Academy for Educational Development

Stephen F. Moseley joined the Academy in 1970 and has served as AED’s president and chief executive officer since 1987. Founded in 1961, AED is an independent, nonprofit organization committed to solving critical social problems in the U.S. and throughout the world through education, research, training, social marketing, policy analysis and innovative program design.

Under Mr. Moseley’s guidance, AED has become one of the leading non-governmental organizations working in the areas of education and exchange, health, youth development and the environment. Currently the Academy runs more than 250 programs throughout the world serves 167 countries with technical assistance, education, training and international visitor programs. AED works in partnership with governments, foundations, multilateral agencies, businesses, and public and private educational institutions.

In his career at AED, Mr. Moseley has held progressively greater responsibility for international operations, overseeing a wide range of groundbreaking educational programs. He has directed projects in Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Middle East. In 1979 he was appointed executive vice president of the Academy and director of the International Division. Mr. Moseley began his career at the nonprofit Education and World Affairs, later renamed the International Council for Educational Development.

Mr. Moseley is an active member of the Society for International Development (Washington Chapter), serving twice as chapter president. He currently sits on the Governing Council of the SID International Board of Directors and serves as its treasurer. He is chairman of the Basic Education Coalition (which promotes support for the global Education for All agenda) and is a member of the Advisory Committee on Voluntary Foreign Aid. Mr. Moseley serves on the Boards of the United Nations Association/National Capital Area and the U.S. Global Leadership Campaign. He is a member of the Executive Committee and Board of InterAction (the U.S. association of international private voluntary organizations). He is active on the working committee of UNESCO for Education for All (EFA). He has held leadership positions of the Coalition for American Leadership Abroad and the International Eduation Training Coalition.

Mr. Moseley received a Bachelor of Arts in Literature in 1967 and an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters in 1989 from the University of Hartford. In 1997, he was elected to the University of Hartford’s Board of Regents.