Dr. Ted Sanders is an education executive and corporate director with a demonstrated history of working in the education management industry. His decades of service include working as U.S. deputy secretary of education, president of the Education Commission of the States, president of Southern Illinois University, and the Chief State School Officer (State Superintendent) of Nevada, Illinois and Ohio. Ted's roles in corporate leadership include executive chairman of Cardean Learning Group, lead independent director of Plato Learning, LLC; chairman and director of ACT, Inc., and vice chairman and director of Knowledge Universe Learning Group, LLC.