About Us
Our Team
The CAEL team draws great strength from its varied set of backgrounds and skills. But we hold one very important quality in common: dedicated expertise in forging the connections between learning and work that adult learners—and their communities—depend on for social mobility and economic equity.
Beth Doyle, Ed.D.
Chief of Strategy
Dr. Beth Doyle has extensive experience transforming departments into highly driven, results-oriented teams. As a former and forever adult learner, she demonstrates an uncompromised commitment to the mission and holds herself accountable to lead and deliver results. Doyle specializes in approaches to support adult learners in higher education, designing and implementing high-quality credit for prior learning (CPL) programs and marketing strategies targeted to adult populations. Other areas of expertise include stackable credentials, using labor market information for program design, career pathways, upskilling/reskilling, adult learner personas, adult learner barriers/challenges, promoting equity in programs that support adult learners, and supporting veterans and other underserved adult learner populations in postsecondary education.
As Chief of Strategy at CAEL, Doyle oversees a team providing services for workforce and economic developers, postsecondary education institutions, and employers who improve adult learning opportunities. Her team manages large multi-year projects, delivers professional development offerings, and provides technology-enabled tools that scale prior learning assessment and career navigation.
Doyle joined CAEL in 2006. Previously, she was the Associate Vice President for Marketing and Communications and Vice President for Higher Education Services at CAEL, working directly with CAEL’s highest-level clients and partners to raise awareness of CAEL’s mission and provide services and training. She has developed alliances and led fundraising initiatives. Doyle also has 20 years of experience in branding, marketing, and public relations, which she began building at a Chicago advertising agency.
Doyle started her learning journey at a community college and earned her bachelor’s degree as a returning adult student at DePaul University. She also completed the Executive Development Program at Michigan State University and earned her Ed.D at Fielding Graduate University. As a former returning adult student, Doyle understands the adult learner journey and is committed to providing others with those learning and career opportunities.
Board Members
Tom Dawson, Chair
President, Strada Collaborative
Strada Education Foundation
Larry A. Lutz
Executive Vice President, Corporate Development
Strada Education Foundation
Daryl Graham
Senior Vice President, HBCU and Engagement
Strada Education Foundation
Rhonda Powell
Executive Vice President, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary
Strada Education Foundation
Ruth V. Watkins, Ph.D.
President, Strada Impact
Strada Education Foundation
Advisory Council
Gina Breukelman
Senior Manager, Global Engagement
Boeing
Lewis Brown
Vice President, Talent Management, Talent Acquisition and DEI
Comcast
Tamara Clunis
Vice Chancellor, Instruction and Workforce Initiatives
Central Texas College
Mike D'Ausilio
Managing Director, Head of Talent - Consumer and Community Banking
J.P. Morgan Chase
Dr. Alan Davis
President and Vice Chancellor
Kwantlen Polytechnic University
Dr. Deborah L. Ford
Chancellor
Indiana University Southeast
Chris Graham, Ed.D.
Executive Vice President, Workforce and Community Education
National University
Dr. Kathi Hiyane-Brown
President
Whatcom Community College
Su Jin Jez
CEO
California Competes
Dr. Christine Johnson
Chancellor (retired)
Community Colleges of Spokane
Mark Kessenich
Chief Executive Officer
Associated General Contractors of Greater Milwaukee (AGC-GM)
Kimo Kippen
President
Aloha Learning Advisors
Karen Kocher
General Manager, Talent and Learning Experiences
Microsoft
Chris Lowery
Commissioner
Indiana Commission for Higher Education
Todd McLees
Managing Director
Innovation Outpost
Annette Parker (Chair)
President
South Central College
David Polk
Director
Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development
Lisa Schumacher
Director of Education Strategies
McDonald's Corporation
Amanda Wagner
Chief Operating Officer
Employ Prince George's, Inc.
Elicia Wilson
Director of Operations
Gitlab Foundation