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January 18, 2012
New Haven Register

 Connecticut lost ground in the annual ranking of state laws that govern charter schools, mainly because other states such as Maine and New Mexico passed more progressive reforms in the past year.

January 15, 2012
Hartford Courant

 When Gov. Dannel P. Malloy put education reform on the front burner for 2012, he caught a wave of public sentiment that has been building for a couple of years in every corner of the state. Everybody from superintendents and the state's largest teachers union to business leaders, advocacy groups, parents and political leaders wants to improve the state's public schools.

January 15, 2012
CT Now / Fox 61

"Major education reforms for Connecticut are planned for this year, and I'm here with Michael Sharpe, Director of Jamoke Academy, one of the fastest rising charter schools in Connecticut, in Hartford, [and] Patrick Riccards, the new CEO/President of ConnCAN..."

January 8, 2012
CT News Junkie

By Patrick Riccards, CEO, ConnCAN

Last week, Gov. Dannel P. Malloy made a passionate case for why we all must commit to education reform in 2012. Speaking at his education reform summit, the governor made clear that school improvement is a team effort, requiring the involvement of all stakeholders.

January 4, 2012
Connecticut Post

About the only top slot the constitution state still clings to is "largest achievement gap in the nation."

So educational reform advocates say much is riding on Malloy's pledge that 2012 will be the year of education reform.

Malloy is hosting an Education Workshop Thursday at Central Connecticut State University in New Britain. Many invited are convinced the policies that begin to take shape there may lead to legislation that can transform the state's failing schools and ultimately assist in growing the economy.

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Board of Directors

 
Brian Olson, Chair
  • Co-Founder, Viking Global Investors
  • Chairman, Civic Builders
 
Andy Boas
  • Principal, Carl Marks Management, LLC
  • Director, Bridgeport Public Education Fun
 
Sarah Greenhill
  • Former Vice President of Finance, Ultimate Software Group
 
Will Heins
  • Former Senior VP, Greenwich Capital Markets
  • Former Member, Stamford Board of Representatives
 
John N. Irwin III
  • Managing Director, Brookside International
  • Chairman, Achelis and Bodman Foundations
  • Executive Board Member and Chairman of the Committee on Trustees, Wildlife Conservation Society
 
Michael M. Kassen
  •  Former Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer, Neuberger Berman
 
Gary Lubben
  • Lubben Capital Management, LLC
 
Jonathan Sackler, Past Chair
  • Founder and Managing Director, North Bay Associates
  • Director, Purdue Pharma
  • Vice Chairman, Micro Credit Businesses, Inc.
 
Chris Shumway
  • Founder, Shumway Capital and Shumway Capital Foundation
 
Erika Long
  • Vice Chairman, Maverick Capital Foundation
  • Former Principal, Maverick Capital, Ltd.
 
Art Reimers
  • Former Partner and Managing Director, Goldman Sachs
  • Board of Directors, Outward Bound
  • Board of Directors, International Justice Mission
 
Andrew Schwedel
  • Partner, Bain & Company

 

Advisory Board

 
Paul Allaire
  • Former Chairman and CEO, Xerox Corporation
  • Former Chairman, Ford Foundation
  • Trustee Emeritus of Carnegie-Mellon University
 
Lorraine M. Aronson
  • Former Vice President and CFO, University of Connecticut
  • Director, Hartford Education Foundation
  • Former Connecticut Deputy Commissioner of Education
 
Dr. Philip E. Austin
  • Former President, University of Connecticut
  • Board Member, MetroHartford Regional Economic Alliance
  • Member, Governor’s Council on Economic Competitiveness and Technology
 
Timothy Bannon
  • President-Executive Director, Connecticut Housing Finance Authority
 
Cory Booker
  • Mayor, Newark, NJ
  • Former Senior Fellow, Rutgers School of Public Policy and Planning
  • Member, Board of Directors of the Black Alliance for Educational Options
 
Christopher P. Bruhl
  • President and CEO, The Business Council of Fairfield County (SACIA)
  • Director, Connecticut Public Broadcasting Corporation
 
Dr. William J. Cibes, Jr.
  • Former Chancellor, Connecticut State University System
  • Former Deputy Speaker and Chairman of the Finance Committee, Connecticut General Assembly
  • Former Secretary, Office of Policy and Management
 
Joyce Critelli
  • Co-Chairwoman, Children’s Agency of Norwalk
  • Trustee, Norwalk Community College
  • Trustee, Critelli Family Foundation
 
Reverend Lindsay E. Curtis
  • Pastor, Grace Baptist Church, Norwalk
  • Chairman, Norwalk Children’s Foundation
  • President, NAACP Norwalk Branch
 
John M. Danielson
  • President and CEO, Chartwell Education Group
  • Former Chief of Staff, U.S. Department of Education • Director, Center for Education Reform
 
Jonathan T. Dawson
  • Chairman and CEO, Dawson Capital Management
  • Co-Founder, New Beginnings Family Academy
 
Timothy Dutton
  • Director, Bridge Academy
  • Former President, Connecticut Charter School Network
 
Dr. Howard Fuller
  • Founder and Chairman, Black Alliance for Educational Options
  • Former Superintendent, Milwaukee Public Schools
  • Board Member, National Alliance for Public Charter Schools
 
Robert Furek
  • Director, MassMutual Financial Group
  • Former Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Hartford Public School System
 
William Ginsberg
  • President and CEO, Community Foundation for Greater New Haven
  • Director, Regional Leadership Council
 
Stewart Greenfield
  • Founder and Former Chairman, Oak Investment Partners
  • Founder and Chairman, Alternative Investment Group, LLC
 
Janice M. Gruendel, Ph.D., M.Ed.
  • Co-Chair, Early Childhood Education Cabinet Member, P-16 Council and CT Youth Vision Team
  • Former Deputy Commissioner, Departments of Public Health, Mental Retardation and DCF
  • Former Director of Health Service, DOC
 
Dr. Walter Harrison
  • President, University of Hartford
  • Director, Connecticut Conference of Independent Colleges
  • Director, The Hartford Consortium for Higher Education
 
Darrell Harvey
  • Co-CEO, The Ashforth Company
  • Former Chairman, The Business Council of Southwestern Connecticut (SACIA)
 
Marc S. Herzog
  • Chancellor, Connecticut Community College System
  • Member, National Council of State Directors, American Association of Community Colleges
 
Duane E. Hill
  • Founder and Former Partner, TSG Capital Group
  • Former Vice President, J.P. Morgan and Co.
  • Former Chairman, City of Stamford CT Planning Board
  • Vice Chairman, Stamford Achieves
 
Carlton L. Highsmith
  • Founder, President and CEO, Specialized Packing Group
  • Director, Quinnipiac University
  • National Board of Directors, I Have a Dream Foundation
 
Ron Howard
  • Co-Chairman, Imagine Entertainment
  • Awarded Best Director, Directors Guild of America, “Apollo 13”
  • Awarded an Oscar, Best Director, “A Beautiful Mind”
 
Catherine Viscardi Johnston
  • Partner, Midway Communications, LLC
  • Former Executive Vice President, Conde Nast Publications, Inc.
  • Co-Founder and Director, Harlem Village Academy and Leadership Village Academy
 
Jeffrey Klaus
  • Regional President, Webster Bank
  • Former Market President, Bank of America
  • Former Education Committee Chairman, Regional Leadership Council
  • Former member, Governor’s Commission on Education Finance
 
Kevin Knight
  • Founder and President, The K Group
  • Director, Cities In Schools, Norwalk
 
George Knox III
  • Former Vice President of Corporate Affairs, Philip Morris Companies
  • Director and Vice-Chairman, Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt Institute
  • Trustee, African American Experience Foundation
 
Konrad “Chip” Kruger
  • Former Co-President and Co-CEO, Greenwich Capital Markets
  • Co-Founder, Five Mile Capital Partners LLC
 
Dr. Richard C. Levin
  • President, Yale University
  • Director, Hewlett Foundation
  • Chairman, AllLearn, a joint venture of Yale, Oxford, and Stanford universities.
 
Dr. Julia M. McNamara
  • President, Albertus Magnus College
  • Chairwoman, Yale New Haven Health Services Corporation
  • Director, The Community Foundation for Greater New Haven
 
Len Miller
  • Partner, O’Connor Davies Munns and Dobbins LLP
  • Founder and Former Chairman, SoundWaters
 
Dr. Cheryl Norton
  • President, Southern Connecticut State University
 
Anthony P. Rescigno
  • President, Greater New Haven Chamber of Commerce
  • Executive Director, Regional Leadership Council
  • Member of the Board, New Haven Public Education Fund
 
Dr. Theodore Sergi
  • Former Connecticut State Commissioner of Education
  • President and CEO, Connecticut Center for Science and Exploration
 
Reverend Eric B. Smith
  • Pastor, Adoni Spiritual Formation Center of New Haven
  • President, New Haven Reparations Coalition
  • Member of the Board, Greater New Haven Community Loan Fund
 
Richard Sugarman
  • Founder and President, The Connecticut Forum
  • Board Chairman, Connecticut Center for School Change
 
Allan B. Taylor
  • Partner, Day Berry and Howard LLP
  • Chairman, Connecticut State Board of Education
  • Former Councilman, Hartford City Council
 
Tom Vander Ark
  • Managing Director at Revolution Learning
  • Former President, X PRIZE Foundation
  • Former Executive Director, Gates Education Initiative
  • Former Superintendent, of Schools, Federal Way, Washington State

 

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