Suzanne Tyson

Founder- HigherEd Points

Suzanne Tyson is the founder and CEO of HigherEdPoints.com, which enables students, their parents and “nice people” (donors) to convert loyalty program currency into payments for college or university. She has been involved in various capacities with higher education for more than half of her 25 year career. Suzanne held roles in sales, marketing and editorials at Prentice Hall and Thomson publishers. While working in Business Development at the Air Miles Reward Program, she found a way to stay on campus by attempting to bring campus bookstores into the Air Miles Program. In 2008, Suzanne took the helm as President of Studentawards.com. On November 1, 2013, Suzanne launched her new venture, HigherEdPoints.com, which combines all of her previous career experience in publishing, the loyalty industry and in helping students pay for their higher education.