Gordon Freedman

Chair, Founder

Freedman served as VP, Global Education Strategy for eLearning leader Blackboard, Inc. from 2005 until 2012. In this position, he visited 18 countries and met with numerous leaders in government, higher educations, schools, research institutes and related associations. He also helped create, as well as led, the Blackboard Institute, which concentrated on K-through-College progression in…Read more…

Veronica Garcia, Ed.D.

NLET Board of Directors

Dr. Veronica Garcia has 24 years of experience in higher education and has worked in both public and private, 2-year and 4-year institutions, in Arizona, California, and Texas with a focus on serving underrepresented student populations. Dr. Garcia has worked in various roles in Enrollment Management, Student Services and Academic Operations over the years and…Read more…

Norman “Storm” Robinson III, Ph.D.

NLET Board of Directors, STEM, Equity and Impact

Storm is the Associate Director of School and Community Engagement at Georgia Institute of Technology’s Center for Education Integrating Science, Mathematics and Computing (CEISMC).  He is the former Interim President and CEO/Chief Innovation and Education Officer at the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy where he provided executive leadership and vision in the areas of Educator…Read more…

David Andrews, Ph.D.

President, Board Member Ex-Officio

David Andrews serves as both Chancellor of University of Massachusetts Global and President of NLET.  Andrews is a lifelong educator committed to equity and access through personalized, student-centric approaches. Prior to joining NLET, he served as President of National University, California’s second-largest, private non-profit university. During his five-year term as President, National University substantially improved…Read more…