About NEBHE's President
Michael K. Thomas was appointed interim president and CEO of the New England Board of Higher Education on January 14, 2008. Thomas succeeds Evan S. Dobelle, who led NEBHE for three years before accepting the job as president of Westfield State College in Westfield, Mass.
Prior to his appointment, Thomas was NEBHE senior vice president and directed NEBHE’s policy, research and programmatic activities, primarily focused on expanding innovative K-12, postsecondary and life-long learning policies and on promoting collaboration among leaders in business, government and education. He directed NEBHE’s College Ready New England initiative, a regional alliance to increase college readiness and success among residents of the six New England states. Thomas joined NEBHE in 2002 as director, later senior director, of policy and research. He holds a bachelor’s degree in philosophy from Brigham Young University and a master’s degree in higher education from Teachers College, Columbia University. He earned a doctorate in education and social policy from Harvard and an M.B.A. from Boston University.
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