Founder and Chairman Emeritus
Michael R. Sandler, who coined the term "education industry" and is considered an industry founder, established Eduventures in 1993. A lifelong entrepreneur, Mr. Sandler has built a career both in business and education. Mr. Sandler established several successful businesses, including Marsan Industries, which merged with ITT Corporation, and Auto Parts Distributors, which was sold to Rite-Aid Corporation. In 1989, Mr. Sandler was appointed a fellow at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, where he conducted research on the relationship between business and education. A graduate of the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, Mr. Sandler has served as a trustee of the university and as an overseer of its School of Arts and Sciences. He is Founder and Chairman of A Different September Foundation, an organization that supports the Boston University/Chelsea Public Schools Partnership and President of the Education Industry Foundation. In 2006 and 2007, Mr. Sandler was an Executive-in-Residence at the University of Southern California, exploring business and education issues as they relate to access to capital and career opportunities in the education industry. Mr. Sandler recently authored the book Social Entrepreneurship in Education: Private Ventures for the Public Good, published by Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, Inc.