Board of Directors


Our Board members, who represent leaders from all sectors of America, guide the work of America’s Promise.

Donna & James L. Barksdale President and CEO, Barksdale Management Corporation
Iko'tsimiskimaki "Ekoo" Beck Youth Impact Network, America's Promise Alliance
Katherine Bradley President, CityBridge Foundation
Daniel A. Casey Immediate Past Chair, YMCA of the USA
Brian Comer President, Public Markets, ING
Angela Diaz Director, Mount Sinai Adolescent Health Center
Dan Domenech Executive Director, American Association of School Administrators
David Dukes CEO, Simon Foundation for Education and Housing
Raul Fernandez Chairman, ObjectVideo
Harold Ford Managing Director and Senior Client Relationship Manager, Morgan Stanley
Brian A. Gallagher *** President and CEO, United Way Worldwide
Rev. Dr. W. Wilson Goode, Sr. National Director, Amachi
Daniel Hamburger President and CEO, DeVry Inc.
Lawrence Harris Youth Impact Network, America's Promise Alliance
Larry Klane President & CEO, Korea Exchange Bank
Charlene Lake Senior Vice President, Public Affairs; Chief Sustainability Officer, AT&T
John E. Maupin, Jr. President, Morehouse School of Medicine

Margaret McKenna

Former President, Walmart Foundation
Andrea Mitchell Chief Foreign Affairs Correspondent, NBC News
Michael K. Powell President and CEO, National Cable & Telecommunications Association
Deborah Quazzo Founder, GSV, LLC
Edward B. Rust Chairman & CEO, State Farm
Jin Roy Ryu Chairman and CEO, PMX Industries, Inc., Poongsan Corporation (Korea)
Ron Simon Founding Chairman & CEO, Simon Foundation for Education & Housing
Margaret Spellings President & CEO, Margaret Spellings & Co.
Richard D. Stephens Senior Vice President, Human Resources and Administration, The Boeing Company
Carmita Vaughan CEO, Citizens United for Research in Epilepsy
Elaine Wynn Director, Wynn Resorts

 

* Serves as CNCS liaison
** Serves as Honorary Advisory Board Member
*** Serves as Chair of Alliance Trustee Steering Committee