Long before she ran camps or built a family-navigation platform, Carli Kyles studied what teachers reveal when they write honestly. In Oakland, that same faith in reflection has become a working method: make room, share the stage, and let young people lead.
Greg Shrader is the founder and CEO of Wellspring International Education, a Colorado-based firm that connects international students with U.S. colleges and universities. A learning scientist by training who has worked in higher education since 1999, he built Wellspring from a start-up into one of the leading higher-education marketing and recruitment organizations through a string of mergers and acquisitions, including the 2022 purchase of Australian platform StudyMe. He also leads Wellspring Higher Education and its teacher-education brand, NTEC.