National Board of Directors
Wendy Kopp
Founder and Chair of the Board
Teach For America
Wendy Kopp is the founder and chair of the board of Teach For America. She proposed the creation of Teach For America in her undergraduate senior thesis at Princeton in 1989 and spent more than 20 years working to grow the organization’s impact. Under her leadership, Teach For America’s nearly 38,000 participants have reached more than 3 million children nationwide during their two-year teaching commitments. They have sustained their commitment as alumni, working inside and outside the field of education to ensure educational excellence and equity for all children.
Kopp is also chief executive officer and co-founder of Teach For All, a global network of independent social enterprises which are working to expand educational opportunity in their nations by recruiting and developing their nation's most promising future leaders to commit two years to teach in high-need areas and become lifelong leaders for educational excellence and equity. Teach For All seeks to accelerate and increase the impact of network organizations, including Teach For America, by deepening commitment to the unifying model around the world, collaborating with network organizations to develop and adapt best practices, fostering global networks of staff members, participants, and alumni, and generating access to additional resources internationally.
Kopp is the author of the Washington Post bestseller A Chance to Make History: What Works and What Doesn’t in Providing an Excellent Education for All and One Day, All Children: The Unlikely Triumph of Teach For America and What I Learned Along the Way. She is also the recipient of numerous honorary degrees and awards for public service. She resides in New York City with her husband Richard Barth and their four children.
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.
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Thomas H. Castro |
Maxine Clark |
Patricia J. Crawford |
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Millard Drexler |
Paul Finnegan |
Lew Frankfort |
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David Gergen |
Randall H. Harbert |
Leo J. Hindery, Jr. |
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Walter Isaacson (Chairman Emeritus) |
David W. Kenny |
Joel Klein |
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Wendy Kopp (Chair) |
Matthew Kramer |
John Legend |
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Sue Lehmann |
Michael L. Lomax |
Stephen F. Mandel, Jr. (Treasurer) |
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James M. McCormick |
Darla Moore |
Richard D. Parsons (Lead Director) |
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Richard S. Pechter |
Greg Penner |
Nancy Peretsman |
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Arthur Rock |
Vince Roig |
Paula A. Sneed (Chair, National Council) |
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Sir Howard Stringer |
Kurt Strovink |
Lawrence H. Summers |
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Beverly Daniel Tatum |
Sara Martinez Tucker |
Gregory W. Wendt |
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Margaret “Meg” Whitman |
Elisa Villanueva-Beard |
José H. Villarreal |
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Jide Zeitlin
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National Board: Lifetime Directors
Our Lifetime Directors played a critical role for many years 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 that our Lifetime Directors continue to provide.
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John Hotchkis |
Sherry Lansing |
Lawrence J. Stupski |
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.
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Doug Albrecht |
Joseph Aluise |
Steve Betts |
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Katherine Bradley |
David Dooley |
H. Mitchell D’Olier |
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G. Douglas Edwards |
Paul Finnegan |
Jason M. Fish |
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Robin Golden |
Richard Green |
Robert J. Hall |
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Steven T. Halverson |
Cordell Haymon |
John Herrera |
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Dave Horne |
Jack Lowell |
Jan Rivitz |
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Phil Jacobs |
Zack Neumeyer |
Scott Nuttall |
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Lori Vetters |
Dana Zucker |
Mark Hill |
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.
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Bruce Benson |
Robert J. Birgeneau |
Kim Bottomly |
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Richard Brodhead |
Grant Cornwell |
Scott S. Cowen |
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Michael Crow |
Amy Gutmann |
Freeman Hrabowski |
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Michael V. Martin |
Dr. Daniel Porterfield |
Beverly Daniel Tatum (Chair) |
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Holden Thorp |
Shirley M. Tilghman |
