Ethan Knight, Executive Director, American Gap Association

Ethan Knight started working with Gap Years in 1996 when he took his own Gap Year to India, Nepal and Tibet.  After his Gap Year he returned to Willamette University where he graduated with a Bachelors degree in English and Philosophy.  He began his professional career at LEAPNOW, a Gap Year organization in California, and after 7 years launched his own organization, Carpe Diem Education which is headquartered in Portland, Oregon.  In 2012, Ethan launched the non-profit American Gap Association to establish best practices in Gap Year education, as well as focus on socio-economic parity in the field.  Ethan has led countless leadership training seminars, been a presenter at TEDx, been a guest speaker internationally, and believes firmly that education is the closest thing we have to a panacea for the world’s ills.