EDUFIRST INTERNATIONAL - Key Persons


Amanda Gregurich

Job Titles:
  • VP of Client & Academic Operations
Amanda Gregurich serves as Edufirst EMS's VP of Client and Academic Operations. Her diverse and successful background with many levels of education over the past 30 years provides the foundation for quality relations and results with students. She has had leadership experience in both the public and private sector and has spoken at conferences stateside and internationally. Mrs. Gregurich holds a Master of Education with and emphasis in gifted education from the University of Louisville and she received her Bachelor of Science in Education from Evangel University.

Bill Kuehl

Job Titles:
  • VP of Enrollment
Mr. Kuehl has implemented successful marketing strategies enabling every school that he worked with to exceed its traditional and adult enrollment goals, while enhancing academic profiles, increasing student retention, graduation rates, and student satisfaction. Mr. Kuehl is noted for engineering innovative, strategic marketing plans that propelled enrollments for traditional, adult and graduate, and certificate programs. Pioneering new markets and educational products for a range of partners, Mr. Kuehl has designed strategic enrollment and marketing solutions that prioritized ROI, leveraged the latest marketing techniques to create strong program and institutional differentiation strategies, all while simultaneously meeting student quality metrics. Mr. Kuehl earned a Master of Business Administration in Marketing from the New York Institute of Technology and holds a Bachelor of Arts with a double major in Communications and Psychology from St. Olaf College, where he began his career in admissions as a senior intern.

Jerald Harrison - CEO, Chairman, Founder

Job Titles:
  • CEO
  • Chairman
  • Founder
Mr. Harrison leads the business development and growth strategies for Edufirst EMS. Mr. Harrison has a proven record of leveraging his substantial business development and operations management acumen to design highly effective, sales-focused approaches and create new avenues of revenue. With over a decade of experience in operations, sales management and strategic planning, Mr. Harrison has founded and sold multiple successful companies in different sectors (oil and gas, health and wellness, and education). His entrepreneurial spirit, encompassed with the wealth of knowledge from these endeavors, fosters his unparalleled ability to successfully execute visions and achieve organizational goals. Mr. Harrison is currently pursuing completion of a Doctorate in Education (Ed.D.) and has a passion for innovative education. As an Adjunct Professor and organizational leader, developing, supporting and fostering leadership abilities in others is inherent in his character. Mr. Harrison and his wife reside in Edmond, Oklahoma, with their three children. They enjoy hobbies of playing sports, working out, and weekly family events. Mr. Harrison leads the business development and growth strategies for Edufirst EMS. Mr. Harrison has a proven record of leveraging his substantial business development and operations management acumen to design highly effective, sales-focused approaches and create new avenues of revenue. With over a decade of experience in operations, sales management and strategic planning, Mr. Harrison has founded and sold multiple successful companies in different sectors (oil and gas, health and wellness, and education). His entrepreneurial spirit, encompassed with the wealth of knowledge from these endeavors, fosters his unparalleled ability to successfully execute visions and achieve organizational goals. Mr. Harrison is currently pursuing completion of a Doctorate in Education (Ed.D.) and has a passion for innovative education. As an Adjunct Professor and organizational leader, developing, supporting and fostering leadership abilities in others is inherent in his character. Mr. Harrison and his wife reside in Edmond, Oklahoma, with their three children. They enjoy hobbies of playing sports, working out, and weekly family events.