In 2007, Dr. Toni Cleveland, one of the first advisory board members of the Higher Education Research and Development Institute (HERDI), took over the growing business from founder Dr. Michael Kneale. With her husband Don Lee, Toni manages all aspects of HERDI from their office in Richmond VA.Toni Cleveland has devoted her career to the Community College sector where she has served as a faculty member, Dean, Vice-President, Interim President of Rockland County Community College (NY), President of Niagara County Community College (NY) and as Vice-Chancellor of the Virginia Community College System. Dr. Cleveland’s undergraduate and master’s degrees are from Cortland College in New York and she received her doctorate from Syracuse University (NY), while carrying on the normal duties of a mother of four.