Stephen Tave Employee

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Take A Quick Look At The Professional Journey Of
Stephen Tave
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CEO and President of American Higher Education
Development Corp (AHED), Stephen Tave has a
history of success in his professional portfolio.
In his career of more than thirty years, he has
worked for some of the leading educational
institutes and colleges in the country. Before
joining AHED in 2008, he was the Vice
President/Part Owner of The Institute of Culinary
Education.
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Here, he developed and maintained the entire
career school infrastructure sales, education,
placement, new location buildout, student
services, and school management technology. Apart
from managing several such aspects, he created
three new programs, including Career Culinary
Arts, Career Pastry Arts, and Culinary Management.
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Through his intense and dedicated efforts, he
eventually led the school through its first
successful accreditation and its renewal for
which it was awarded a School of Distinction
honor by ACCSC. His performance grew the school
from 2 million to 26 million in revenue within
a time period of ten years.
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From 1992 to 1997, Stephen Tave served as the
Director of The Art Institute of New York. Some
of the key responsibilities he handled while
working at this key position were creating all
sales and marketing channels managing day-to-day
front office staff developing international
relationships and managing a team to upgrade the
school to degree granting status. His performance
grew the school from 3 million to 16 million
in revenue within a time-period of five years.
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Prior to working at The Art Institute of New
York, Stephen Tave worked at North American
Training Services. This was the first big career
opportunity for Stephen and his passion and
management skills helped him become one of the
youngest licensed school directors in New York
State. Although he joined the school as the
Director of Financial Aid, his performance soon
got him promoted to School Director and later
Executive Director.
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While serving these roles, he managed multiple
locations within a large chain of schools. He
oversaw sales training, marketing, development
of pro-active training programs for all the
departments, government funding, budgeting, and
course developmenthe took care of every aspect of
the schools.
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Stephen Taves long tenure at all his schools
proved his management ability was a valuable
asset for over 30 years in this industry.