About Us
Global Career Quality Assurance (GCQA) was founded to innovatively address the changing needs in the workforce and education. GCQA’s mission is to facilitate career advancement opportunities and reimagine career education and credentials.
GCQA staff draws on more than 50 years of collective experience in the areas of leadership development, career exploration, higher education, and innovation.
Our Founder
GCQA was founded by Dr. Thomas Clawson, who has extensive experience in higher education, career development, quality assurance, and global communications. Dr. Clawson’s life-long pursuit is to help all individuals realize their dreams and reach their full potential.
Dr. Clawson has been both a professor and administrator, working in five European countries. He cultivated many international master’s degree students. Later professional works include the Center for Quality Assurance in International Education, the National Organization of Competency Assurance (President), the National Commission on Certifying Agencies (Chair) and three higher education trusteeships. He has represented his organizations in the UNESCO Non-Government Organizations Group, OECD’s global university recognition project, the US National Academies of Science Global Medicine group, the International Association for Counseling, and the International Registry of Counselor Education Programs. He served as president and CEO of the National Board for Certified Counselors, the NBCC Foundation, the Research and Assessment Corporation for Counseling, and the Center for Credentialing & Education (1989-2018). During his time at NBCC and Affiliates, NBCC worked in more than 30 countries globally.
As an academic, author, publisher, and entrepreneur, Dr. Clawson addressed a large Chinese Ministry of Education plenary session on Entrepreneurism in Higher Education: A Chinese Strength. He has addressed other large audiences in China on credentialing, testing, mental health issues, and the changing family. He initiated a mental health response for training in Szechuan after the tragic earthquake there.
Collectively, these professional experiences inspired Dr. Clawson to found GCQA.