What We Do

Our Advisory Board

Our Founder
Our advisory board includes nationally recognized leaders in the field of education and accomplished educators from K-12, universities, and graduate schools, in addition to Fortune 500 managers, Ivy League graduates, published authors, and leaders from the business, legal, and other professions.  Please find some of their biographies below. 


Linda Sand Guest, Ed.D., Doctor Of Education, Teaching, Curriculum, And Learning Environments, Harvard University;  Teacher: English, American History, Gifted and Talented, and Remedial Programs throughout the United States ;Teacher of the Year, Lesher Junior High School, Fort Collins, CO; Assistant Professor, College of Education, University of Denver; Project Coordinator, Rocky Mountain Teacher Education Collaborative for the National Science Foundation;  Director of Curriculum, Eagle Rock School and Professional Development Center


Betsy Brand,
Executive Director, American Youth Policy Forum; Member, Board of Directors of the Center for Occupational Research and Development; National Child Labor Committee; Latin American Youth Center; and Educational Policy Institute.


N. John Cannon, M.Sc., M.B.A. is a graduate of Harvard Business School and Founding Partner of The Cannon Group, where he helps private companies and social sector organizations achieve sustained growth and more efficiently fulfill their missions. Mr. Cannon was named an Associate in the investment banking group of Wachovia Capital Markets and has also served as policy advisor to the Governor of Alabama and Policy Analyst for A+ Education Partnership. He has been a speaker to the National Governors Association and a featured entrepreneur on MSNBC.  In addition to his M.B.A., Mr. Cannon holds a M.Sc. in Politics and International Relations from Oxford University as well as the B.A. and B.B.A. from the University of Notre Dame, where he graduated from the Honors Program with Highest Honors.


James Hall, Ph.D., Director, New College, University of Alabama


George Geis, J.D./.M.B.A., Professor of Law, University of Virginia School of Law; former Associate, McKinsey & Company


Denise Evans, J.D., Author, The Complete Real Estate Encyclopedia and The Essential Home Buyers Checklist


John Bishop, Chairman, Tun Tavern Advisers; former Senior Vice-President of Marketing for CNL Income Properties, Inc


Wesley Sellers, M.B.A., Owner, Sellers Sustainable Solutions


Karen Jointer, M.S.W., Adjunct Professor, University of Tennessee; Clinical Coordinator, University of Tennessee Health Science Center


O. William Evans, M.B.A./J.D., Former Executive Director, Alabama Real Estate Research and Education Center


James Robert Stoker,
Finance Manager, The Boeing Company


Samuel Halperin, Ph.D., Past President, Institute for Educational Leadership