Leadership
Our leadership team has a strong connection to the communities we serve and are influential leaders in academia, business, advocacy and philanthropy.
National Board of Directors
With the guidance and inspiration of our distinguished board of directors, we strive to break the cycle of poverty through education. Our board members passionately believe that an education raises income, provides security, reduces unemployment and improves health outcomes.
Virginia Anderson
Neal Boling
George Bridges, Ph.D.
James Dorsey (Ex Officio)
Leona Dotson
Sheri Flies
Stacie Foster
Kelly Fukai (Ex Officio)
Nick Hailey
Lorna Hernandez Jarvis
Melissa Hill
David Hohimer
Walter Impert
Brian Jeffries
Erik Jones
Lanine Lange
Jackie Liao
Creighton “Chip” Magid
Sydney McMaster
James P. Murphy
Keith Neal
L. Darrell Powell
Tania Santiago Pastrana
Evan Smith
Mark Starnes (Ex Officio)
Salomé Valencia-Bohné
John Welch
National Emeritus Council
Ann Ramsay-Jenkins, Chair
Mike Adler
Fred Campbell, Ph.D.
Gerri Craves
Joe Gaffney
Frank Greer
Jerry Quinn Lee
The Honorable Gary Locke
Robert Moser
John Patnaude
Doug Picha
Deborah Rosen
Kathleen Ross, Ph.D.
Sam Smith, Ph.D.
Lonny Suko, J.D.
Herbert Tillery
Deborah Wilds, Ph.D.
Leadership
President and CEO
James Dorsey
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Hajer Al-Faham, Ph.D.
Operations
Jo Anna Parker
Rosemary Turner