Jeffrey Shields, FASAE, CAE, has served as President and CEO of NBOA:  Business Leadership for Independent Schools since 2010. NBOA is the premier national association serving the needs of business officers and business operations staff at independent schools in areas including accounting, finance, tax, human resources, risk management, business IT and facilities.  The association has grown from 23 founding member schools in 1998 to nearly 1,300 US member schools, plus member schools in Mexico, Canada and 20 other countries around the globe.  Shields, an active member of the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE), is a member of the 2008 Class of ASAE Fellows (FASAE) and has earned the Certified Association Executive (CAE) designation. He currently serves as a member of the Enrollment Management Association’s Board of Trustees.  Previously, he served on the ASAE and ASAE Foundation Board of Directors, as a trustee for One Schoolhouse, an innovative online school offering supplemental education to independent schools, and Georgetown Day School in Washington, DC.  He holds a B.A. from Shippensburg University and an M.A. from The Ohio State University.