 | Richard Hezel President & CEO, Hezel Associates, LLC, New York Richard Hezel founded Hezel Associates in 1987 with a mission to engage research, evaluation and strategy toward education innovation. With his background in communications, education and technology, Hezel has led his company's growth through critical research projects in areas such as online learning, teacher professional development, teacher compensation, longitudinal data systems, and articulation and transfer policy. Prior to founding Hezel Associates, he taught and conducted research in media and learning. Earlier he was a public television producer /director and a high school history teacher. A native of Buffalo, he earned a Ph.D. in mass communications at Indiana University. View sessions with Richard Hezel |