Barbara Brittingham

Barbara Brittingham is the retired President of the New England Commission of Higher Education (NECHE). She was founding dean of the College of Education at Zayed University in the United Arab Emirates, and Dean and Professor at the University of Rhode Island. Currently she serves on the board of Quality and Qualifications Ireland; and on the Quality Council in Iceland. Sponsored by the Fulbright Commission, the U.S. State Department, the World Bank, and local governments and universities, Ms. Brittingham has worked with ministries and universities in over twenty-five countries. She has served as a non-federal negotiator, U.S. Department of Education.