosystem that empowers institutions to collaborate easier, challenge the status quo, and maximize impact.

Key Milestones

How PeopleGrove Has Grown Through the Years

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2007

CORE Launches Its Product Suite

Launches MyCred, ELMS, and CompMS, laying the foundation for future education technology innovation.

2013

CORE Creates First Campus-Wide Solution

CORE extends its software to 15,000+ students across multiple programs and campuses, including online and campus-based programs.

2015

PeopleGrove Is Founded

PeopleGrove company is founded to help students and professionals find meaningful careers through connections.

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2016

Early Momentum For Both Companies

CORE Higher Education hosts its first annual Users Conference in Providence, RI.

PeopleGrove finds product-market fit and the platform officially launches with its first 10 university partners.

2018

Innovation and Growth

CORE launches its fourth product, READINESS, a customized “co-curricular eLearning centers” filled with short, digital activities to help students strengthen soft-skills.

PeopleGrove raises $4.7M in seed funding to accelerate growth.

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2019

PeopleGrove Hosts First Large-Scale User Conference

PeopleGrove Innovators brings together university leaders from around the U.S.

2020

Adaptation and Expansion Through a Global Pandemic

CORE launches an eLearning center to help customers train on CORE’s software applications. 

PeopleGrove launches an enrollment solution to drive yield through virtual campus ambassadors.

Bridges Alliance is established with 100+ universities, sourcing student projects from alumni communities to support experiential learning opportunities.

PeopleGrove partners with Slate, Salesforce, uConnect, GiveCampus, Brazen, and Zoom to support universities’ integration needs.

2021

New Solutions For Students and Professionals

CORE launches RECRUIT, expands READINESS and ELMS into corporate product lines, and adds a CE Search Engine for continuing education.

PeopleGrove expands their global team to 100+ and customer base to 450+.

2022

The Riverside Company Invests in CORE Higher Education Group & PeopleGrove

With The Riverside Company’s support, CORE and PeopleGrove becomes better poised to scale. Riverside’s experience investing in higher ed/K12 software companies such as Modern Campus, N2Y, and Navigate360 strengthens both companies to extend their impact, delivering measurable results for institutions across the nation.

2023

PeopleGrove Acquires Two Companies

PeopleGrove acquires Student Opportunity Center (SOC), and PathwayU –– adding experiential learning and science-based career exploration to its offerings.

2024

Leadership For the Future

Higher education executive Dawn Hiles joins PeopleGrove as CEO, bringing a wealth of university leadership experience to the team.

PeopleGrove + CORE

2024

PeopleGrove and CORE Higher Education Group Merge

PeopleGrove has joined forces with CORE Higher Education Group to bring even greater value to you and your students. This partnership blends PeopleGrove’s commitment to experiential learning, mentorship, career support, and student and alumni engagement with CORE’s deep experience in clinical and non-clinical experiential learning and competency tracking.

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2025

PeopleGrove Delivers Outcomes through Meaningful Engagement and Experiential Education

Now united under the  PeopleGrove brand,  we are shaping the future of higher education through a comprehensive suite of solutions across the entire learner lifecycle- from student and alumni engagement to clinical experiential education, mentorship, and career readiness.

What We Stand For

Values That Keep Us Moving Forward

Learners First

Learning is lifelong. Learners seek knowledge to get to the next step in life. We deliver value to learners throughout the different stages of life’s journey.

When we do right by learners, all else follows. We seek partners who put learners first.

Be Ambitious

Are we solving the big problem or building a better mousetrap? We imagine what can be. We believe constraints are temporary because if there’s a will, there’s a way.

We embrace ambiguity, forge ahead, and favor action over perfection.

Challenge Assumptions

We don’t have all of the answers. We challenge ourselves to close the gap between our assumptions and reality.

We ask the hard questions because we care (and want to win).

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People, Connected

Our company is not here to replace people— it’s here to connect them.

Our people enable us to achieve our ambitions. To fulfill our vision to support every learner, our people must reflect the world around us and the world we aim to create.

Win or Lose Learn

We play to win (in the sprint and the marathon). We win as a team; we learn as a team.

We’re not afraid to disagree or offer fearless feedback in order to win. We assume positive intent.

Our Leadership

Building a community that celebrates progress, big ideas, and reinvention

Dawn Hiles

Chief Executive Officer

David Powell

Chief Financial Officer

Jason Langdon

Senior Vice President of Customer Service

Alexis Carbone

Senior Vice President of Sales

Aaron Mahl

Aaron Mahl

Senior Vice President of Sales

Ashley-Spain

Ashley Spain

Senior Vice President of Marketing

Dustin Maines

Senior Vice President of Product & Engineering

Ela Provost

Vice President of Product

Nick Ranieri

Senior Vice President of Technology

Grow Your Career, Transform Higher Ed

At PeopleGrove, every role contributes to helping students thrive, alumni get involved, and institutions scale.