Dr. Mani Sangaran Hull is a veteran higher education specialist. She came to the United States as an international student from Malaysia in 1981. Over the past 35 years, she has provided leadership to non-profits, for-profits, public, and private higher education institutions, and partnered with federal and state government agencies. She directed the development of technical and cost proposals for over 500 education related grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements with government agencies, multinational corporations, consulting firms, and academic institutions. She managed technical, financial, and administrative aspects of 13 long-term international development projects totaling $43,000,000. She recruited and fielded over 1,000 consultants for international development projects. She has hired 300 administrative staff and managed personnel administration for 900 employees. She has mentored and assisted over 2,500 international and domestic students in gaining admission to colleges and universities across the U.S. Dr. Hull earned an Ed.D. in Higher Education Leadership & Policy from Vanderbilt University in 2010.

Dr. Galen Spencer Hull is an educator and veteran international development consultant with over 50 years of experience in over 80 countries. He served as Director of the Office of International Business Programs in the College of Business at Tennessee State University (TSU) from 1999 until his retirement in 2011. In this capacity, he managed numerous international faculty and student exchanges and study abroad programs. These included linkages between the TSU College of Business and management training institutions and universities in Malawi, Ukraine, Tunisia, Thailand, China, and Jamaica. He taught courses in international business management and economic development and conducted research on immigrant entrepreneurship in Middle Tennessee. Dr. Hull managed a U.S. Department of Education grants encourage immigrant high school students to continue to college, thus increasing enrollment of the under-represented student population at TSU. Dr. Hull earned a Ph.D. in Political Science from Northwestern University in 1974.

A career of over 35 years marked by numerous accomplishments in bioinformatics and biotechnology research, teaching, mentoring, higher education reforms, knowledge management, industry, and managing large institutions with outstanding success. Described below are brief accounts of significant contributions in different areas.

Shivshankar has expended most of his professional life in leadership and managerial roles in business expansion, and business analysis vertical. He is very well proficient with business management and improving market position and maximizing financial growth. Shivshankar has completed his Bachelor’s in Business Administration from SRTMU, Nanded and MBA from KIIT School of Rural Management, Bhubaneswar. He has worked for several financial organizations for more than 10+ years. After a successful stint with financial organizations, he moved to the United States of America. He is now acting as an entrepreneur in the United States of America.

Vishal has spent most of his 10+ years of professional life in the Social Development Sector and Financial Services space. Most of his professional life he has expanded in leadership and managerial roles in marketing and operations, creating process management, data and analytics, compliance, and technology. His expertise is in defining strategic goals, liaising with business partners and stakeholders, and identifying new business opportunities. Vishal has completed his Bachelor’s in Agricultural Engineering from Mahatma Phule Krishi Vidyapeeth, Rahuri and MBA from KIIT School of Rural Management, Bhubaneswar.

Rashmi has earned a BBA in Healthcare Services Administration from Strayer University and is pursuing her master’s from Capella University in Healthcare Administration (MHA). Throughout her college education, she has worked in internship and administrative capacities with various businesses in healthcare, the hospitality sector, as well as in higher education. Since her youth, she has served as an outstanding tutor and exemplary volunteer contributing thousands of service hours to community non-profits in the United States. In this role, she directs operations to counsel and connects international students to campuses nationwide. Rashmi was born in India and began her life in the U.S. in the second grade. She speaks four languages and is a seasoned world traveler.

Sangmeshwar has five years of rich work experience in Marketing, Operations and Business Development. Previously, he worked as Business Analyst and Business Development Manager at NDDB Dairy Services, New Delhi. Sangmeshwar has completed his Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical from Shivaji University, Kolhapur, and Master of Business Administration in Rural Management from KIIT University, Bhubaneswar.