GLOBAL SCHOOL CONSULTING GROUP - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Senior Consultant
- Principal of Consultoria Aplicada Certified LEGO® Serious Play® Executive Leader Training and Coaching
Alfredo is passionate about organizational behavior and leadership development. Over the past twelve years, Alfredo has been consulting for a myriad of organizations, including family businesses, corporations, schools, ministries and not-for-profit organizations.
Job Titles:
- Senior Consultant
- Director of School Security for the Brook Hill School
- School Safety, Security, Threat Assessments
Director of School Safety and Student Security for The Brook Hill School | Co-founder of Christian Defense & Safety Solutions |Speaker, Consultant and Trainer | Multiple related Certifications
Bobby Brasher is the Director of School Security for The Brook Hill School, a private, Christian, college preparatory, international boarding school with both day and boarding students in Bullard, Texas. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology from Louisiana Tech University with emphasis in Criminology. He has a lengthy background in Education as well as Security and Law Enforcement. Bobby graduated from the University of Louisiana - Monroe and received his P.O.S.T. certification.
He served 6 years as a police officer and Sheriff's Deputy. He consults on safety and security for schools and churches including independent/private schools in Latin America and Africa. Bobby has spent time in Israel observing Israeli strategies and tactics. He started a non-profit Christian defense and safety organization to assist churches and faith-based schools on how to protect, educate, and respond to various emergency situations. His other certifications and experiences include:
Texas Education Agency Secondary Teaching Certificate
Louisiana Department of Education Secondary Teaching Certificate
United State Marine Corps Teacher Education School
School Safety Specialist (The Center for Safe and Secure Schools)
Six years as a commissioned police officer working as a Sheriff's Deputy and City police officer
Certified Police Academy Instructor for Texas Commission on Law Enforcement
Law Enforcement Firearms Instructor for Texas Commission on Law Enforcement
Department of Homeland Security/FEMA certified Search and Rescue
Over 20 years' experience as a classroom teacher in Police Operations and Introduction into Law Enforcement
Texas Dept. of Public Safety License to Carry Instructor
Texas Dept. Of Public Safety Private Security Bureau Level 2, Level 3 and Plain clothes Level Protection Officer
DPS Private Security Bureau classroom and Level 3 Firearm instructor
FBI Child Abduction Rapid Response Training
Homeland Security Emergency Management Institute (National Response Plan)
United States Secret Service - School Threat Assessment Training
Staff Situational Awareness and Student Behavior Analysis
Department of Homeland Security- Office for Bombing Prevention- Improvised Explosive Device Construction and Classification certification
Job Titles:
- Acting Co - Founder of PRIVATE SCHOOL COLLOQUIUM
- Affiliate Consultant
- CEO / Partner, on - Mission Diagnostics ( OMD )
Chip is also an acting Co-Founder of PRIVATE SCHOOL COLLOQUIUM, an international forum provided to academic school personnel to facilitate dialogue on "Timely Topics" that affect the independence of private schools and thus, create new challenges for mission fidelity.
Job Titles:
- Senior Consultant
- Development Leadership / Structure, Sustainable Funding Plans, Donor Cultivation, School Improvement Surveys
- Founder / Director, SchoolRIGHT LLC Donor Advisor, Educational Media Foundation Speaker, Workshop Leader, Consultant
- Visionary Leader
Clint is a highly relational visionary leader with a varied background that includes Christian school leadership, teaching, and coaching, major donor cultivation, Christian radio management and on-air talent. He was a founding board member and first Administrator of a Christian school in Colorado, also serving in school leadership roles in Ohio, Wisconsin, and Florida.
Clint currently serves in ministry with Educational Media Foundation as a Donor Advisor and is the Owner of SchoolRIGHT LLC, providing independent schools tuition aid verification services and comprehensive surveys, helping guide school leaders with accurate data to make wise and informed decisions.
Clint's professional experiences have included:
Assessing ministry practices in development, administration, and board governance.
Recommending best practices for success in school ministry operations.
Creating strategies for core administrative functions such as admissions, funding, budget development, student recruitment, public relations, marketing, and alumni.
Growing portfolios of high capacity donors for increased annual revenue.
Performing capital campaign feasibility studies and consultation.
Planning ministry fund assessment strategies, including donor identification, qualification, and cultivation.
Designing, writing, and maintaining various professional creative communiqués including newsletters and websites, video and audio presentations.
Emceeing events.
Producing and editing various voice-over projects for promos, stories, instructional videos, and more.
Clint has served in various capacities of church ministry such as Deacon, Media Ministry Head, and Worship Leader. He had a travelling vocal ministry from 1981-2012 ministering in numerous states across the country. He and his wife, Dawn, reside in Grapeland, Texas, and have three grown sons and four grandchildren.
Job Titles:
- Owner, DelCampo International School and DelCampo International Academy, Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Job Titles:
- Principal & Executive Consultant
- Principal, GLOBAL School Consulting Group Consultant, Presenter, and Trainer
- School Ownership & Governance, Effective Organizational Structures & Systems, Comprehensive Organizational Assessments, Executive Searches
Dr. David A. Wells and his wife Lois live in the mountains of Ecuador, near the village of Nono, just a few miles from Quito. David devotes his time to consulting for school owners, school systems, boards, and executive leaders in international and national schools around the globe.
David's experience in educational and organizational leadership is broad and deep, including leadership of schools in Puerto Rico, New York, and Ecuador. He also managed a not-for-profit social services agency and a commercial real estate group. David served as an Executive Consultant and Vice President for the Global Division of PAIDEIA, Inc. for several years, and is recognized as an Associated Consultant with the Council of International Schools. In addition to his work in consulting, David is an adjunct professor in a graduate program for international educators, chairs three school boards, and is a member of two foundation boards. David is also a plenary speaker and presents workshops and seminars on school ownership, governance, and leadership.
Dr. Wells has provided services to seventy-three schools and organizations over the last six years, in thirty-five countries. His expertise and passion are most commonly applied to the following areas:
Job Titles:
- Senior Consultant
- Educational Entrepreneur, Founder and Principal Owner of Club Anglais Consultant and Trainer
- Planning for School Success
Dr. Eric Crane is best described as an educational entrepreneur. With over 35 years of experience in the field of education, Eric has experience in teaching, administration, governance, and research; but his real passion is school start-ups. The school start-up process must begin by developing a thorough understanding of the values and vision of the school owners. Then a wide variety of market data needs to be collected and analyzed. Based on this information, a robust financial model is developed. The financial model becomes the foundation for financial forecasting, raising capital, establishing fees and tuition, and ultimately for making a "go/no-go" decision about whether to move ahead with the start-up. If it's a "go" then the real work begins. This includes government relations, finding or building the right facility, obtaining the necessary licenses and permits, recruiting staff, forming a board of directors, building the curriculum, and marketing the new school.
Eric has experience will all of these elements of new school start-ups.
Eric also has experience and expertise in the areas of:
Accreditation
Strategic planning
Executive leadership
Financial modeling
Governance
Developing values, vision, and mission statements
Differentiation
The power of the affective domain
Dual language immersion
Professional development plans
Eric and his wife Janet lived in Morocco for 12 years where Eric was the Executive Director of George Washington Academy. Eric and Janet currently live in Tunis, Tunisia where Eric is the founder and principal owner of ClubAnglais. ClubAnglais teaches English to children ages 18 months through 14 years. They do this through an innovative and highly engaging process that make learning English fun.
Dr. Janet Lowrie Nason has taught undergraduate and graduate courses on five continents for six universities, including the University of the Sciences, Columbia International University, Grace College, Carin University, Morling College, and Indiana Wesleyan University. She was also a founder of the Greenville Christian School, in Texas. Janet is an accomplished writer and popular conference speaker, having presented at over two hundred international conferences speaking on a broad range of topics. During the last fifteen years Janet has lived in Manila, Hong Kong and Jakarta, and has mentored many leaders.
Dr. Nason is the visionary and founder of the Pacific Rim Roundtable for Educational Leaders, which gives equal voice to educators and facilitates collaborative projects. She's often been called a "Nokia women", who loves to connect ideas, people, and projects. She currently serves on the international accreditation committee of the Association of Universities for Asia and the Pacific where she assists universities within the region. She is also a long- term, international consultant for two International Baccalaureate schools in Surabaya, Indonesia.
Dr. Nason loves scuba diving, global travel, water color painting, and creating new master's degree programs! She raised two children as a single mother and loves being "Mimi" to three grandchildren.
Job Titles:
- Administrator
- Affiliate Consultant
- Global Education Resources & Solutions
- Professor of Education, Trinity International University Author, Consultant
Dr. Karen Wrobbel is an educator, administrator, author, and consultant with extensive experience in international education and working with globally mobile families. Her early career included work as a teacher and administrator in international Christian schools, followed by service as the worldwide children's education coordinator for a global non-governmental agency. She has resided in Spain, Venezuela, and Costa Rica, and speaks Spanish fluently.
Wrobbel's 2021 book, The Globally Mobile Family's Guide to Educating Children Overseas (Wipf and Stock) joins her professional and personal experience with serious research to provide this essential guide for international families.
Currently, Wrobbel's full time position is Dean of Trinity College and Trinity Graduate School, at Trinity International University (Deerfield, Illinois, USA). In addition to her consulting work with the GLOBAL School Consulting Group, she is a member of the board for PACE (The Professional Association of Cross-Cultural Consultants in Education) and an associate staff member of SHARE Education Services, a group that helps families with their educational needs.
"Never before in history have parents faced so many choices on how to best educate their children. For globally mobile families, the number of factors to consider in choosing a school is amplified. Finally, help has come! Wrobbel describes all options clearly, listing the benefits and challenges of each so parents can make well-informed choices. I highly recommend it!"
Job Titles:
- Consultant
- Senior Consultant
- Assistant Professor of Education at Grand Canyon University
- Assistant Professor, Grand Canyon University Trainer, Speaker, and Consultant
- Special Education
Dr. Lisa Bernier is an educator and consultant with over 30 years of experience in K-12 through higher education. She is also a Board of Directors member and officer for several non-profit Christian organizations. Dr. Bernier holds a B.S. in Elementary Education from Grand Canyon University, an M.A.Ed. in Administration and Supervision from the University of Phoenix, and an Ed.D. Organizational Leadership with an Emphasis in Effective Schools from Grand Canyon University. Additionally, she has graduate study and certification in Special Education and Structured English Immersion. Her dissertation was entitled, "A Study of School Choice and Special Education in the 21 st Century."
Throughout her career, Dr. Bernier has been blessed to gain valuable experience in both teaching and administration and in the areas of general, ESL, and special education. In addition, she has been an active ACSI accreditation team chair and team member throughout the Rocky Mountain Region for over twelve years. These varied experiences have given her several lenses by which she can view unique school situations that may arise when trying to implement something new, whether it be curriculum, inclusion of students with special needs, or teacher training, etc.
Dr. Bernier has had the distinctive opportunity to conduct teacher trainings and seminars for schools throughout the country of Indonesia regarding special education, inclusion, Christian parenting, and effective brain-based teaching methods. Annually, she takes a group of Grand Canyon University College of Education students to teach English in Christian schools there. Dr. Bernier presented the benefits of this type of school partnership model at the 2019 ACSI International Educational Leadership Conference in Budapest, Hungary.
Currently, Dr. Bernier is an Assistant Professor of Education at Grand Canyon University in Phoenix, Arizona, USA. She teaches special education, ESL, and Christian education courses, supervises student teachers and administrative interns, presents at conferences and helps develop program materials and curriculum. She lives in Phoenix, Arizona, USA, with her husband Mark and their cocker spaniel, Buddy. They have four adult children and four grandchildren. They are both very involved in their church in various ministries and also enjoy reading, hiking, and kayaking in the beautiful Arizona outdoors.
Job Titles:
- Affiliate Consultant
- Founder / Catalyst, Just Act Now
- Organizational Conflict / Change / Crisis Management Specialist
Dr. Meredith Wheeler was a consultant with the GLOBAL Group early in our operations, but stepped away for a season, focusing on other priorities and endeavors. He is now returning to our Group, bringing with him a hugely valuable slate of competencies to serve schools and organizations around the globe.
Job Titles:
- Consultant
- Senior Consultant
- Director of Curriculum, Professional Development, & Accreditation for Schools of Excellence Founder of EducArt International Consultant and Trainer
- Standard - Based Curriculum Design and Revision, Teacher Training Programs
Dr. Sofía Amador is an experienced educator and consultant in K-12 education in Costa Rica and Latin America. She has also been a founding member and Board of Director member for several non-profit and Christian organizations. She holds a BA in Teaching English as a Foreign Language from the University of Costa Rica, a master's degree in Education and a master's degree in Educational Leadership from Framingham State University in Massachusetts and a Doctorate in Education from La Salle University in Costa Rica.
Throughout her career, Dr. Amador has made her mission to help faculty and administrators develop their leadership roles and empower them into adopting effective teaching practices in support of student success. She has taken advantage of the various positions she has held as Curriculum & Accreditation Director, Principal, and General Director to become an influential leader and an agent of change among the people she works with. Sofía's areas of expertise include:
Curriculum writing and alignment to the organization's vision, mission, and academic standards
Adoption of data-based inquiry processes, through which an institution engages in strategic planning, as the foundation of continuous improvement
Design and implementation of teacher training programs that promote collaboration and action research among faculty
Coaching BOD members in managing educational organizations
Coaching school leaders in the areas of leadership, staff development, supervision, and retention.
As a consultant, Dr. Amador founded EducArte International in 2012, an educational consulting business, through which she has had the privilege of working in several countries in Latin America.
Sofía strongly believes that to prepare the student of the 21st Century, schools and leaders must build networks of collaboration and service. Her strong belief in service and collaboration motivated her to become a volunteer for Cognia (former AdvancED). She has participated in Review Teams for Colombia, México, El Salvador, Honduras, Dominican Republic, and Costa Rica. These experiences have provided her with a solid background in the areas of teaching and learning, leadership and strategic planning, as well as a range of strategies to help schools meet their needs.
Currently, Dr. Amador is the Curriculum/Professional Development and Accreditation Director for Schools of Excellence, a private school system in San José, Costa Rica. In that position, she coordinates the curriculum implementation process, the professional development plan and the continuous improvement process in the three schools that are part of the system.
Job Titles:
- Senior Consultant
- Enrollment Management, Global School Partnerships, Research & Assessment Design
Dr. Stephen P. Robinson, and his wife Rhonda, maintain their primary residence in Roswell, Georgia. He is a global educator with a career in universities, independent schools, and a school association. He welcomes opportunities to help school leaders and boards think strategically about global education, enrollment management, technology, and financial sustainability initiatives.
Since July 2015 Stephen and Rhonda have served as educational missionaries in Honduras. In this role they have supported a variety of educational initiatives as well as working on a variety of strategic initiatives with the seven Bilingual Episcopal Schools of Honduras.
Prior to moving to Honduras, Stephen was the President of the Southern Association of Independent Schools (SAIS), where he led one of the largest independent school regional accrediting associations, serving and accrediting approximately 380 independent schools in 14 states and four countries.
Stephen earned a B.A. in Religion and an M.A. in General Education from Southern Nazarene University, where he competed successfully as an intercollegiate basketball player. He earned a Ph.D. in Applied Behavioral Studies in Education from Oklahoma State University.
Stephen's approach to education is summarized by his long-standing educational philosophy:
Job Titles:
- Consultant
- Executive
- Leader
- Trainer
- Instructional Leadership, Data - Informed Professional Development for School Leaders
- Superintendent, the Village Christian Academy
Superintendent, The Village Christian Academy | Adjunct Professor, International Graduate Program for Educators, State University of New York | Author, TrustED®: The Bridge to School Improvement | Consultant, Executive Coach, Trainer.
Dr. Travis works alongside educators around the globe, assisting schools in over twenty countries of the world to date. Toby's passion is guiding schools through data-informed school-wide improvement that results in high levels of trust. Research has shown that when trust levels are high, benefits to schools include:
Toby is the author of the award-winning book, "TrustED: The Bridge to School Improvement," available on Amazon, which has been featured in Forbes, CEOWorld Magazine, Authority Magazine, The Knowledge Review, eSchoolNews, and more. Additionally, Dr. Travis is the creator and developer of the "TrustED School Leader 360" assessment available through SchoolRIGHT, LLC; a data-driven approach to school improvement through the development of school leaders.
Job Titles:
- Senior Consultant
- Deputy Director - Middle School of Sampedrana International School Trainer, Mentor, and Coach
- Deputy Director at the Center for Early Learning of Sampedrana International School
- Design, Implementation, & Assessment of Early Childhood Programs, EC Professional Development
Elisa's competency and passion, are Early Childhood Education (including environmental scales to evaluate programs, curriculum development, provisions for students with special needs, support programs for families), as well as the area of Emotional Intelligence. with more than 30 years experience as an educator and administrator.
Elisa is currently the Deputy Director at the Center for Early Learning of Sampedrana International School (Honduras). She has earned a master's degree in Educational Leadership, from Framingham State University; a certificate in Early Childhood Education for International Schools, from SUNY Buffalo; and International Certification in School Leadership, from the Principal's Learning Center.
She recognizes - "Children are a heritage from the LORD, offspring a reward from him." -Psalm 127:3 (NIV) and that it is an honor and responsibility to be entrusted with a little one from God. We stand beside Him to shepherd their growth and development, to advocate for them, and provide for their needs while they're in our care. Her professional undertaking is to reach out to as many young learners as possible through supporting Early Learning administrators, teachers, and families to help kids' progress through the stages of development in developmentally appropriate high-quality programs.
Job Titles:
- Social Media Specialist / GLOBAL School Consulting Group / Communications
Job Titles:
- Senior Consultant
- Principal at Independent School Advancement ( Strategic Counsel for Independent Schools ) Speaker, Trainer, and Facilitator
Ingrid Healy has a passion for independent schools.
An internationally recognized consultant, speaker, trainer, and facilitator; Ingrid is committed to furthering the institutional advancement efforts of all types and sizes of independent schools. Connecting people. Sparking ideas. Inspiring philanthropy. Energizing development programs. Creating strategic vision. Ensuring YOUR success.
Her experience in leading and managing capital and endowment campaigns ranges from $4 million to $100 million; and she has worked with schools of all sizes and denominations in both the United States and Canada.
"Ingrid Healy is our go-to person. We know we can count on her for wise counsel and effective strategy. We will definitely work with her again in our next campaign."
Job Titles:
- Principal
- Senior Consultant
- Consultant, Mentor, and Coach at National College of Education Consultant, Presenter, and Trainer
James is an experienced school principal, both as a founding principal, and also as principal of a standalone day and boarding school. He has been teaching for over 20 years (from prep school through to freshmen at the University of Oxford). As a consultant, he has worked with the National College for Education to mentor and coach middle leaders, alongside supporting the growth in international education in the Far East. He has been published in numerous educational journals and has spoken at conferences on UK education, Boarding and achieving entry to UK Schools and Colleges.
His vision for an organization is centered on developing people, achieving healthy well-being and living by Core Values: kindness, compassion, integrity and inclusion. He is also a very strong advocate for personal involvement in community projects, himself serving on numerous Not-For-Profit Boards and at Global Sporting Events.
Job Titles:
- Senior Consultant
- Owner, Curriculum Decisions
- Standards Literacy, Curriculum Mapping & Design
Owner, Curriculum Decisions | Best-Selling Author, A Guide to Curriculum Mapping, Educational Leaders' Guide to Curriculum Mapping, Upgrade Your Curriculum, and A Guide to Documenting Learning | Standards Alignment, Curriculum Mapping, and Documenting Learning Specialist
Janet Hale is passionate about supporting educators in making curriculum decisions that ensure, enhance, and enrich learning and teaching experiences.
Janet specializes in curriculum mapping; curriculum design using various models and frameworks; standards literacy and alignment; and documenting learning. She has over 20 years of experience as a consultant, coach, and professional learning presenter assisting schools, districts, dioceses, higher-ed programs, and educational organizations and businesses with their curriculum, instruction, and assessment needs and improvement plans.
Her Master of Education in educational leadership and curriculum development; plus teaching in elementary, secondary, and special education classrooms, enable Janet to provide insights and recommendations that are conducive and beneficial for improving the relationship among curriculum, instruction, and assessment practices for all learners-including teachers and administrators.
Janet has developed national educational seminars and workshops and has presented at a variety of conferences, including ASCD, Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI), the International Reading Association, and Curriculum21. She has written professional books published by ASCD and Corwin Press, including:
A Guide to Curriculum Mapping: Planning, Implementing, and Sustaining the Process (Bestseller)
An Educational Leader's Guide to Curriculum Mapping: Creating and Sustaining Collaborative Cultures
Upgrading Your Curriculum: Practical Ways to Transform Units and Engage Students
A Guide to Documenting Learning: Making Thinking Visible, Meaningful, Sharable, and Amplified
Job Titles:
- Administrator
- Senior Consultant
- Educational Marketing, International Student Programs, Student Culture, Diagnosing Educational Institutional Health
- Founder and President of Keith Global
- Principal of Keith
Principal of KeithGlobal | Founder and Former President of WAnet |VP of Shutoon English, Executive Principal of USAprep, Administrative Principal of JOY International
Mr. Keith served at one of the oldest and most respected Private High Schools in America, Wheaton Academy, for over 35 years. His broad experience included roles as Business Manager, Director of Development, Dean of Students, Principal and Chief Operating Officer.
Many of his philosophies and programs, such as The Living Curriculum Teacher, Winterim, The Mature Culture, The AND Institution and 6-3-1 Enrollment, have been replicated broadly throughout education.
Mr. Keith holds a B.S. in Business Administration from Houghton College, M.B.A. from Northern Illinois University and C.A.S. in Educational Leadership from National Louis University.
Over the past decade, he has also become an influential leader in the USA / Asia educational world. He founded and served as President of WAnet, a nationwide association of schools with homestay boarding programs for international students. He has also created numerous educational programs benefiting American schools and international families.
Mr. Keith is founder and President of Keith Global, an international platform that provides a wide range of educational resources for international families and schools / organizations. Simultaneously, he serves in a variety of leadership roles including VP / CXO of Shutoon English, Executive Principal of USAprep and Administrative Principal of JOY International, all based throughout China. He also works closely with the K-12 and University communities worldwide.
Mr. Keith and his wife are products of Houghton Academy, an international boarding school in New York, where his father served for nearly 40 years. The Keith's have three adult children with the oldest currently living and teaching in China. Mr. and Mrs. Keith have served as host parents to numerous international students and remain active in the lives of international families throughout the world.
Mr. Keith has been a valuable referent to schools worldwide over the past three and a half decades focusing on Educational Marketing, Entrepreneurial Initiatives, International Student Programs, Teacher Recruitment & Selection, Student Culture, Strategic Enrollment, Fiscal Stewardship and diagnosing Educational Institutional Health.
Job Titles:
- Senior Consultant
- Headmaster, New Covenant Academy
- Instructional Practice, Classroom Management, Student Motivation
Headmaster, New Covenant Academy | Author, Engage: Motivational Strategies for a Dynamic Classroom
Kjell Fenn is a dynamic, passionate educator who has presented workshops, seminars, and keynotes in the U.S. and internationally. He is currently headmaster of the New Covenant Academy in Mansfield, Pennsylvania.
Kjell specializes in pedagogical methods, classroom management, and professional development strategies. He has developed innovations while serving as a middle and high school language arts teacher, curriculum coordinator, and head of school. He has served on multiple accreditation review teams and presented workshops in Cairo, Jeddah, Riyadh, and Abu Dhabi and presented at conferences in multiple states in the U.S., Canada, and Latin America.
Kjell is an innovator. He developed a personalized professional development model and a teacher style inventory. Kjell has a B.A. in English, Secondary Education, an M.A. in Counseling: Human Behavior, an M.Ed. in Inclusive Education with a Bilingual Extension, and is a doctoral candidate at Liberty University. He is married to Marcy and has four children.
He has written a professional book published by Rowman & Littlefield entitled Engage: Motivational Strategies for a Dynamic Classroom.
He looks forward to joining in a journey with you!
Job Titles:
- Instructor for Texas Commission on Law Enforcement
Job Titles:
- Administrator
- Senior Consultant
- Educational Evaluation Consultant
With over two decades of experience as a school leader, teacher, and educational technologist in K-12 and higher education, Paul's professional work focuses on helping schools grow their mission both inside and outside their walls. He focuses on developing comprehensive assessment strategies for mission effectiveness and on leveraging an institution's technology to achieve its goals.
Paul has served as an educational administrator for nearly two decades, both in the United States and internationally. In the United States, he has served as Program Evaluator for Mesa Public Schools, and, previously, he was a school leader in the Dominican Republic, where he was Assistant Head of School at Santiago Christian School and Interim Head of School at Colegio Caminito de Jesus. Over the past two decades, he has provided technology consulting services to companies and non-profits in the Philadelphia metropolitan region.
Tassos has served for over forty years in education around the globe, having led multiple schools through IB accreditation. Experienced in establishing an efficient school culture across many global educational establishments Dr. Anastasiades has improved student learning and welfare and seen exceptional results from a positive, supporting, and safe school climate.
His educational leadership experience is extensive and includes holding positions as Quality Assurance Director for Riyadh Schools, Principal of the Finnish School of Kosovo, Head of Edubridge International School, Director of Ajman Academy, Principal of Dubai Gem Private School, Director of Quality Assurance at Innoventures Education, and headships and school leadership positions in the United Kingdom, Bahrain, Saudi Arabia, China, Nigeria, Zambia, Malaysia, and Cyprus.
Dr. Anastasiades has engaged in projects focused on quality assurance, leadership development, preparation for KHDA (UAE) inspections, Cambridge Schools, American curriculum, British curriculum, preparing schools for BSO and CIS accreditation, monitoring the quality of teaching and learning, and working closely with school development targets including personalized appraisal systems and school policy development. He has an MA in Education (Bath University), an MBA in Educational Leadership (Leicester University), a Ph.D. in Biochemistry (Nottingham University), and National Professional Qualification for Headship, Positive Psychology and is an advocate for mindfulness and wellbeing.
Wayne K. Lynch is a graduate of Rider University (B.S. Marketing, '71), Temple University (M. Ed., '78), and Dallas Theological Seminary (M.A. '84). He has been an Educator and Fundraiser since 1975 and speaks, writes, and consults widely on these topics. He holds the senior designation in fundraising from the Association of Fundraising Professionals, ACFRE. Wayne is one of 125 who holds this distinction in the 28,000-member organization.
He - served as Director of Santiago Christian School in the Dominican Republic where he lived for ten years. He loves to work with schools in hard places, such as the DR, Albania, the Ukraine and Central Africa. Currently, he and his wife Carol travel and work from Jupiter, Florida. He is the President of The Gift of Hope USA Foundation, which provides funding to inspire, equip, and empower Christian leaders and organizations with the transformational HOPE of Jesus Christ.
His Handbook for Ministry Fundraising was published by The Center, Souderton, PA. He has expertise in Annual and Capital Campaigns, Major Gifts, International Fundraising, Establishing and Building Endowments, The Board's Role in Fundraising, Establishing a Development Program, and Deferred Giving Programs. Wayne began his fundraising career with Plumstead Christian School (1975-1986) and was Vice President for Development at Philadelphia Biblical University (now Cairn University) and founder and Executive Director of their support foundation, The Regency Foundation, from 1986-2003.