Founder and Chairman of the Board

Dr. James Martin is an author, business leader, and social entrepreneur in the fields of digital technology, education, and international development. In its 25th anniversary issue, Computerworld ranked Dr. Martin fourth in its list of the 25 individuals who have most influenced the world of computer technology.  Dr. Martin's book, The Wired Society: A Challenge for Tomorrow, was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize. His latest book, The Meaning of the 21st Century: An Urgent Blueprint for Ensuring Our Future, was published in August 2006 by Penguin/Riverhead.  A series based on the book is also being filmed for public television. Dr. Martin is the founder of Oxford University's new, multidisciplinary 21st Century School, whose mission is to identify and develop useful strategies for responding to the most serious problems and the most promising opportunities facing the planet in the new century. He is also the founder and Chairman Emeritus of Headstrong, an international consulting company.

Executive Director

Dr. Thomas L. Benson is an educator with broad experience in academic leadership and international education. He was a founder and the first chairman of the ASIANetwork, a North American consortium of liberal arts institutions. Currently, he serves as the founding chairman of the AFRICANetwork.  He is also a board member of the Myanmar Foundation, the Japan ICU Foundation, and iEARN-US. Dr. Benson was a faculty member at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, for 15 years and the first director of its Interdisciplinary Studies and General Honors programs. He is the President Emeritus of Green Mountain College, an innovative, environmentally oriented liberal arts college in Vermont. Dr. Benson has published papers in the fields of international education, the humanities, and ethics and public policy. He holds advanced degrees from Harvard University and The Johns Hopkins University.

Director of The James Martin 21st Century School

Dr. Ian Goldin was Vice President of the World Bank (2003-2006) and prior to that the Bank’s Director of Development Policy. He was Chief Executive and Managing Director of the Development Bank of Southern Africa (1996-2001) and served as an adviser to President Nelson Mandela. Dr. Goldin has also served as Principal Economist at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development and as Program Director at the OECD Development Centre in Paris. Dr. Goldin studied at the University of Cape Town and the London School of Economics, before taking a doctorate at Oxford University. Dr. Goldin was nominated Chevalier by the French Government and Global Leader of Tomorrow by the World Economic Forum. He has published 13 books and numerous articles.

Dr. James Martin

Dr. Thomas L. Benson

Dr. Ian Goldin

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