Foundation founders include:

Jay Altman – Absolute Return for Kids

Lisa Amoss- Independent Consultant

Emary Aronson – Robin Hood Foundation

Victoria Bjorklund – Simpson, Thacher & Bartlett, LLP/Robin Hood

Emmet Carson – Minneapolis Foundation

Patty Conley – Knowledge Works

David Conroy - Milling Benson Woodward, LLP

Kit Conroy – The New York Community Trust

Linetta Gilbert – The Ford Foundation

Rannah Gray – Marmillion + Company

Debra Isaacson – Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

Jim Kelly – Catholic Charities New Orleans

Diana Lewis – Board Member, Foundation for the Mid South

Mark Linton – Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

Valsin Marmillion – Marmillion + Company

Flo Meadows – Coldwell Banker

Peggy Outon – Bayer Center for Nonprofit Management, Robert Morris University

Tony Pipa – Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

jon a. powell – Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity, Ohio State University

Tony Recasner – Middle School Advocates

Jennifer Eplett Reilly – JER & Company

Lodis Rhodes – University of Texas at Austin

Johnson Schnur – New Leaders for New Schools

April Springfield – American Democracy Institute

Sheila Webb – EXCELth, Inc. Center for Empowered Decision Making

Gwyn Welles – Educator

Sherece West – The Carrier Foundation