Verify, https://credsverse.com/credentials/5c9a43a5-c17e-4698-aae0-ab83ccf5edf3

Board Role

Founder and CEO, MBA Standards Board™, since December 2019
Executive Director, MBA Leaders Forum, since March 2026

Professional Biography

Cheryl Nunn is CEO of the MBA Standards Board™, where she leads a modern standard for business credentials in an AI-driven hiring market. Her organization turns real work experience into verified credentials that employers, recruiting software and AI search can confirm in seconds. She also founded the MBA Leaders Forum, a professional association for MBA-level leaders, and serves as its Executive Director.

Before MBA Standards Board™, Cheryl spent fifteen years as CFO and CEO of ALG Group, a book publishing company focused on business and executive education titles. She brought early digital workflows, print-on-demand and e-books to a slow, manual industry. In 1998 she built the company with a 99 percent remote workforce, decades before remote work became the norm. Earlier in her career she held a NASD Series 24 principal license, managing a brokerage office, and was recognized as a top national producer in financial services. She also served in advisory and public service roles in Utah focused on workforce development and higher education policy.

Cheryl is the author of GET FOUND. GET HIRED. How to Turn Verified Credentials Into Job Offers, which shows job seekers, career changers and rising professionals how to compete on proof instead of claims. She writes the weekly Credential Edge: AI Advantage newsletter on credentialing, AI hiring and the future of work.

She advocates for credentials that are affordable, competency-based, renewable and machine-readable. Every credential MBA Standards Board™ issues is registered in the Credential Engine Registry, because she believes trust in the AI era has to be verifiable and human judgment has to stay in the loop.

One Question, Answered

Question. If AI screens my profile before a person ever reads it, what can I do this week to get found?

Make your proof readable by machines, not just people. AI screening tools trust what they can verify, so a credential with a live verification link, registered in a public registry like the Credential Engine Registry, carries more weight than a degree or skill you simply typed in. Start by adding the verification URL to every credential on your LinkedIn profile that has one. Then use the exact skill terms employers search for, because the software can only find what you name.

Areas of Expertise

1. Skills-Based Hiring

2. Verified and Digital Credentials

3. AI Strategy for Executives

4. Career Development and Career Transitions

5. Credentialing Standards and Competency Frameworks (CTDL)

6. Board Governance

7. Future of Work and Workforce Transformation

Education and Credentials

1. MBAe™, MBA Standards Board™ (2025)

2. Bachelor of Science (BS), Business Finance, Brigham Young University, Marriott School of Business

3. Executive MBA Certification, with AI and Organizational Change and Agile Leadership specializations, SectionAI (2023 to 2025), including the AI for Business Mini-MBA, the Marketing Mini-MBA, 8 certifications and 50+ courses

4. 2026 State of Credentialing, Accredible (2026)

5. NASD Series 24 General Securities Principal License, FINRA (1987 to 1998)

Verify My Credentials

MBAe™, https://credsverse.com/credentials/5c9a43a5-c17e-4698-aae0-ab83ccf5edf3

2026 State of Credentialing, https://accredible.credential.net/d2c2b72e-90ba-4a4f-9554-0f44846aab6a

Publications and Thought Leadership

GET FOUND. GET HIRED. How to Turn Verified Credentials Into Job Offers. A practical guide to competing on proof in an AI-screened job market. Advance Reading Copy, 2026.

Credential Edge: AI Advantage, weekly newsletter on credentialing, AI hiring and the future of work. https://www.linkedin.com/newsletters/credential-edge-ai-advantage-7379626048780472320/

Employers Are Looking, But Not Finding. Why 91 percent of employers want verified credentials but few see them. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/employers-looking-finding-cheryl-nunn-mbae--rdxtc/

The College System Is Fragmenting. What is filling the gaps as the traditional university model breaks apart. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/college-system-fragmenting-read-learn-what-filling-gaps-nunn-mbae--h8ivc/

The Governance Gap Has a Classroom Problem. Why we teach AI tools but not AI judgment. https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/governance-gap-has-classroom-problem-cheryl-nunn-mbae--18rmc/

Professional Philosophy

Experience Counts and Credentials Matter.

Real experience deserves real recognition. A credential should prove what someone can do today, earned through demonstrated competency, kept current through continuing education and backed by an ethics standard.

Ask Me About

1. How to make your credentials visible to AI screening tools and recruiters

2. Turning work experience into a verified credential

3. Building a career after a layoff or career change

Connect

Website, https://applymba.org

MBA Leaders Forum, https://leadersforum.co

LinkedIn, https://www.linkedin.com/in/cherylnunn

Substack, https://www.thecredentialedge.com

Professional Interests

Future of Work | AI in Hiring | Higher Education Reform | Book Publishing | Workforce Development

Dr. Beth Fries-Packard is a learning and development professional, educator, and founder of BFP Studio, where she focuses on workplace readiness, competency development, and helping individuals connect their professional growth to organizational success.

With experience spanning corporate learning and development, workforce training, leadership development, and higher education, Beth brings a practical, people-centered perspective to building organizational capability.

She holds a Doctor of Business Administration in Organizational Leadership and Development, with doctoral research examining core competency development through the perspectives of U.S. staffing industry leaders. Her work explores the connection between the skills organizations need, the capabilities individuals develop, and the opportunities that allow people to demonstrate their potential.

Through BFP Studio, Beth created the Know. Do. Become. framework, emphasizing the progression from understanding and knowledge acquisition to practical application and continued professional growth.

She is also the author of Know the Business: A Guided Workbook for Seeing Beyond Your Department, a resource designed to help individuals better understand how organizations operate, connect their contributions to broader business objectives, and take ownership of their professional development.

Beth advocates for learning that extends beyond completing training to building meaningful, demonstrable workplace capabilities.

Areas of Expertise

• Workforce Readiness and Competency Development

• Learning and Development Strategy

• Leadership and Organizational Development

• Employee Development and Career Readiness

• Skills-Based Learning and Capability Validation

• Organizational Learning and Business Acumen

• Training Design and Facilitation

Education and Credentials

• Doctor of Business Administration (DBA), Organizational Leadership and Development

• Certified MBA™ (CMBA™)

• Master of Business Administration (MBA), Project Management

• Bachelor of Arts (BA), Business Management and Communication

• Lean Six Sigma Green Belt

• Everything DiSC® Certifications

Publications and Thought Leadership

Know the Business: A Guided Workbook for Seeing Beyond Your Department
Understand the Organization. Connect Your Contribution. Grow Your Impact.

As Your Organization Plans for 2027, Are You Planning for You?
An article addressing the importance of intentional individual professional development alongside organizational planning.

Professional Philosophy

Know. Do. Become.

Knowledge into action. Action into growth.

Beth believes meaningful professional development requires more than acquiring information. Individuals need opportunities to apply what they learn, demonstrate their capabilities, and recognize how their contributions connect to organizational success.

Connect with Beth

BFP Studio: https://www.bfp-studio.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bethfries/

Publications:

Know the Business Workbook
We Train People to Do the Job. Who Teaches Them How to Work? – Credential Edge: AI Advantage article

Professional Interests:

Skills-Based Hiring | Career Development | Future of Work | Workforce Readiness | Leadership Development

Areas of Expertise

* Workforce Readiness and Competency Development
* Learning and Development Strategy
* Leadership and Organizational Development
* Employee Development and Career Readiness
* Skills-Based Learning and Capability Validation
* Organizational Learning and Business Acumen
* Training Design and Facilitation

Education and Credentials

Doctor of Business Administration (DBA), Organizational Leadership and Development
Board Certified Director (BCD™) — Click to Verify Credential Here
Chartered MBA™ (CMBA™) — Click to Verify Credential Here
Certified MBA™ — Click to Verify Credential Here
Master of Business Administration (MBA), Project Management
Bachelor of Arts (BA), Business Management, and Communication
Lean Six Sigma Green Belt
Everything DiSC® Certifications

Publications and Thought Leadership

-Know the Business: A Guided Workbook for Seeing Beyond Your Department
-Understand the Organization. Connect Your Contribution. Grow Your Impact.
-As Your Organization Plans for 2027, Are You Planning for You?
-An article addressing the importance of intentional individual professional development alongside organizational planning.

Professional Philosophy

Know. Do. Become.

Knowledge into action. Action into growth.

Beth believes meaningful professional development requires more than acquiring information. Individuals need opportunities to apply what they learn, demonstrate their capabilities, and recognize how their contributions connect to organizational success.

Connect with Beth

BFP Studio: https://www.bfp-studio.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bethfries/

Publications:

Know the Business Workbook

We Train People to Do the Job. Who Teaches Them How to Work? (Credential Edge: AI Advantage article)

Professional Interests:

Skills-Based Hiring | Career Development | Future of Work | Workforce Readiness | Leadership Development