Kevin is Managing Director of Westlake Global (a boutique advisory firm for K-20 education), having recently served for six years as Chief Executive Officer of ECIS, the Educational Collaborative for International Schools, and two years focused on teacher preparation as President at Moreland University. Now in his 27th year in education, he has given 20+ years of service as a director on non-profit boards, with four years as an independent school trustee, and is an advisor to a number of projects or organizations. Kevin is a Fellow in the UK-based Royal Society of Arts; member of the Online Executive Panel (Education) for McKinsey & Company; judge for the International School Awards; past judge for the PIE Awards (Professionals in International Education); and past lecturer for the National Endowment for the Humanities. He holds bachelor’s degrees in French and German and a Master’s in Comparative Literature, all from the Pennsylvania State University; a Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from Rutgers University; and has completed executive education programs at Stanford University in Advanced Project Management and Strategic Decision & Risk Management, as well as at the University of Oxford’s Saïd Business School in Executive Leadership. A polyglot with seven languages, he holds citizenship in the US and UK.

Kevin’s blog entries on this site represent his contribution to thought leadership in the education sector.