Author: Sasha Thackaberry-Voinovich

Dr. Thackaberry-Voinovich is the president and founder of Newstate University, bringing two decades of leadership across K–12 ed tech, community colleges, major online universities, an R1 flagship, and global ed?tech companies to reimagine affordable, scalable, AI?first higher education. She previously served as President of SkillsWave, where she led the Wave platform implementation for Walmart’s LiveBetterU in Canada, and held senior roles at Pearson and Louisiana State University, where she built an internal OPM, grew online enrollment over 12X over, quadrupled revenue in under 4 years, unified six institutions under one brand, and secured national employer partnerships. Earlier roles at Southern New Hampshire University and Cuyahoga Community College included leading the nation’s fastest large?scale LMS implementation and helping Tri?C become Ohio’s largest online provider while launching the first community college MOOC. A published author and frequent contributor to leading education outlets, she received the 2021 Influential Women in Business award and earlier national innovation awards. She holds a PhD in higher education administration focused on Competency-Based Education, an MAT from Kent State University, and a BFA in Dance from the University of Akron.