Alan Ruby

Senior Technical Advisor

Alan Ruby has 40 years experience in education and human development. He currently serves as a program director in international education development at the University of Pennsylvania and is a member of the higher education division. He has held senior education posts in state, national and international organizations including Australian Deputy Secretary of Education,Training and Youth Affairs, chair of the OECD education committee and Human Development Sector Manager for East Asia and the Pacific at The World Bank. He has also worked for one of the world’s largest philanthropies. Ruby, an Australian, studied Education at the University of Sydney and the University of London, U.K.

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