iDesign welcomes seasoned board members bringing decades of expertise in online learning, education technology, K-12 transformation, and finance
iDesign, the pioneering instructional design firm which has worked with hundreds of colleges and universities to build affordable online programs tightly linked with the labor market, today announced the appointment of three nationally recognized leaders to its Board of Directors: Dr. Amelia Manning, Dean of the School of Professional Advancement at Tulane University; Thomas B. Evans, Founder and Managing Partner of Skyline Merchant Partners; and Dr. Vernon Johnson, Founder of Accelerate Learning (STEMscopes).
“Amelia, Tom, and Vernon each bring extraordinary experience advancing innovation in higher education and digital learning — spanning university leadership, education entrepreneurship, and K-12 transformation,” said Paxton Riter, CEO and co-founder of iDesign. “Their combined expertise will strengthen our ability to help institutions reimagine the student experience and scale online learning in ways that not only serve more students, but facilitate richer learning experience and higher quality outcomes.”
The appointments come as iDesign continues a period of remarkable growth and industry recognition. Over the past year, the company launched its Innovation Fellows program to spotlight emerging leaders in digital learning and expanded its institutional partnerships — most notably a statewide collaboration with the University of Tennessee System to help address critical teacher shortages.
The firm also partnered with the University of Arkansas–Pulaski Technical College to develop new energy workforce training programs—and launched a new AI-driven initiative with Quality Matters, leveraging iDesign’s Build platform to explore human-AI integration in instructional design and advance quality assurance standards in online learning.
With the addition of Manning, Evans, and Johnson, iDesign has strengthened its Board of Directors with leaders who will help guide and shape the company’s strategy amid a period of immense change in the educational landscape.
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