Meet the Team
Temp Keller, Co-Founder and CEO
Temp oversees and plays an operating role in both WonderLab and Templeton Academy.
Both models have been largely informed by his work in 2012 as an Entrepreneur in Residence at the Acton Academy, a private elementary and middle school in Austin, TX that aims to move learners (teachers and students) from receivers of knowledge to self-seekers of knowledge.
Temp is the former Managing Director of Innovations for Learning, a Chicago-based nonprofit organization formed in 1993 to develop innovative technology to improve early elementary education. At IFL Temp was responsible for initiating and managing strategic partnerships, as well as managing product development, sourcing, logistics and distribution.
He is also the Founder, former President and Chairman of Resources for Indispensable Schools and Educators, a national nonprofit organization working to connect second-stage teachers with schools in low-income communities where they will be more likely to succeed and remain in teaching. Established in 2000 with one pilot school site, RISE grew to serve more than 140 Network Schools between 6 metropolitan areas, and worked to improve student learning for more than 50,000 students.
Temp was awarded the Ashoka Fellowship in 2004 — one of 125 social entrepreneurs in the United States selected to join a community of over 2,000 Fellows world-wide “recognized for innovative, entrepreneurial solutions to some of the world's most pressing social problems” — as well as the Manhattan Institute’s Social Entrepreneurship Award in 2005.
Prior to RISE, he taught fifth grade at the East Palo Alto Charter School in East Palo Alto, CA, where 92% of Temp’s students demonstrated over one year of academic growth in both reading and mathematics in 1999-2000.
Temp serves on several for-profit and non-profit Boards, including TK Capital, LLC, a family investment company focused on operating small cap, U.S. based manufacturing firms, as well as Kids Science Labs, a learning center providing hands-on science classes and camps to kids ages 2-12. He is a Trustee of the Loomis Chaffee School in Windsor, CT, Austin Achieve Public Schools, and also serves on the U.S.-based Foundation Board of the African Leadership Academy, a pan-African secondary institution that aims to educate and develop outstanding students into principled, ethical leaders for the African continent.
He received his B.A. in Politics from Princeton University, where he currently serves on the President’s Advisory Council, and his MBA from The University of Chicago. Temp, his wife, Kerry, and their three young children live in Austin, Texas.
Temp oversees and plays an operating role in both WonderLab and Templeton Academy.
Both models have been largely informed by his work in 2012 as an Entrepreneur in Residence at the Acton Academy, a private elementary and middle school in Austin, TX that aims to move learners (teachers and students) from receivers of knowledge to self-seekers of knowledge.
Temp is the former Managing Director of Innovations for Learning, a Chicago-based nonprofit organization formed in 1993 to develop innovative technology to improve early elementary education. At IFL Temp was responsible for initiating and managing strategic partnerships, as well as managing product development, sourcing, logistics and distribution.
He is also the Founder, former President and Chairman of Resources for Indispensable Schools and Educators, a national nonprofit organization working to connect second-stage teachers with schools in low-income communities where they will be more likely to succeed and remain in teaching. Established in 2000 with one pilot school site, RISE grew to serve more than 140 Network Schools between 6 metropolitan areas, and worked to improve student learning for more than 50,000 students.
Temp was awarded the Ashoka Fellowship in 2004 — one of 125 social entrepreneurs in the United States selected to join a community of over 2,000 Fellows world-wide “recognized for innovative, entrepreneurial solutions to some of the world's most pressing social problems” — as well as the Manhattan Institute’s Social Entrepreneurship Award in 2005.
Prior to RISE, he taught fifth grade at the East Palo Alto Charter School in East Palo Alto, CA, where 92% of Temp’s students demonstrated over one year of academic growth in both reading and mathematics in 1999-2000.
Temp serves on several for-profit and non-profit Boards, including TK Capital, LLC, a family investment company focused on operating small cap, U.S. based manufacturing firms, as well as Kids Science Labs, a learning center providing hands-on science classes and camps to kids ages 2-12. He is a Trustee of the Loomis Chaffee School in Windsor, CT, Austin Achieve Public Schools, and also serves on the U.S.-based Foundation Board of the African Leadership Academy, a pan-African secondary institution that aims to educate and develop outstanding students into principled, ethical leaders for the African continent.
He received his B.A. in Politics from Princeton University, where he currently serves on the President’s Advisory Council, and his MBA from The University of Chicago. Temp, his wife, Kerry, and their three young children live in Austin, Texas.
Dennis J. Keller, Co-Founder and Chairman
Dennis J. Keller is Co-Founder and Retired Chairman and CEO of Adtalem Global Education Inc.
The purpose of Adtalem Global Education is to empower students to achieve their goals, find success and make inspiring contributions to our global community. Adtalem Global Education Inc. (NYSE: ATGE; member S&P MidCap 400 Index) is a leading workforce solutions provider and the parent organization of Adtalem Educacional do Brasil (IBMEC, Damásio and Wyden institutions), American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine, Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists, Becker Professional Education, Chamberlain University, EduPristine, OnCourse Learning, Ross University School of Medicine and Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine.
Keller co-founded Keller Graduate School of Management in 1973, and served as Chairman and CEO until 2004 and Chairman until he retired in 2008. In 1987, Keller Graduate School of Management acquired from Bell & Howell the assets of the DeVry Institutes of Technology. Renamed DeVry Inc. (and subsequently DeVry Education Group), the combined company
completed an initial public offering in 1991. In 2017, Adtalem sold the DeVry and Keller divisions.
He is the chairman of the National Board of the Smithsonian Institution. He is Vice Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the University of Chicago, and co-chairman of the Princeton University School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Leadership Council. Keller is Chairman of the Board of the Mpala Wildlife Foundation and serves as a director of VIEW: Veterinary Initiative
for Endangered Wildlife. Keller is a former director of Nicor Inc. and Ryerson Inc., former vice-chairman of the board of trustees at Princeton University, former Vice Chairman of the Chicago Zoological Society (Brookfield Zoo) and former Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the African Wildlife Foundation. He was a consultant-evaluator for the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools for more than ten years, and on two occasions an Executive in Residence co-teaching an economics course at the Colorado College.
In 1963, Keller received his undergraduate degree in economics from Princeton University, where he was a National Merit Scholar. His master’s degree in business administration was received in 1968 from the University of Chicago, where he was a Graduate School of Business Fellow. Keller, a resident of Oak Brook, Illinois, is married and has three sons and ten
grandchildren.
Dennis J. Keller is Co-Founder and Retired Chairman and CEO of Adtalem Global Education Inc.
The purpose of Adtalem Global Education is to empower students to achieve their goals, find success and make inspiring contributions to our global community. Adtalem Global Education Inc. (NYSE: ATGE; member S&P MidCap 400 Index) is a leading workforce solutions provider and the parent organization of Adtalem Educacional do Brasil (IBMEC, Damásio and Wyden institutions), American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine, Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists, Becker Professional Education, Chamberlain University, EduPristine, OnCourse Learning, Ross University School of Medicine and Ross University School of Veterinary Medicine.
Keller co-founded Keller Graduate School of Management in 1973, and served as Chairman and CEO until 2004 and Chairman until he retired in 2008. In 1987, Keller Graduate School of Management acquired from Bell & Howell the assets of the DeVry Institutes of Technology. Renamed DeVry Inc. (and subsequently DeVry Education Group), the combined company
completed an initial public offering in 1991. In 2017, Adtalem sold the DeVry and Keller divisions.
He is the chairman of the National Board of the Smithsonian Institution. He is Vice Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the University of Chicago, and co-chairman of the Princeton University School of Engineering and Applied Sciences Leadership Council. Keller is Chairman of the Board of the Mpala Wildlife Foundation and serves as a director of VIEW: Veterinary Initiative
for Endangered Wildlife. Keller is a former director of Nicor Inc. and Ryerson Inc., former vice-chairman of the board of trustees at Princeton University, former Vice Chairman of the Chicago Zoological Society (Brookfield Zoo) and former Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the African Wildlife Foundation. He was a consultant-evaluator for the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools for more than ten years, and on two occasions an Executive in Residence co-teaching an economics course at the Colorado College.
In 1963, Keller received his undergraduate degree in economics from Princeton University, where he was a National Merit Scholar. His master’s degree in business administration was received in 1968 from the University of Chicago, where he was a Graduate School of Business Fellow. Keller, a resident of Oak Brook, Illinois, is married and has three sons and ten
grandchildren.
Jeffrey B. Keller, Co-Founder and Board Member
Jeff is a Principal at TK Capital, a family investment company focused on operating small cap, U.S. based manufacturing firms. He serves as Chairman of Molten Metal Equipment Innovations in Middlefield, OH and oversees Templeton Reserve, a housing development in Oak Brook, IL.
He spent eight years with MacLean-Fogg Company, a privately held manufacturing holding company headquartered outside of Chicago. He was most recently the President of MacLean Vehicle Systems’ Fastener Division, a $150 million supplier of engineered components to the transportation, industrial and aerospace industries. Prior to running the Fastener Division, Jeff held positions as the VP/GM for the Plastics and Composites Division of MacLean Vehicle Systems, a $25 million division of the company, and as the Director of Business Development for MacLean-Fogg reporting to the CFO.
Prior to returning to the US and going to work for MacLean-Fogg, Jeff worked for Bank of America in the Santiago, Chile office and was a VP in the Commercial and Investment Banking Group responsible for both large corporate and multinational accounts.
He is the former Board Chairman of Lake Forest Academy and now serves as the Board Chairman of the Colorado College.
Jeff has an IMBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and a BA in English from the Colorado College. He and his wife Molly, live in Burlington, WI with their three kids.
Jeff is a Principal at TK Capital, a family investment company focused on operating small cap, U.S. based manufacturing firms. He serves as Chairman of Molten Metal Equipment Innovations in Middlefield, OH and oversees Templeton Reserve, a housing development in Oak Brook, IL.
He spent eight years with MacLean-Fogg Company, a privately held manufacturing holding company headquartered outside of Chicago. He was most recently the President of MacLean Vehicle Systems’ Fastener Division, a $150 million supplier of engineered components to the transportation, industrial and aerospace industries. Prior to running the Fastener Division, Jeff held positions as the VP/GM for the Plastics and Composites Division of MacLean Vehicle Systems, a $25 million division of the company, and as the Director of Business Development for MacLean-Fogg reporting to the CFO.
Prior to returning to the US and going to work for MacLean-Fogg, Jeff worked for Bank of America in the Santiago, Chile office and was a VP in the Commercial and Investment Banking Group responsible for both large corporate and multinational accounts.
He is the former Board Chairman of Lake Forest Academy and now serves as the Board Chairman of the Colorado College.
Jeff has an IMBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business and a BA in English from the Colorado College. He and his wife Molly, live in Burlington, WI with their three kids.
David M. Keller, Co-Founder and Board Member
David is a Principal at TK Capital, a family investment company focused on operating small cap, U.S. based manufacturing firms, where he oversees the corporation’s investment in Danville, KY-based, Sellers Manufacturing.
Prior to the formation of TK Capital, David was a corporate attorney in the Chicago office of Greenberg Truarig, LLP. He is a graduate of the University of Chicago Law School and a member of the Illinois Bar.
David earned his MBA from the University of Montana and spent five years as one of two principal partners responsible for all operations at Water Master Rafts, LLC, a Missoula based manufacturer of high-end inflatable watercraft.
He holds a BA in English Literature from The Colorado College. Between college and business school David worked for Precision Plastics, Inc. where he rotated through the Molding, Tool and Die, Quality Control, and Engineering Divisions. He has served on the company's Board of Directors since 1999.
In 2009 David joined the Board of The Alliance for the Great Lakes, a Chicago based conservation organization focused on public policy and education, and now serves as Board Chairman of the Lake Forest Country Day School.
David, his wife Avery, and their three children live in Lake Forest, IL.
David is a Principal at TK Capital, a family investment company focused on operating small cap, U.S. based manufacturing firms, where he oversees the corporation’s investment in Danville, KY-based, Sellers Manufacturing.
Prior to the formation of TK Capital, David was a corporate attorney in the Chicago office of Greenberg Truarig, LLP. He is a graduate of the University of Chicago Law School and a member of the Illinois Bar.
David earned his MBA from the University of Montana and spent five years as one of two principal partners responsible for all operations at Water Master Rafts, LLC, a Missoula based manufacturer of high-end inflatable watercraft.
He holds a BA in English Literature from The Colorado College. Between college and business school David worked for Precision Plastics, Inc. where he rotated through the Molding, Tool and Die, Quality Control, and Engineering Divisions. He has served on the company's Board of Directors since 1999.
In 2009 David joined the Board of The Alliance for the Great Lakes, a Chicago based conservation organization focused on public policy and education, and now serves as Board Chairman of the Lake Forest Country Day School.
David, his wife Avery, and their three children live in Lake Forest, IL.