Before joining the Curio team as Director of Marketing & Traction, Kip Hottman served as Networks, Manager for Hope Street Group where he brought expertise in social media strategy and network mobilization. Kip is also a National Board Certified Spanish teacher and was a teacher leader in Kentucky for 15 years.

He’s passionate about creating opportunities for educators to connect, collaborate, and lead – it’s why he served for two years as a Hope Street Group KY Teacher Fellow from 2013-2015. He also led virtual communities for the Center for Teaching Quality from 2014-2015, sat on the Teacher Advisory Council for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation from 2014-2016 and supported the non-profits Sevenzo and Curio while still in the classroom, where he worked as a teacher hybrid for Jefferson County Public Schools in 2017-2018.