Executive Leadership Team

CEO of Reading Horizons, Tyson, has guided the Kaysville-based company into becoming a national and international education publishing enterprise. Since its inception nearly 40 years ago, Reading Horizons has had a firm focus on its goal to publish and market industry-leading education products centered on Reading Horizons' reading strategies. Tyson received his Undergraduate Degree in Business Management from the University of Utah and his MBA from Brigham Young University. He first joined Reading Horizons in 1998 as Executive Vice President with an emphasis in Marketing and Sales. He assumed the role of CEO in October 2001 and, since that time, has overseen steady sales growth and myriad improvements to the Reading Horizons line of products. Tyson has worked with thousands of educators worldwide to help make dramatic improvements in literacy rates for their students. He has also presented at education and technology conferences throughout North America and internationally.

Trisha Thomas joined the Reading Horizons C-Team to foster her passion for education and to help improve the teaching and learning experience for educators and students in classrooms. In her new role at Reading Horizons, Trisha brings over 20 years of experience in developing and executing revenue models that lead to an impact in K–12 education. Combined with her proven success in marketing strategies and customer experience at Discovery Education, Evan-Moor Educational Publishers, and Illustrative Mathematics, Trisha is looking forward to making quality reading instruction accessible to everyone. Trisha received her Business Management degree from University of Maryland and her MBA from Johns Hopkins University.

As a highly motivated marketing leader, Kristi’s knack for brand strategy and creative communications gives her the ability to convey technical ideas into understandable language, all while driving business value with innovative marketing practices. Before joining Reading Horizons, Kristi served as Chief Marketing Officer for InMoment where she spearheaded a global marketing team through eight acquisitions and a private-equity buyout from Madison Dearborn Partners. Prior to working at InMoment, she worked at two of Utah’s largest technology companies and supported them through strategic acquisitions— 2009: $1.8 billion acquisition of Omniture by Adobe, and 2012: $2.0 billion acquisition of Vivint by Blackstone. Kristi has extensive corporate marketing, digital marketing, customer marketing, product marketing, and public and analyst relations experience.

Kristi is a sought-after speaker, Women Tech Council Board Member, and regularly participates in community outreach.

Brent Egan joined Reading Horizons as a Project Manager over Internal Assets and is now the Chief Operating Officer. He brings over 15 years of professional executive leadership in operations with experience throughout various industries. Brent received his Finance and Business Administration degree from Weber State University and his MBA from Utah State University. Brent loves to spend time with his wife and four children, traveling, watching and playing sports, and being active and outdoors with friends and family.

Kedrick Ridges is a craftsman, passionate team builder, motivator, creative thinker, designer, illustrator, and avid do-it-yourselfer. With a Bachelor of Arts degree in Visual Communication from Weber State University, he leverages nearly 20 years of design and product experience ranging from branding and identity design to interaction and user interface design. He thrives on creative problem solving and loves creating simple, intuitive products and experiences that help people accomplish their goals—big and small.

Kedrick loves building things—bridges mostly 😉 —but also just about anything out of wood. He lives in Kaysville, Utah, where he raises backyard chickens and goats—in addition to eight remarkable children.

Stephanie Myers has a deep tenure in K–12 education. Stephanie has led the dissemination of instructional materials and professional learning to over 200 districts across the country. Previously, she served as Vice President of Human Capital and Operations with the Boys and Girls Clubs in Silicon Valley and as Executive Director of Talent Management for the San Francisco Unified School District. As Assistant Director of the American Federation of Teachers, Stephanie redesigned teacher development and evaluation systems. She began her career as a classroom teacher in Cleveland, Ohio, where she led a district instructional coaching program and earned National Board Certification. Stephanie holds a Doctorate in Education Leadership from Harvard University.

Kiana is a seasoned process and people-focused leader with more than 15 years of combined experience as an educator and curriculum services leader. She specializes in executing strategies for optimizing the experience educators have with curriculum publishers. Having completed a Master’s in Education, Kiana brings a balanced approach as she’s advocating for the educator’s needs while navigating the continued growth and sustainability of Reading Horizons. In her free time, Kiana enjoys time at the beach and fun times with family.