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Board of Trustees

Board Members

Trustees

Bruno V. Manno

Chair, Thomas B. Fordham Institute; Senior Advisor at the Progressive Policy Institute

Chester E. Finn, Jr.

Distinguished Senior Fellow and President Emeritus, Thomas B. Fordham Institute

Thomas A. Holton, Esq.

Attorney

Michael W. Kelly

President and CEO, Central Park Credit Bank

Michael J. Petrilli

President, Thomas B. Fordham Institute

Hon. Chad Readler

Hon. Chad Readler, Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Ian Rowe

Resident Fellow, American Enterprise Institute

Stefanie Sanford

President of Civic Ventures at Alithi Consulting and Humanitae Philanthropy Advisors

Caprice Young

CEO and Superintendent, Navigator Schools

Trustee Emeriti

Dackin emeritus headshot

Stephen D. Dackin

Director, Ohio Department of Education and Workforce

David P. Driscoll

Former Commissioner of Education, Commonwealth of Massachusetts

Chester E. Finn, Esq. (1918–2007)

Senior Partner, Porter Wright Morris & Arthur

Craig Kennedy

Senior Fellow, Member of the Editorial Board, and Trustee at American Purpose; Former President of the German Marshall Fund of The United States

Bruce Kovner

Founder and Co-Chairman of The Kovner Foundation; Founder and Former Chairman of Caxton Associates

Rod Paige

Former U.S. Secretary of Education (2001-2005)

David H. Ponitz

CEO of David H. Ponitz Consultants; Former President of Sinclair Community College

Diane Ravitch

Founder and President of the Network for Public Education; Former Research Professor of Education at New York University
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