Phil Ice is the vice president of research and development at American Public University System. Phil, who holds an EdD degree, is the recipient of three Sloan-C Effective Practice of the Year Awards (2007, 2009 and 2010), Sloan-C’s Gomory Award for Data Driven Quality Improvement, and the AliveTek/DLA Innovation on Online Distance Learning Administration Award. In 2010 Phil received the Adobe Higher Education Leaders Impact Award. He has also served on the advisory council for the 2011 and 2012 NMC/ELI Horizon Reports.