Dr. Paula Whittaker Watkins

CO-FOUNDER / CEO

Dr. Paula Whittaker Watkins is an education and business professional with more than 30 years experience in teaching, leadership and corporate environments. Over the years, she has engaged in teaching and education/corporate training, strategic planning, organizational assessment and development, change management, instructional design and planning, business development, project management, and client/customer relations negotiations. Additionally, she served as a literacy coach for Wayne and Genesee Counties, as assistant professor of Education at Marygrove College, adjunct professor of Education at Wayne State and Oakland Universities and graduated from Oakland University with the doctoral degree from the School of Education and Human Resources. Married to husband, G. Wayne Watkins for 30 plus years; they are proud parents of three.

George Wayne Watkins

co-founder

G. Wayne Watkins is a information systems engineering/project management and business professional with more than 30 years experience in education, leadership and corporate environments. He taught at the community college level, engaged in systems development, business development, project management, and client/customer relations negotiations. Wayne worked on the EDS/General Motors account in Russelsheim, Germany as he and Paula lived with their 3 children in Weisbaden, Germany.  He has served as the CEO and CFO guiding educational organizations. Additionally, Wayne has experience in the banking, automotive supply and insurance industries.  On a quick side note, in the late 1970s he was an on-air radio personality in Tennessee, hosting his own radio show. Married to wife, Paula Whittaker Watkins for 30 plus years; they are proud parents of three.

Sen. Jack Faxon

PARTNER

Former Michigan Senator Jack Faxon has been a longtime educator, lawmaker and artist who retired from politics more than two decades ago, but his accomplishments and achievements continue to be relevant today. Teaching at inner-city schools in Detroit, Faxon quickly endeared himself to parents by visiting each families and understanding their needs. He started the City School of Detroit, which later moved to Southfield and became the International School, now located in Farmington Hills. Fifty years after its founding, he continues to focus on teaching multiple languages and a global perspective.