“The whole is greater than the sum of its parts.”
Aristotle”
This phrase characterizes the modern day notion of cooperative energy or synergy. At WholeSchools® it embodies our approach as we endeavor to find scholastic solutions that bring value to all the dimensions of the school holding the treasured idea of the whole child at the center.
For anyone who has been involved in group activities, Aristotle's expression echoes the T.E.A.M. acronym—together, everyone achieves more. At WholeSchools® it is the sum of our parts that sets us apart. The value we provide your school is intrinsically linked to the value provided by our growing network of global educators that collaborate and together achieve more.
Andrea Ferrari
CEO & Founder
Andrea D. Ferrari is a graduate from Tufts University in Boston where she majored in Child Psychology and Art. She has a Master's of Arts in Education from Columbia University, Teachers College, New York where she taught in the Dalton School before she came to Mexico City. She has been a teacher for over 20 years and has served as a trusted mission driven school leader guiding schools through several accreditation processes and accrediting schools in the US and Mexico.
She is an expert in the role of the arts in education and aims at introducing others to creative educational innovations based on her studies in Finland and Italy that focus on student-centered learning. Creativity’s day has come, education, arts and industry need each other and work best in tandem for innovation, productivity and globalization.
Andrea was born in Brazil. She grew up in six different countries and speaks 4 languages. Being brought up in a true melting pot of cultures, religions and languages she treasures special moments in school where children experience the idea that all people can in fact live together in peace and harmony through cultivating understanding and authentic appreciation for diversity and international mindedness.
Jorge Ferrari
PRESIDENT & FOUNDER
Jorge Ferrari is the founder and shareholder of Great Place to Work® Institute Mexico. The Institute works alongside companies supporting their leaders in transforming organizational culture to achieve excellence in the workplace for all. He developed, together with the most important media in the country, ‘Las Mejores Empresas para Trabajar® en México’ project. This year the Institute celebrates 18 years of operation in Mexico. In that period the Institute went from 20 to 1000 clients and from US $ 50,000 to US $ 10M. Jorge Ferrari is also a shareholder and president of the Institute's operations in Hong Kong, Mainland China, Taiwan and Macao.
Mr. Ferrari has held several seminars and workshops including organization and participation in the keynote conference of President Bill Clinton in Mexico on the theme: "Leadership and Collective Prosperity."
Prior to the Institute, Mr. Ferrari was president of Booz Allen & Hamilton Mexico. He participated in a large number of consulting projects including Organizational Development, Management Processes and Transformation to improve performance in first level companies. He carried out this work in several regions of the world including South and North America, Europe, Asia and Africa. Jorge worked in Booz Allen for 30 years.
Mr. Ferrari received a Master of Science in Engineering from UCLA and a degree in Electromechanical Engineering from the University of Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Today, Jorge Ferrari, founder of WholeSchools Institute International, is dedicated to creating great places to study and learn in Mexico in order to transform society.