The Penhammer Team
Cameron Skinner, Founder & President
Cameron Skinner is the founder and president of Penhammer and an educator with more than fifteen years of experience across four continents. He works with educators, school leaders, and practitioners as a professional coach, supporting growth, leadership development, and instructional excellence at every level of K–12 education. Cameron also specializes in SAT Reading and Writing and K–8 mathematics. He helps students perform at their best on high-stakes assessments. Throughout his career, he has designed curricula, led professional development, and advised schools internationally — bringing both classroom expertise and strategic leadership to his work. He is the architect of The Penhammer Method, a documented curriculum integration system that specifies how research-backed instructional approaches are selected, sequenced, and combined across subjects — designed from the ground up for replication in small-group settings. The Method is currently in use in his Penhammer Pod Program™ in Portugal. Cameron holds a BA in English from Tufts University, an iPGCE from the University of Sheffield, and an MA in International Education from New York University. His approach is defined by rigor, clarity, and a belief that education should shape both mind and character.
Samba Sowe, Academic Coach
Samba Sowe is an educator and engineer with degrees in Chemical and Biomedical Engineering from Cornell University and more than five years in vaccine manufacturing and data analytics. He currently holds a full-ride merit scholarship at Cornell Johnson Graduate School of Management. Samba has tutored students in Algebra, Geometry, Chemistry, Biology, Pre-Calculus, SAT Math, GRE, GMAT, and LSAT, and has served as a Teaching Assistant at Cornell. His rare combination of scientific industry experience and classroom expertise helps students to build genuine analytical confidence and apply their learning to the real world.
Gina Anderson, Academic Coach
Gina began her education career in 2005 as a third grade teacher. She has since taught every grade from Kindergarten to 5th, as well as Middle School English and EAL. She has a BS degree from Brigham Young University in Elementary Education, an M.Ed. from the University of Utah in Educational Leadership & Policy with an emphasis in Teacher Instructional Leadership, and is certified by the state of Utah to teach up to 8th grade. While she enjoys teaching all subjects her passion in the classroom is for History and Early Literacy. Gina's Master's Degree led her to also pursue roles in instructional coaching and assessment and curriculum coordination. She currently works as a consultant for the TASIS Foundation, a network of four independent schools, overseeing the implementation of K-5 curriculum. She also acts as Academic Dean for the TASIS middle school summer program. Gina's main professional focus is providing private tutoring for children. Looking to provide even more targeted support for her clients, Gina is also pursuing training in the Wilson Reading System which is a structured literacy program based on phonological-coding research and Orton-Gillingham principles.