Bill Hughes is an ed tech leader, innovator, and strategist. In 2021, he joined Education Design Lab (Lab), a national nonprofit based in Washington, D.C., where he has served as president and CEO. The Lab co-designs transformative talent partnerships across colleges, employers, and regions to unlock economic opportunity for adults without degrees.
Before joining the Lab, Bill was the founder and CEO of JobReady (acquired by LearningMate). Previously, he was chief strategy officer at Learning Objects (acquired by Cengage) and led business development at Pearson. He co-founded Intellus Learning (acquired by Macmillan) and oversaw the transformation of Pearson’s learning products into its flagship MyLab platform.
Over the past 30 years, Bill has held leadership positions at Sapient, Mercer, and the Cambridge Innovation Center. In addition, he was a member of the board of trustees of Kaplan University, which became Purdue University Global. He currently serves as a board member of Berkshire Bank (NYSE: BHLB), Education Development Center, and the Velocity Network Foundation.
Bill holds an AB from Harvard and an MBA from the MIT Sloan School, where he was a Seley Scholar.