The Leadership Team
CHRISTINE KRIER | MANAGING DIRECTOR
Christine is the Managing Director of the American Education Board. She has spent her career in the Hospitality and Education sector. She is well experienced in building multilateral relationships with U.S and U.K institutions and has advised numerous organizations on international growth strategies.
SALAM BOU KARRAOUM | Regional Director - MENA
Salam is an analytical and growth-focused executive with comprehensive experience in strategy formulation and implementation, business development, sales, relationship building, and product management. He is highly experienced at launching multiple U.S. University brands in the MENA region.
UKRISH | Regional Director - Central Asia
Ukrish is a seasoned executive with an established career in Business Development in the Asian markets. He has cultivated strong relationships with local educational institutions that has enabled western universities to have a strong foothold in Asia. Ukrish has a Bachelor's degree from the U.S.
SRI DHAR | EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN
Sri is the Founder of the American Education Board, established to foster bilateral and multilateral academic articulations; and collaboration among universities around the world. He has spent over 30 years in Asia - primarily India and the Middle East. He is well experienced in fostering cross-border relationships. He has advised private corporations to government bodies on matters of bilateral trade and cooperative economic development. He has been instrumental in the adoption of online learning as a modality in India and has advised universities on international education.
SNOW FU - Country Director, China
Snow is an international higher ed executive. She was most recently the Chief China Representative for Washington State University, where her focus was student recruitment, marketing, institution relationship, agency relationship management and product training. She holds a Master of Science degree in Counseling and Psychology from Troy University, where she also operated as Career Counselor, Graduate Assistant at Global Campus, and Assistant to the Dean of International Office.
Our Advisory Council
Michael Huckaby
Michael has spent the last 16 years working with international higher education and edtech companies. He was the University President of Glion Institute of Higher Education, CEO for Laureate Hospitality Education, CMO for Shorelight Education, Managing Director of US News Global Education and Founder of the consulting firm, Tidewater 360°. He has lived in 5 countries while working and traveling to 85. He received his Bachelors and M.B.A. from the University of Alabama.
Evan Weisenfeld
Evan Weisenfeld has more than 25 years of experience developing and executing successful integrated, multi-channel and digital business programs in ultra-competitive and evolving marketplaces. He was recently the Head of sales and marketing for U.S. News Global Education and is a renowned speaker in the world of international higher education.
Simmi Harding
Simmi Harding is an experienced visionary and leader in Global Education with over 25+ years of experience and has been instrumental in bringing global education projects to India. She was the Global Institutional Alliances for Shorelight LIVE offering elite U.S. degree-bound and Executive Education programs through partnerships with local Global Study Center host institutions. Simmi has also hosted a successful talk show"Saturday with Simmi" on National Television in India.
PJ Lang
Paul is a technology and relationship professional with extensive background in software and solutions delivery across a variety of environments and industries. He has developed close relationships with key leaders of the largest ecommerce and technology companies in the world including Dell, Paypal, Ebay, Google, Amazon. He has led highly complex consultative engagements on solution design, long roadmaps, and distributed teams.
Stephanie Berrett
Seasoned C Suite Executive with a demonstrated history in the Management Consulting, Financial Services, and Private Equity verticals. Skilled in Commodity Risk Management, Corporate Finance, Managerial Finance, Strategic Planning, and Forecasting. Strong community and social services professional graduated from U Penn (Wharton), and Harvard University.
Richard Tang
Richard is a career CFO. He is an executive financial leader with a sharp focus and high success rate in project execution and completion, driving immediate results in Margin expansion, EBITDA growth and increasing brand marketability at high transaction e-commerce start-ups, CPG and Fortune 500 media companies. He is an expert in Series B fund raise and allowing companies to fulfill growth opportunities.
Nancy Law
Nancy has had an exemplary 30 year career at Cornell University. During this three decade span, her leadership included Cornell University admissions, leading student visitor and overnight hosting programs, alumni affairs engagement roles focused on volunteer management in regional, club, class, and student-alumni connection programs, and spent more than 15 years with Cornell Career Services developing internship and employer relations as well as leading exemplary job shadowing experiential and networking programs engaging more than 1500 students worldwide. Nancy was also the Director for Alumni Engagement at Ithaca College.
Patriek Karayil
Patriek is a C-level executive with strong experience in Education, Consumer, and Travel verticals. He has been a career CMO with an established track record of taking companies through their growth expansion phase. He has managed and oversaw teams in North and South America, the Middle East, and Asia. He holds a BSc from Arizona State and MBA from MIT.
Cheryl Toto
Cheryl is a COO/ CEO / Strategic Leader with 15 years of experience in the education sector, leading both private and non-profit organizations. As a leader in education, she held multiple interim executive appointments and spent a decade as an SVP at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt where she led critical initiatives including launching the digital publishing business, establishing the direct-to-consumer market, and innovating in K12 content and product development. Most recently, she served as CEO & President of the Marketing Science Institute, repositioning MSI as a leading platform for marketing research collaboration. She holds a BA from Dartmouth College and an MBA from The Wharton School.