{"id":47388,"date":"2026-10-13T15:30:44","date_gmt":"2026-10-13T15:30:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colegiobolivar.edu.co\/website\/?page_id=47388"},"modified":"2026-10-13T20:41:01","modified_gmt":"2026-10-13T20:41:01","slug":"our-leadership-the-rector","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.colegiobolivar.edu.co\/website\/our-leadership-the-rector\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Leadership"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"47388\" class=\"elementor elementor-47388\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-beb8c84 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"beb8c84\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-703bd56 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"703bd56\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-89fc811 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"89fc811\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Our<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-acfb7f9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"acfb7f9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Leadership<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b470bb3 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b470bb3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-693b3dc e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"693b3dc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-52e3653 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"52e3653\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1610\" height=\"2048\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colegiobolivar.edu.co\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/DSC05862-1610x2048.jpg\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048 wp-image-46464\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.colegiobolivar.edu.co\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/DSC05862-1610x2048.jpg 1610w, https:\/\/www.colegiobolivar.edu.co\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/DSC05862-236x300.jpg 236w, https:\/\/www.colegiobolivar.edu.co\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/DSC05862-805x1024.jpg 805w, https:\/\/www.colegiobolivar.edu.co\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/DSC05862-768x977.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.colegiobolivar.edu.co\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/DSC05862-1207x1536.jpg 1207w, https:\/\/www.colegiobolivar.edu.co\/website\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/DSC05862-scaled.jpg 2012w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1610px) 100vw, 1610px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-61a0777 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"61a0777\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1624a62 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1624a62\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Dr. Jessica Marie Gilway<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-63d5b3c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"63d5b3c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Head of School<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f030ac3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f030ac3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Dr. Jessica Marie Gilway joined Colegio Bol\u00edvar as Head of School in July 2026, bringing extensive experience in international school leadership, educational innovation, and institutional development. 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