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Dr. Susan Elizabeth Saxton
Dr. Susan E. Saxton is an American entrepreneur and educational strategist, currently serving as Founding President of the American University of Bahrain (AUBH). AUBH is part of the Kingdom of Bahrain's Mumtalakat portfolio.

Early Life and Education
Dr. Saxton spent her childhood in Wayland, Massachusetts. After high school, she earned a Bachelor of Arts from Wellesley College in Mathematics in 1984. In 1987, she completed a Master of Science in Business Administration (M.S.B.A.) in Finance from Boston University. Dr. Saxton also holds two Ph.D.’s, one in Organization and Management and the other in Human Services/Psychology, attained in 1999 and 2003 respectively, followed by a Masters of Law (L.L.M.) degree in International Business from the University of Liverpool in 2011.

AUBH President
Dr. Saxton was appointed as the Founding President of AUBH in 2018. She has pursued an acedemic partnership with California State University Northridge (CSUN) and with Amazon Web Services (AWS) Academy to offer Cloud Foundation courses as of early 2020.

Academic Career
Dr. Saxton career began in Germany, teaching European Satellite Programs of the University of Maryland and Central Texas College. In 1999, Dr. Saxton was appointed as Founding Dean of the School of Business and Technology for Capella University (Before its IPO, known as The Graduate School of America). In 2002, she served as Dean of the College of eLearning, a start-up division at Lynn University. In 2004, Dr. Saxton joined Kaplan University (owned by the Washington Post Company) as the Vice President of Strategy and Product Development and Dean of Students.

Dr. Saxton joined Laureate Education Inc. in 2006, a private company which became the largest higher education network in the world, announcing their IPO in early 2017. During her first six years at Laureate, she held several roles including Dean, College of Education at Walden University; Senior Vice President of Product Management; Senior Vice President of Product Strategy, Innovation and Development; Chief Academic Officer; and Chief Strategy Officer.

In 2012 Dr. Saxton relocated to The Hague, Netherlands, where she was appointed as the Chief Strategy and Development Officer for the International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO). In 2015, Dr. Saxton assumed the role of Senior Vice President of Innovation & Emerging Strategies, and subsequently became the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) at the University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences, an acquisition of Laureate Education.