Alan Ruby

Senior Fellow and Founding Director of the Global Engagement Office, Graduate School of Education, University of Pennsylvania


Alan Ruby has a substantial career in government, business, philanthropy, and education. His experience includes being a classroom teacher, the Australian Deputy Secretary of Education, and chair of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s (OECD) education committee. At the University of Pennsylvania, Mr. Ruby is a senior scholar in the Alliance for Higher Education and Democracy (AHEAD) and studies the effects of globalization on universities. He is also director of the school’s Global Engagement Office.