Ari Betof, Ed.D., MBA, is co-founder and partner of Mission & Data. He is a nationally recognized expert in independent school financial sustainability and organizational stewardship. Betof has served as a trustee, head of school, chief advancement officer, director of enrollment management, director of strategic planning and faculty member. He has been an instructor in University of Pennsylvania’s PennGSE Mid-Career Doctoral Program in Educational Leadership and Leadership Master’s Program. Betof has also served as a mentor in Harvard University’s School Leadership Program and faculty member in the NAIS School Leadership Institute. He earned his doctorate in educational leadership from the University of Pennsylvania with a focus on financial and organizational sustainability of independent schools and an  MBA with distinction from Cornell University’s Johnson Graduate School of Management, where he was an Emerging Markets Institute Fellow. He continues to be a Cornell Johnson Executive MBA mentor and mentor in the Cornell's Smith Family Business Initiative.