Board of Directors
Our 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.
President & Chief Investment Officer of Equities
Neuberger
Joe Amato is the President and Chief Investment Officer of Equities for Neuberger. In his role, Joe oversees the firm’s Equities, Fixed Income, and Hedge Fund businesses, as well as its Trading, Research, and Sustainability and Stewardship operations. He is a member of the firm's Board of Directors and its Partnership, Operating, and Asset Allocation Committees. Joe also serves on the board of the Neuberger Foundation.
Co-Founder & Chair
Burton Family Foundation
Christine (Christy) Burton is co-founder and chair of The Burton Family Foundation, an Arizona-based philanthropy and supporting organization of the Arizona Community Foundation. The Burton Family Foundation invests primarily in education and human services organizations across Arizona that advance individual achievement and recognize the dignity of all people. Christine also serves on Teach For America's Phoenix regional board.
Co-Founder/Chief Product Officer
Clever
Region: Colorado, '09
Dan Carroll is the chief product officer and co-founder of Clever, the platform that powers digital learning for over 95,000 schools. Dan was a member of the 2009 TFA Colorado corps, teaching middle school science.
Co-Founder/Board Member, Interdisciplinary Designer
Nugget
Region: Miami-Dade, '14
Hannah Cocca is a first-generation entrepreneur and designer whose expertise in creative innovation, consumer trends, and viral growth-hacking grew the Nugget furniture brand from a three-person team to a 100-employee company—generating more than $250 million in sales since 2017 and earning the title of America’s Fastest-Growing Manufacturing Company (Inc. Magazine, 2020, 2021).
23rd Governor of Arizona
Doug Ducey is known as one of America’s most successful entrepreneurs and most successful governors. Elected Arizona’s 23rd Governor in 2014 and reelected by an even wider margin in 2018, Ducey successfully championed historic policy initiatives, enacting the lowest flat income tax rate in the nation, introducing a first-in-nation law that requires students to pass a Civics test before graduating from high school, knocking-down licensing requirements that stood as a barrier to work, and eliminating or improving over 3,365 regulations resulting in the equivalent of a $183 million dollar tax cut.
Head of Civil Rights
Region: D.C. & Virginia, '99
Chanelle Hardy taught 5th graders in her home city as a member of the Washington, DC Teach For America corps. Her passion for students and their families led her to a career in law and policy.
Founder, Managing Director
Lone Pine Capital LLC
Steve Mandel is the founder of Lone Pine Capital, a public equity asset management firm that he started in 1997.
Executive Director
Campaign Zero
Region: New York, '07
DeRay Mckesson is the executive director of Campaign Zero, a social justice organization leading nationwide structural change to create equity and justice in our criminal legal system. Beginning as a youth organizer in Baltimore as a teenager, he has been an advocate and activist on a range of issues impacting people of color for much of his life.
Daniel R. Porterfield, Ph.D. (Board Chair)
President & CEO
The Aspen Institute
Since 2018, Daniel R. Porterfield, Ph.D. has served as President and CEO of the Aspen Institute—a global nonprofit organization founded in 1949 to ignite human potential to build understanding and create new possibilities for a better world. He has been recognized as a visionary strategist, leader, and advocate for young people and purpose-driven leadership. A lifelong educator and former college president, he is the author of the 2024 book, Mindset Matters: The Power of College to Activate Lifelong Growth.
CEO
Fulfillment Fund Las Vegas
Lindy Schumacher is Chief Executive Officer of Fulfillment Fund Las Vegas, a nonprofit organization dedicated to having a long-term, meaningful impact on college attendance and graduation rates for students growing up in economically and educationally under-resourced communities in greater Las Vegas.