Bill Barke is the board member of Higher Ed International LLC and previously of Academic Partnerships. He spent his entire career almost exclusively in higher education, focusing on products and services. His senior executive roles include President of Allyn and Bacon, CEO of the Addison Wesley Higher Ed Group, Chairman of Pearson Canada and Chairman of Pearson North America Higher Education Group. A first gen college graduate from Shippensburg University, Bill taught history and coached football at Bedford High School in western Pennsylvania, prior to starting his higher ed career as a publishers’ rep for Prentice Hall in Pittsburgh.

Bill is currently advising, investing and mentoring startups in the higher education service space. They include Study Portals, Rethink Education, Enabling Insights, Mentor Collective and Open Scholar. He is an advocate for early learning reading programs Jumpstart and Raising a Reader. He lives in Plymouth, Ma. with his wife, Victoria, a former music teacher.