Board of Directors and Board of Advisors
Paul Allaire
Former Chairman and CEO, Xerox Corporation
Former Chairman, Ford Foundation
Trustee Emeritus of Carnegie-Mellon University
Lorraine M. Aronson
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
Special Counsel, Purdue Pharma
Andy Boas - Member, Board of Directors
Principal, Carl Marks Management, LLC
Director, Bridgeport Public Education Fund
Cory Booker
Senior Fellow, Rutgers School of Public Policy and Planning
Member, Board of Directors of the Black Alliance for Educational Options
Former City Councilman, Newark, NJ
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 - Member, Board of Directors
Chairman and CEO, Dawson-Herman Capital Management
Co-Founder, New Beginnings Family Academy
Timothy Dutton
Director, Bridge Academy
President, Connecticut Charter School Network
Dr. Howard Fuller Senior Policy Advisor
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
Sarah Greenhill - Member, Board of Directors
Former Vice President of Finance, Ultimate Software Group
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
Chairman, The Business Council of Southwestern Connecticut (SACIA)
Will Heins - Member, Board of Directors
Former Senior VP, Greenwich Capital Markets
Former Member, Stamford Board of Representatives
Marc S. Herzog
Chancellor, Connecticut Community College System
Member, National Council of State Directors, American Association of Community Colleges
Duane E. Hill
Founder and Partner Emeritus, TSG Capital Group
Former Vice President, J.P. Morgan and Co.
Chairman, City of Stamford CT Planning Board
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
John N. Irwin III - Member, Board of Directors
Managing Director, Brookside International
President, Achelis and Bodman Foundation
Treasurer, Wildlife Conservation Society
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
Michael M. Kassen - Member, Board of Directors
Former Executive Vice President and Chief Investment Officer, Neuberger Berman
Jeffrey Klaus
Market President, Bank of America
Education Committee Chairman, Regional Leadership Council
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, OConnor Davies Munns and Dobbins LLP
Founder and Former Chairman, SoundWaters
Dr. Cheryl Norton
President, Southern Connecticut State University
Brian Olson - Vice-Chair, Board of Directors
Co-Founder, Viking Global Investors
Chairman, Civic Builders
Anthony P. Rescigno
President, Greater New Haven Chamber of Commerce
Executive Director, Regional Leadership Council
Member of the Board, New Haven Public Education Fund
Jonathan Sackler Chair, Board of Directors
Founder and Managing Director, North Bay Associates
Director, Purdue Pharma
Vice Chairman, Micro Credit Businesses, Inc.
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
President, X PRIZE Foundation
Former Executive Director, Gates Education Initiative
Former Superintendent, of Schools, Federal Way, Washington State
Nathaniel D. Woodson
Chairman and CEO, UIL Holdings Corporation
Director, NewAlliance Bank
Director, Yale-New Haven Hospital
