Paul Higdon is a social entrepreneur, corporate banker, and religious scholar. He serves as Chief Administrative Officer for the Global Room for Women. Professionally, Paul is Dean of the Global Credit Curriculum for Bank of America Corporation. In his role, he provides instruction around the world on topics of corporate banking and finance. In the fall, 2010, he will begin graduate studies in Religious Anthropology and Sociology at the Divinity School of the University of Chicago.

Paul has extensive international experience, receiving degrees from Oxford University in Britain, Cornell University in New York, and Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies in Washington DC and Bologna, Italy. He is of Mexican descent and resided 5 years in Mexico City. With Linda, he serves on the Board of Trustees of Ripples International, an AIDS relief operation in central Kenya.

His hobbies include studies in comparative religion, cross-country skiing, and international travel. Paul and Linda have raised two young men, Lars, a restoration biologist for the Audubon Society, and Nils, a professional jazz drummer in Chicago.