Boards

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National Board of Directors

Our National Board of Directors plays a critical role in developing Teach For America’s strategic plan and ensuring that we are able to meet the ambitious goals we set for ourselves.  We are deeply grateful for the advice, support, and advocacy our Board members provide.

Laura E. Arnold
Co-Founder and Co-Chair
Laura and John Arnold Foundation

Thomas H. Castro
Founder and CEO
El Dorado Capital, LLC

Maxine Clark
Founder, Chief Executive Bear & Chairman
Build-A-Bear Workshop®

Patricia J. Crawford
Senior Vice President
Enterprise Diversity & Inclusion
Wells Fargo

Millard S. (Mickey) Drexler
Chairman and CEO
J. Crew Group

Paul Finnegan
Co-CEO
Madison Dearborn Partners

Lew Frankfort
Chairman & CEO
Coach, Inc.

David Gergen
Professor of Public Service
Director of the Center for Public Leadership
Harvard University

Randall H. Harbert
Senior Vice President
State Farm Insurance Companies

Leo J. Hindery, Jr.
Managing Partner
InterMedia Partners

John Hotchkis*
Founder, Chairman & CEO
Ramajal, LLC

Walter Isaacson (Chair)
President & CEO
The Aspen Institute

David W. Kenny
President
Akamai Technologies

Wendy Kopp
CEO & Founder
Teach For America

Sherry Lansing*
CEO
Sherry Lansing Foundation

John Legend
Recording Artist and Philanthropist

Sue Lehmann
Management Consultant

Michael L. Lomax
President & CEO
United Negro College Fund

Stephen F. Mandel, Jr.
Managing Partner
Lone Pine Capital, LLC

James M. McCormick
Founder, CEO & President
First Manhattan Consulting Group

Darla Moore
Vice President
Rainwater, Inc.

Richard S. Pechter
Alumnus, Teach For America
Retired Chairman, DLJ Financial Services

Greg Penner
General Partner
Madrone Capital Partners

Nancy Peretsman
Managing Director
Allen & Company, LLC

Laurene Powell
Co-Founder and President
College Track

Arthur Rock
Principal
Arthur Rock & Co.

Vince Roig
Chairman
Helios Education Foundation

Paula A. Sneed (Vice Chair)
Retired Executive Vice President
Kraft Foods, Inc.

Sir Howard Stringer
Chairman & Group CEO
Sony Corporation

Kurt Strovink
Director
McKinsey & Company

Lawrence J. Stupski
Chairman
Stupski Foundation

Lawrence H. Summers
President Emeritus
Charles W. Eliot University Professor
Harvard University

Beverly Daniel Tatum
President
Spelman College

Gregory W. Wendt
Senior Vice President
Capital Research Company

Margaret “Meg” Whitman
President & CEO, Hewlett-Packard
Former Republican nominee for Governor of California

Jide Zeitlin (Treasurer)
The Keffi Group Ltd.

* Emeritus member

National Council of Regional Board Chairs

Our National Council is comprised of the chairs of each of our regional advisory Boards.  This group provides critical oversight of our regional operations and shares best practices that help us maximize our local impact.

Doug Albrecht (St. Louis)
Founder and CEO
The Bodley Group

Joseph Aluise (Greater New Orleans)
Senior Counsel
Entergy Services Inc.

Steve Betts (Phoenix)
President and CEO
SunCor Development Company

Katherine Bradley (D.C. Region)
President
City Bridge Foundation

David Dooley (Charlotte)
Executive Vice President
RT Dooley Construction Company

H. Mitchell D’Olier (Hawai'i)
President & CEO
Kaneohe Ranch Management Limited

G. Douglas Edwards (Memphis)
Retired CEO
Morgan Keegan

Paul Finnegan (Chicago)
Co-CEO
Madison Dearborn Partners 

Jason M. Fish (Bay Area)

Co-Founder and Director

Alliance Partners, LLC

Robin Golden (Connecticut)
Selma M. Levine Clinical Lecturer 
Yale Law School

Richard Green (Kansas City)
The Calvin Group

Robert J. Hall (Greater Philadelphia)
Principal
Andesite Holdings

Steven T. Halverson (Jacksonville)
Chief Executive Officer
The Haskell Company

Cordell Haymon (South Louisiana)
Vice President
SGS Petroleum Service Corporation

John Herrera (Rio Grande Valley)
General Manager
Magic Valley Electric Cooperative

Dave Horne (Eastern North Carolina)
Partner

Smith, Anderson, Blount, Dorsett, Mitchell & Jernigan

Jack Lowell (Miami-Dade)
Vice Chairman
Flagler Real Estate Services LLC

Jan Rivitz (Baltimore)
The Aaron and Lillie Straus Foundation
 

Katy Pattillo (Atlanta)
Former Member
Atlanta Board of Education

Zack Neumeyer (Colorado)
Chairman

Sage Companies

Scott Nuttall (New York)
Partner
Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co.  

Lori Vetters (Houston)
Regional President, Houston Gulf Coast
Wachovia

Dana Zucker (Greater Newark)

Independent Consultant

Mark Hill (Indianapoils)

Managing Partner, Collina Ventures, LLC

University Champions’ Board

We are extremely fortunate to have a dedicated group of college presidents and chancellors supporting our efforts to grow and diversify the movement to end educational inequity.

Bruce Benson
President
University of Colorado, Boulder

Robert J. Birgeneau
Chancellor
University of California, Berkeley

Kim Bottomly
President
Wellesley College

Richard Brodhead
President
Duke University

Grant Cornwell
President
The College of Wooster

ScottS. Cowen
President
Tulane University

Michael Crow
President
Arizona State University

Amy Gutmann
President
University of Pennsylvania

Freeman Hrabowski
President
University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Michael V. Martin
Chancellor
Louisiana State University

Dr. Daniel Porterfield
President
Franklin & Marshall College

Beverly Daniel Tatum (Chair)
President
Spelman College

Holden Thorp
Chancellor
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Shirley M. Tilghman
President
Princeton University

 

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