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Mr. Jianlan Zhang currently serves as the Head of ILEAD and a Professor at the Academy of Future Education.
Mr. Zhang holds a Master's degree from the University of Maryland and a Ed.D from East China Normal University. He served as a visiting scholar at the School of Education at the University of Maryland in 2017 and joined the Harvard Principal's Center program in 2019.
With 27 years of experience in higher education, secondary school management, international Education, art education, and K-12 education in China.
He used to be the director of the former Higher Education Division and International Exchange and Cooperation Division of Suzhou Education Bureau, the director of the office, and the secretary of the Party committee of the agency. He has successively served as the headmaster of Jiangsu Suzhou High School of Art (Suzhou No. 6 Middle School), the founding principal of Rugao International Academy BFSU, the the Principal of Overseas Chinese Academy Chiway, and the general principal of Suzhou Peking University New Century Shiheng School in Jiangsu Province.
As a researcher, he commits to educational research and development and is keen to do the comparisons with different countries on a special educational issue, such as Aesthetic Education in urban and rural areas, the academic adaptability of university students, and the leadership style between private and public schools.

张剑澜先生现任领导与教育前沿院院长、未来教育学院教授。
张剑澜先生为马里兰大学硕士以及华东师范大学教育博士生。 他曾于2017年在美国马里兰大学教育学院做访问学者，于2019年加入哈佛大学校长中心项目。
拥有27年中国高等教育、中学管理、国际教育、艺术教育、K-12教育经验。
曾任苏州市教育局原高等教育处、国际交流与合作处处长，办公室主任，机关党委书记。历任江苏省苏州艺术高级中学（苏州市第六中学）校长、北外附属龙游湖外国语学校创校校长、苏州工业园区海归人才子女学校中方校长、苏州北大新世纪世恒学校总校长。
作为一名研究人员，他致力于教育研究和发展，热衷于在一个特殊的教育问题上与不同国家进行比较，例如城乡美育、大学生的学术适应性、私立学校和公立学校的领导风格等。