Reva McPollom

PRINCIPAL LEARNING CONSULTANT

Edtech executive with 20+ years of experience across digital media, digital marketing, and digital learning. Committed to culturally responsive education, health promotion, and designing effective learning solutions that promote knowledge, skills, and performance.

BIOGRAPHYEducation & Career

2002 – 2009

Studied journalism and media at Rutgers University, New Brunswick and worked as a news reporter for The Home News Tribune and The Star-Ledger. Pivoted to digital media starting with trade reporting in the mobile marketing industry, followed by positions in web content management and online learning at Verizon Wireless and Rutgers School of Public Affairs & Administration.

2010 – 2013

Established Reva Digital Media LLC during second year of Instructional Technology & Media Masters Degree program at Teachers College Columbia University to apply multidisciplinary background to workplace learning transformation. Completed program in 2012 while working as SEO technologist at 360i and Global SEO Supervisor at Resolution Agency.

2013 – 2019

Developed transformative digital learning platforms, digital credentialing initiatives, and interactive elearning at Razorfish (Razorfish University) and Liquidnet (Liquidnet University) as Senior Manager of Learning Design and Technologies and Head of Digital Learning, while consulting with corporate clients and government agencies via Reva Digital, including The Port of Seattle and NYC Mayor’s Office of Contract Services.

2018 – 2023

Founded the world’s first culturally responsive online health education platform platform for K-12 students, teachers, and parents. Implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic, Lessonbee provided critical health education at a time when traditional instruction was disrupted, ensuring that students could continue to access essential lessons on physical and mental well-being. Through interactive, scenario-based learning, we improved engagement and knowledge retention, delivering over one million hours of instruction.

2023 – Present

Launched Health Education Heroes to provide critical capacity building support for health teachers, leading to increased health teacher preparation, student engagement, and knowledge retention at public, private and charter schools with Health Education Hero teachers in New York, Illinois, Washington, Texas, and New Jersey, and continued providing expert digital learning consulting through Reva Digital.

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Reva is an instructional technologist, designer, and social impact founder who promotes health and well-being through digital learning. She began her career in print journalism in the early 2000s and went on to work in trade reporting, web content management, instructional design, and digital marketing before pivoting to learning and development. Since 2010, she has worked in telecommunications, higher education, marketing, finance, and legal/compliance industries designing, implementing, and evaluating digital learning solutions that drive measurable knowledge, skill and practice outcomes.

In 2011, Reva established Reva Digital Media LLC to support workplaces through digital learning transformation. In 2018, Reva founded Lessonbee, a culturally responsive online health education and wellness check-in solution for K-12 schools and districts. In 2022, she launched Health Education Heroes® to provide free capacity building programs for health, wellness and SEL teachers after validating the program’s impact on teachers across 4 states.

In 2020, Reva was named one of the “100 most influential African Americans” of the year by The Root for Lessonbee, which they called “an innovation that makes coming of age less confusing.” Lessonbee has been featured in Forbes, FastCompany, and TechCrunch and backed by Google, Verizon, and AWS. Prior to Lessonbee, Reva built the digital learning arms of Razorfish University and Liquidnet University from 2013 – 2019.

Reva holds a Master’s Degree in Instructional Technology and Media from Teachers College Columbia University and a Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism and Media Studies from Rutgers University, New Brunswick.

“We have worked with Reva Digital for over a year on complex projects that are always under tight deadlines. Reva Digital has supported us in numerous categories: developing advanced branching scenarios, simulation resources, case study development and producing sales training assets for clients, especially GE, one of our largest and most demanding client. I’m ecstatic about Reva Digital and the fact that we keep giving them projects speaks volumes about their work ethic and deliverables.“

Roger S

Training Executive

“Reva is a digital learning expert, competent advisor and trusted strategic partner. Working with Reva over the years has helped us realize our vision for effective, efficient, and engaging online training that surprises and delights our employees every time.“

Jeff S

Training Executive

“I worked with Reva on a website project for a higher education client. Reva is extremely professional, a great communicator and delivers high quality work on time. I would recommend Reva for website design, HTML/CSS, and consultation work. A true pleasure to work with her!“

Kim C

Project Manager

“I have rarely met someone better able to adapt new skills and personal vision together into great, viable business ideas than Reva. Always mindful of the big picture, she has a
talent for envisioning solutions to complex problems and anticipating likely challenges before others.“

Lance V

Game Designer

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