Our leadership team has lived and breathed online education from the day it started.

We have more than 120 years of combined experience leading education organizations around the world to prepare students for future academic success. We know what online education excellence looks like. We know what it takes to achieve it – with best-of-breed outreach, platforms, content, teachers, and service. And we have the leadership and expertise to navigate our partners and students toward better global opportunities.

Jonathan Stowe
Chief Operating Officer

Jon is a nationally known education ops leader, bringing over a decade of experience as COO to this role. Previously, he has built and led 3 different online schools and programs, serving recently as the COO of Teachstone. Prior to this he was the president of Dev Bootcamp where he led the expansion of the company and its sale to Kaplan Education. Earlier, Jon was the CTO and COO of Teachscape, a teacher evaluation and learning company. He completed 4 patents for the company prior to its sale to Frontline Technologies.

Jon has worked in senior technology and product roles at Pearson Education, Thomson Higher Education, and Cengage Learning. Jon began his career as a software developer and product manager. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Computer Graphics and Sculpture from the University of Connecticut.

Pat Hoge
Chief Academic Officer

Dr. Hoge is currently the Chief Academic Officer for Hudson Global Scholars and the Vice President of Education and Learning Innovation for Port Discovery Children’s Museum in Baltimore, MD. Previously, Dr. Hoge spent 12 years in leadership roles at Connections Education (Pearson Online and Blended Learning) as Chief Academic Officer and head of Curriculum and Instruction. In addition, she was the Executive Director of Curriculum and Instruction at Catapult Learning (now FullBloom), and the Executive Director of Education at eSylvan, where she led a team that developed 25,000 online lessons in reading and mathematics. She also supervised reading and language arts curriculum for Baltimore County Public Schools and served as a speech-language pathologist within K-12 schools. She was recently awarded honors at the 2019 Zaentz Early Education Innovation Challenge at Harvard Graduate School of Education. In 2015, the United States Distance Learning Association - International Distance Learning Awards recognized Pat for Outstanding Leadership by an Individual in the Field of Distance Learning and for Best Practices in Distance Learning Program (Connections Education Professional Learning Model).

Dr. Hoge holds a  Ph.D. in K-12 Educational Leadership from Walden University School of Education, and Master of Science and Bachelor of Science degrees in Speech-Language Pathology from Towson State University. She serves on numerous boards and educational association committees, including the Towson University Board of Visitors and the Alliance for Virtual Learning where she recently led the development and implementation of the Alliance’s summer 2020 Virtual Teaching Academy for teachers and school leaders across the globe.

Brad Lineberger
Chief Information Officer

For the past 5 years, Brad has overseen all aspects of technology for Hudson Global Scholars and its affiliated brands. He has more than 20 years of management, development and online technical experience, architecting networks and developing interactive and social products. He has received multiple patents for his technology innovations. An online pioneer, Brad is credited with developing the world’s first graphical massively multiplayer online game. Brad led IT development for MPG-NET, Interactive Magic, World Gaming, I-Sun Networks, Fallen Earth, and Icarus Studios. He received in B.S. in Engineering Science from the University of Louisville.

Howard Allentoff
Vice President of Human Resources

For over 30-years, Howard has been a multi-faceted human resources leader across the education vertical including testing, teaching platforms, vocational learning, and online education. Throughout his career, Howard has been on the frontline of several rapidly growing education companies starting with Sylvan Prometric. After leaving Prometric, Howard went on to become Blackboard’s first-ever Vice President of Human Resources. He later took a role as the Senior Vice President of HR at K12, playing an integral part in establishing K12 as an education industry leader. In 2013, Howard became the Chief HR Officer at Delta Career Education to manage and grow their corporate and campus staff across the U.S. He has been serving as Vice President of HR at Hudson Global Scholars since the company was formed in 2019 and has orchestrated its remarkable staff growth over that time.

Howard holds a B.S. in Psychology from the University of Maryland and an M.S. and Ph.D. in Industrial & Organizational Psychology from Auburn University.

Gavin McLean
Vice President of Global Business Development

Gavin McLean has worked across the complete value chain of international learning for over thirty years. From global strategy, brand development, and digital transformation for multinational corporations to curriculum reform and capacity building for governments and NGOs, he is an experienced corporate leader with a global perspective.

Gavin began his career in educational publishing management in the UK before building his international credentials initially in the Middle East and North Africa, and subsequently across Europe, sub-Saharan Africa, Latin and South America, East and Southeast Asia, and Australia. He has held various senior executive roles with some of the industry’s largest corporations, including Pearson, Macmillan Education, and National Geographic Learning.

In the last decade, Gavin has focused on virtual school business development with K-12 partners worldwide, most recently with Edmentum as International Business Development Director. He joined Hudson Global Scholars as VP of Global Business Development in May of 2020.