Mr. Andy Petro, a life-long Beaver County resident, is Baden Academy’s newly appointed Director of Technology and Administrative Services.  Andy is a graduate of New Brighton Area High School.  He completed both his undergraduate studies, in Elementary Education, and his graduate work, in Higher Education Administration, at Geneva College.  Andy’s professional career has included classroom instruction, curriculum development, and various administrative and support roles in public and private education.  Mr. Petro worked as the Virtual Classroom Technology Supervisor at The Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School for several years before founding his education consulting firm, Ripple Education Services.  Most recently, Andy has served as Chief Operations Officer at The Hope Learning Center, headquartered in Wexford.  Andy is passionate about the convergence of education and technology, and focuses his vocational energies on helping to connect students and teachers in positive, engaging, and meaningful ways.