Cengage Learning

Ronald G. Dunn
President & Chief Executive Officer

Ronald G. Dunn became President & Chief Executive Officer of Cengage Learning in July 2007 when the business, then Thomson Learning, was acquired by Apax Partners and OMERS Capital Partners. He had previously served as Chief Executive Officer of the Academic and International Group of Thomson Learning.

Prior to joining Thomson Learning, Mr. Dunn was President of the Information Industry Association, a trade association representing publishers and other information companies. Prior to IIA, Mr. Dunn served as a business development consultant for the Educational and Professional Publishing Group at McGraw-Hill. Mr. Dunn also served as President of the McGraw-Hill College Division. From 1990 to 1993, he was President of Macmillan Publishing Company and Group Vice President of Macmillan, Inc., overseeing its electronic publishing companies.

Mr. Dunn began his career in 1972 with the American Chemical Society Chemical Abstracts Service Division. In 1986, he was named director of the Washington Operations for the American Chemical Society (ACS) where he was responsible for three of its major operating divisions — publications, education and membership.

Mr. Dunn holds a BA in Chemistry from Southern Illinois University and an MBA from Ohio State University.

 

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