NEW YORK, Sept. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Scholastic (NASDAQ: SCHL ), the global children's publishing, education and media company, today announced Jeffrey Mathews has been named Executive Vice President, Corporate Development and Investor Relations. In the new role for the Company, Mr. Mathews will be a member of the executive committee, focused on identifying and evaluating investment and partnership opportunities to accelerate Scholastic's growth across its leading businesses. He will also be the Company's key point of contact with the investment community, working directly with Company leadership to strengthen the organization's shareholder engagement and its strategy for long-term value creation. Effective immediately, Mr. Mathews will report to Scholastic President and CEO Peter Warwick in New York. "Scholastic is moving forward in its second century of serving schools, families and children from a position of strength and with immense opportunity ahead," said Mr. Warwick.