Her Story
About Stacey
Stacey Pearl serves as Field Sales Manager in medical education for Wolters Kluwer, covering Midwest colleges and universities with curriculum support. She brings nearly 20 years of experience in educational publishing, having transitioned from teaching at Jenner Academy of Arts in Chicago Public Schools after earning her bachelor's in English from the University of Iowa and master's in Elementary Education from National Lewis. Her expertise centers on cultivating strong relationships with instructors and department heads, which fosters consistent sales and positive word of mouth for new opportunities. Pearl holds a Richardson Sales Training certificate and is pursuing a medical billing and coding certificate. Outside her role, she co-founded a Cycle for Survival team 18 years ago, raising close to 25 million dollars for rare cancer research at Memorial Sloan Kettering. She attributes her success to being strong-willed and an empath, shaped by her mother's work as a special education teacher and exposure to the Special Olympics. Pearl values transparency, honesty, and strength in numbers in both her professional and personal life.
Her Interview
Ten minutes with Stacey
01What do you attribute your success to?
I've always been strong-willed and an empath. My mom was a special ed teacher for Chicago Public Schools and would take my sister and I to the Special Olympics every spring at her school. It was eye-opening to me. Without education and teachers, the world wouldn't go round.
02What advice would you give to young women entering your industry?
Education is a very tricky field currently. When you're in college and admitted into the School of Education, they only teach you how to be a teacher. Education is an entire field and the majority is business centric. Teaching is a very small yet crucial asset of the field. Please pay attention to all of the bricks that are required to build your career in this field.
03What are the biggest challenges or opportunities in your field right now?
Challenges: Effects of the Department of Education being defunded and eliminated. Students in Minnesota can't purchase textbooks, departments are underfunded, making it a time-consuming struggle to balance what instructors and schools need. Opportunities: Significant growth and expansion in exercise science and kinesiology fields with larger enrollments, more staff hired for sports medicine and sports management. Sports bring unity, and there are many facets to athleticism.
04What values are most important to you in your work and personal life?
Transparency, honesty, and strength in numbers. They do overlap between work and personal life.
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