Shane Hedges

Managing Director @ Millennium, LLC

Washington

United States

“A fearless, people-driven executive ”

About

As the President of one of most credible education companies in America, Mr. Shane Hedges represents the kind of intelligent and impassioned leadership needed to lift our country’s educational agenda. Hedges' company develops experiential education programs for high-achieving students. As the President of the company, Shane Hedges is responsible for leading the company’s strategic vision and developing its sustained growth and profitability. Additionally, Shane Hedges is responsible for leading the company’s employees in expanding their professional abilities, as well as encouraging the development of new and exciting programs to help young students achieve.

Shane Hedges joined the national corporation in February 2003 as a financial analyst. Demonstrating a strong enthusiasm and ability for his work, Shane Hedges was soon promoted to the position of Managing Director of Education. In this capacity, Mr. Hedges designed and implemented a number of new educational programs for the company. Additionally, Mr. Hedges was in charge of leading 7 senior level directors, 73 fulltime employees, and over 1,000 part-time employees. The programs Mr. Hedges developed during this time helped over 100,000 students from around the world.

Prior to beginning his professional career, Mr. Shane Hedges attended American University in Washington, D.C. Graduating with a Bachelor’s degree, Mr. Hedges studied a variety of subjects during his collegiate career, including Communications, Law, Economics, and Government. Recently, Mr. Shane Hedges has continued his education, earning a Master’s degree in Business and Management from the University of Maryland. Mr. Hedges graduated from the University of Maryland in 2006.

Experiences

Millennium, LLC : 01/2011 - Present
Managing Director
Leveraged a decade of leadership in the education industry to advise clients on strategy, operations and growth in the $100B taxpaying education market.

Achievements:
• Successfully advised a private equity firm on education acquisitions that led to a midmarket acquisition.
• Crafted a business plan for global experiential education programs for an early-stage education startup.
• Advised a late-stage education company on exit strategy.
• Successfully launched a major new division for a leading family of international preparatory schools to create global leadership education programs.
Millennium, LLC : 02/2003 - 01/2011
President (Final title)
Provided visionary leadership and strategic direction at this preeminent international K-16 education company and led a team of 5 C-level executives, 24 senior managers and 1000+ employees to implement high quality programs on 5 continents and in over 30 states.
Foley & Lardner LLP : 07/2002 - 02/2003
Public Affairs Director
Brought in to law firm to grow public affairs practice, designing strategic plans for business, association and political communications. Equipped clients with strategic positioning for ballot initiatives, public relations and crisis communications solutions.

Impact: Captured new business from major municipality and national level association.

Develop national biodiesel communication strategy; defeated a nuclear waste initiative in Utah; and created opinion surveys for US Senate race in Alaska.

Education