Our Team

Meet our leadership team.

Ken Horne has 35 years experience managing private postsecondary colleges. After studying and practicing law, Ken was the founder and president of several colleges and became passionate about helping individual students to achieve success. In 2006 he founded CARS to help other college presidents improve student service, increase enrollment, and enhance retention. He is also President and CEO of PEAC, a student default prevention company, and a majority owner of Global Financial Aid Services, a third party provider of financial aid processing services and hosted technology.

Andrew oversees the day to day management of all operations, builds client relationships, and works as a liaison with the IT team to help establish strategic direction and priorities. He is also responsible for internal sales, responding to information requests as well as conducting demonstrations and conference calls for potential clients. Andrew began working with CARS in 2007 while attending the University of Montevallo and served in several management roles prior to his promotion to Senior Vice President, which provides him with a well rounded perspective of all levels of leadership.

Wendy Thompson has been with the company for five years and holds the position of HR Manager. She has over 20 years experience with Human Resources, Accounting and Business Administration. Wendy hold a Bachelor’s degree in both Accounting and Human Resources and has recently completed her Master’s Degree in Human Resources Leadership from Sullivan University. She is responsible for personnel management, benefits coordination and payroll administration. Wendy is a member of SHRM, the National Association for Professional Women and is currently working on her SPHR certification.

Tami has been Chief Operating Officer for CARS since inception in 2006. Tami graduated from the University of Montevallo with a Bachelor’s Degree in Mass Communications and began her career in Higher Education after twelve years of working in an operations capacity with start-up ventures in the Human Capital Management arena. With over 20 years of experience in corporate settings, Tami has proven her expertise in aligning Human Resource practices to meet business objectives, increase client satisfaction and driving employee engagement. Prior to the inception of CARS, Tami worked for Post-Secondary Education Assistance Corporation. Tami is focused on the leadership, development and improvement of client relations and how it relates to helping their student enrollments, with her main area of responsibility being the Lead Qualification area of CARS.