As Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President of The Pangaea Network, Inc., Sarah Haviland Blackmun is responsible for forging strategic alliances and directing sales, marketing and product development. She is chartered with establishing integral affiliations with academe, business, and government agencies, implementing new clientele relationships and marketing institutional, academic and direct response strategies and materials, that extend Pangaea's influence and opportunities in the online environment. Ms. Blackmun's experience and insight also contribute to guiding Pangaea's continued growth and market leadership.

Ms. Blackmun's professional life spans thirty-five years of experience working with faculty and developers of print, video, software, CD-ROM, and multimedia programs for the higher education and training markets. Her career profile includes over twelve years of experience with Harcourt Brace and Company, Inc., as Senior Vice President of the Publishing Group. As President of Harcourt Brace International, she directed this highly profitable $8 million marketing and sales division; as CEO of the Media Systems Corporation, she headed Harcourt's $6 million college-level media publishing company; and as Vice President of Media Systems Corp.'s product development, she directed the creation of multimedia learning systems that generated $17 million in sales. Prior to joining Harcourt, she held executive sales and marketing management positions at Appleton Century Crofts, Inc., and Prentice-Hall, Inc., where she was responsible for directing publication programs, developing multimedia instructional systems and designing aggressive corporate marketing programs. Ms. Blackmun earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Fine Arts at Ohio Wesleyan University and earned a Master of Arts at Bowling Green University.