One of GNG's founders, Jonathan's focus at GNG is on the development of curriculum and meeting the needs of educators in GNG programs. Jonathan's extensive travels have taken him around the world and include leading several extended mountaineering expeditions in Alaska, Peru, Ecuador and Bolivia. While living in France, he taught American politics, history, and culture to high school students. He then went on to banking in New York before co-founding Global Nomads Group. Jonathan completed his BA in Modern European History from the American University of Paris (AUP) in 1995.