About

  Geo Laws Consulting

In today's ever-evolving educational landscape, the traditional on-site approach of schools, colleges, and universities is making way for the innovative hybrid and online campus model. This significant transition highlights the need for a specialized role: the Chief Online Education Officer (COEO).


Dr. Georgianna Laws recognized this shift and established Geo Laws Consulting with the belief that every school, college, and university needs a COEO to navigate the complexities of operating quality online and hybrid education programs. Leveraging her advanced education as well as the practical experience, Dr. Laws aims to support those in leadership positions—including principals, superintendents, presidents, chancellors, and provosts—in their quest to find, develop, and retain competent COEOs.


Aware of the financial realities of many institutions, Dr. Laws also offers an alternative "COEO-for-hire" solution either in lieu of a COEO or to supplement the capacity of an existing COEO. Through such services, Georgianna helps create, operate, and sustainably scale up quality online and hybrid programs for higher-education institutions, in support of the UNESCO Sustainable Development Goal 4 (SDG 4) of ensuring inclusive and equitable quality education and promoting lifelong learning opportunities for all.

Traditional K-12 and HigherEd Institutions Adapt as Hybrid and Online Models Emerge, Highlighting the Need for Chief Online Education Officers (COEOs).

  CEO, Founder, and Lead Consultant

Dr. Georgianna Laws

"Every school, college, and university needs a COEO to navigate the complexities of operating quality online and hybrid education programs"

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Known as the COEO advocate, Dr. Laws is an award-winning, education expert and online education enthusiast with 20+ of global experience in teaching, training and development, curriculum, learning experience design, project management, scholarship, and leadership. She spent 10+ years in the corporate education/training world and 10+ years in the public K-12 and higher ed sector, serving clients in Africa, America, Asia, and Europe. She earned an undergraduate degree in teaching English and French, a master's degree in adult education and distance learning (earned in the U.S. while working in Japan), and a doctoral degree in higher-education leadership (earned through a hybrid program with online coursework and onsite research residencies).


As an avid life-long learner, Georgianna continued to round off her education through the Institute for Emerging Leadership in Online Learning (Online Learning Consortium & University of Central Florida). She also earned certificates in quality in online instructional design (Quality Matters), quality in teaching online and quality in the administration of Online Programs (Online Learning Consortium), serving at-risk populations (CASEPS), leading through corporate sustainability, social innovation, and ethics (Imperial College, Business School), leading remote teams (Harvard Business School), and executive leadership (Oxford University Saïd Business School), among others.


Her doctoral research focused on the legitimate power that COEOs hold over online-program quality assurance at higher-education institutions in the United States. Dr. Laws speaks to national audiences about the COEO role in higher education and many other related topics. As a board of directors member of the United States Distance Learning Association, Georgianna serves as chair for National Distance Learning Week, further showing her commitment to the development of online education.


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