Build Partnerships
BHEF's Strategic Business Engagement Model moves business and higher education from transactional relationships to strategic partnerships to meet workforce needs.
The Business-Higher Education Forum
BHEF members provide leadership and energy for BHEF’s work. Some members contribute to specific BHEF projects. Others advocate for policy changes at the state and federal levels. Still others lead in their particular communities, working to improve education at the regional level. BHEF’s semi-annual meetings provide members with the opportunity to better understand educational and workforce challenges and solutions, network with like-minded peers across sectors, and hear from experts in areas of interest to them. For more information about membership, contact Danielle Troyan.
Accenture
Ryan Oakes, Managing Director
Amazon Web Services
Teresa Carlson, Vice President, Worldwide Public Sector
Association of American Universities
Vacant
American Council on Education
Ted Mitchell, President
The Boeing Company
Leanne Caret, Executive Vice President and
President and Chief Executive Officer, Defense, Space & Security
Bloomberg LP
Peter T. Grauer, Chairman
California Polytechnic State University
Jeffrey D. Armstrong, President
Case Western Reserve University
Vacant
The City University of New York
Félix M. Rodríguez, Chancellor
Colorado State University System
Anthony A. Frank, Chancellor
Columbia University
Lee C. Bollinger, President
Drake University
Earl F. "Marty" Martin, President
Ellucian
Laura K. Ipsen, President and Chief Executive Officer
GlobalFoundries
Tom Caulfield, CEO
Georgetown University
John J. DeGioia, President
Howard University
Wayne A.I. Frederick, President
IBM Corporation
Vacant
John Wiley & Sons
Brian A. Napack, President and CEO
Kaplan
Brandon Busteed, Chief Partnership Officer and Global Head, Learn-Work Innovation
LMI
Vacant
Miami Dade College
Madeline Pumariega, President
North Carolina State University
Randy Woodson, Chancellor
Northeastern University
Joseph E. Aoun, President
Northrop Grumman Corporation
Kathy Warden, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President
The Ohio State University
Vacant
PwC
Tim Ryan, US Chairman and Senior Partner
Quinnipiac University
Judy D. Olian, President
Raytheon Company
Thomas A. Kennedy, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
S&P Global
Douglas L. Peterson, President and Chief Executive Officer
San Diego State University
Adela de la Torre, President
San José State University
Mary A. Papazian, President
SAP NA
Brian Roach, Head of U.S. Regulated Industries
Stanley Black & Decker, Inc.
James M. Loree, President and Chief Executive Officer
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
Michael L. Tipsord, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer
Stevens Institute of Technology
Nariman Farvardin, President
TIAA
Christina Cutlip, Senior Managing Director
Union College
David A. Harris, President
University of Notre Dame
Rev. John I. Jenkins, C.S.C., President
University System of Maryland
Jay A. Perman, M.D., Chancellor
University of Virginia
James E. Ryan, President
Virginia Tech
Timothy D. Sands, President
Washington University in St. Louis
Andrew D. Martin, Chancellor
West Virginia University
E. Gordon Gee, President
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Emeriti Members
Roberts T. Jones, President
Education and Workforce Policy, LLC
David E. Maxwell, President Emeritus
Drake University
Eduardó J. Padron, President Emeritus
Miami Dade College
Edward B. Rust, Jr., Retired Chairman of the Board
State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
BHEF's Strategic Business Engagement Model moves business and higher education from transactional relationships to strategic partnerships to meet workforce needs.
BHEF focuses on evidenced-based practices and uses a rigorous methodology to strengthen our members' efforts to develop highly skilled, engaged professionals.
Trend analysis informs our methodology to assess and map skills needs, align higher education with workforce, and position our members' organizations for success.