Member Type: Advisors and Directors

Lord John Eatwell

Professor Lord Eatwell is the board member of Higher Ed International LLC and Higher Ed Partners Limited. Lord Eatwell’s illustrious career includes 22+ year presidency of Queens’ College at the University of Cambridge and a long-term, continued tenure in the House of Lords. He is a former Senior Advisor role to the Labor Party and […]

Bill Barke

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 […]

Deborah Jewel Sherman, ED.D

Dr. Sherman is the first woman professor of practice at the Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE). She served as superintendent of the Richmond (VA) Public Schools from 2002 to 2008 and built a reputation as one of the most successful urban district superintendents in the country for which she was named Virginia Superintendent of […]

Totsie Memela Khambula

After several years serving as a civil servant, Ms. Memela has recently stepped down as CEO of South Africa’s Social Security body. Prior to that, she was formerly a CEO of Eduloan, South Africa’s student financing authority. She is a champion for the advancement of women in leadership positions, focused on improving lives of underserved […]

Frank Thompson

Mr. Thompson retired in 2015 after 13 years as Chief Executive Officer of ADvTECH, a publicly listed education company with multiple holdings across South Africa and Zambia, and Africa’s largest private education provider. He has extensive experience in finance, turnarounds, and management. Mr. Thompson is a Board member of Higher Ed Partners South Africa.

Governor Jim Hunt

Governor Hunt served four historic terms as Governor of the State of North Carolina, Chaired the National Commission on Teaching and America’s Future, the National Education Goals Panel, and the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education. He has also served on the Carnegie Task Force, which created the National board for Professional Teaching […]