Also known as: FollowMThomas
Michael K. Thomas is President and CEO of the New England Board of Higher Education (NEBHE) in Boston, Massachusetts, a regional organization working with New Englands colleges and universities to address issues related to human capital and economic competitiveness. Dr. Thomas works extensively in state government and higher education with governors, state legislators, K- commissioners, state higher education commissioners, college presidentschancellors and other business, education and government leaders. Dr. Thomas has worked in corporate training and human resources and held varied administrative positions in higher education institutions, both public and independent, including as Executive Assistant to the President at Lesley University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Thomas joined NEBHE in and served as both Senior Director and Senior Vice President. He holds a bachelors degree in philosophy from Brigham Young University and masters degrees in higher education from Teachers College, Columbia University and Harvard University. He earned a doctorate in education and social policy from Harvard University and an M.B.A. from Boston University. He has been a faculty member, adjunct professor and lecturer at several universities and served as trustee and vice-chair of the board of Worcester State College, a public, masters-level institution in central Massachusetts. In , Thomas was selected as a Millennium Leadership Initiative Fellow, recognizing the next generation of Americans higher education leaders.
