Members of the Board of Directors of the Open Education Resource Foundation

The OER Foundation is governed by an international Board of Directors. The current board of Directors are listed alphabetically below.

 

Asha Kanwar
Member

International Representative, Non-teaching partner.

Appointed 17 March 2020.

B.A., MA, MPhil, DPhil.

President and Chief Executive Officer, Commonwealth of Learning, Canada.

Wayne Mackintosh
Acting Chair

Nominee of International Centre for Open Education / Interim Chair
Appointed 28 April 2009.

B.Com, B.Ed. (Hons), M.Ed, HED, Ph.D.

Managing Director, and UNESCO / International Council for Open and Distance Education Chair in OER, Otago Polytechnic Ltd, New Zealand.

Rory McGreal
Member

International Representative, University Contributing Member.

Appointed 28 April 2009.

B.A., B.Ed., M.A . (History), M.A.(Applied Linguistics), Ph.D.

UNESCO / International Council for Open and Distance Education Chair in OER, Athabasca University, Canada.

Grant Klinkum
Co-opted

National Representative

Appointed 4 October 2022.

B.A., M.A., M.Ed., PhD.

Chief Executive, New Zealand Qualifications Authority, New Zealand

James Taylor AM
Member

International Representative, University Contributing Member.

Appointed 14 December 2011.

B.Ed., M.Ed. (Hons), Ph.D.

Professor Emeritus, University of Southern Queensland, Australia.

Angela Beaton
Co-opted

National Representative
Appointed 1 January 2022.

Master of Business Administration, PhD

Deputy Chief Executive Delivery and Academic, Te PÅ«kenga, New Zealand.