Continuum promotes Todd Vanek to lead Education Bridge

By AI, Created 3:10 PM UTC, May 19, 2026, /AGP/ – Continuum Marketing named 28-year industry veteran Todd Vanek senior vice president of Education Bridge on May 19, 2026, expanding his role across sales and publisher relationships. The move is meant to strengthen the platform’s push to connect K-12 content development with print production and last-mile classroom delivery.

Why it matters: - Education Bridge is aimed at solving a persistent K-12 publishing problem: getting instructional content from development to classroom delivery on time and intact. - The platform is designed to help publishers manage adoption cycles, vendor complexity and cash flow pressure. - Vanek’s expanded role gives Education Bridge a leader with deep experience in educational printing and state adoption workflows.

What happened: - Continuum Marketing named Todd Vanek senior vice president of Education Bridge on May 19, 2026. - Vanek will lead sales and publisher relationships for the platform. - The announcement came from Brainerd, Minnesota. - Education Bridge is described as the industry’s first comprehensive service suite built for K-12 educational publishers.

The details: - Vanek brings 28 years of educational printing experience to the role. - Education Bridge combines capabilities from CJK Group companies KnowledgeWorks Global Ltd. (KGL), Sheridan and Continuum. - The platform covers content development, print production and last-mile classroom fulfillment. - Continuum says the service helps publishers navigate adoption planning, production forecasting and state-specific requirements. - The platform also offers financial planning support to model adoption scenarios and manage costs from submission through delivery. - For large publishers, Education Bridge is meant to fill vendor coverage gaps and offer competitive pricing. - For smaller publishers, the service functions as an extension of the publisher’s own team. - Education Bridge consolidates content development, print, curriculum sample kits and fulfillment under one partner. - Vanek said the platform handles adoption planning, production forecasting and district delivery protocols so publishers can focus on educational content. - Atul Goel, president of Continuum and KGL, said Vanek’s promotion should accelerate Education Bridge’s growth and give publishers more confidence in classroom impact. - Vanek spent much of his career helping publishers manage vendor relationships, production forecasting and state-specific requirements. - Vanek is a former professional baseball player who spent three years in the minor leagues after graduating from the University of Minnesota-Morris. - Vanek said baseball shaped the persistent, solutions-oriented mindset he brings to publisher relationships. - More information is available at the Education Bridge website.

Between the lines: - The promotion signals Continuum is leaning on specialized expertise as Education Bridge scales. - The company is positioning the platform as a single-accountable partner in a fragmented publishing supply chain. - The focus on smaller publishers suggests Education Bridge is trying to win business from teams that lack the internal bandwidth to manage multiple vendors.

What’s next: - Continuum is likely to use Vanek’s industry relationships to expand publisher partnerships. - Education Bridge appears positioned to grow its existing network while broadening its service footprint across K-12 publishing. - The platform’s success will likely depend on whether publishers see it as a practical way to reduce operational risk and improve delivery reliability.