Kiernan McGuire

Chief Development Officer

Kiernan McGuire leads the business development and philanthropic efforts for Common Sense Media.   

He has more than 15 years of experience providing strategic and creative leadership for new and early-stage businesses in both the corporate and nonprofit sectors, management of business development partnerships, corporate and foundation relations, and oversight of individual and e-giving programs and special events.  

As Managing Editor for Kaplan Educational Centers (a Washington Post company), he helped launch the Kaplan-Simon & Schuster publishing business and managed day-to-day operations for the Kaplan-Newsweek imprint. He later served as Vice President, Operations of Score Prep (a division of Kaplan), where he led the growth of the nation's first national in-home tutoring business, in 2 years expanding from 4 to over 20 major markets.

After serving as a consultant for GreatSchools Inc., a nonprofit Internet publisher of K-12 school information, he joined the company full time as Vice President of Business Operations. He was successful in building significant revenue sources for the organization, including the launch and growth of an interactive advertising business.

Kiernan is a graduate of the College of the Holy Cross and holds a master's degree in history from Boston University.