Foundation for Excellence in Education

Leadership & Staff

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William S Simon Former president and CEO of Walmart U.S.

• Position

Cari Miller

• State Policy Director, K-3 reading

Danielle Mezera

• senior fellow (Apr '19→?)

Lizzette Gonzalez Reynolds Ed Reformer, Foundation for Excellence in Education and Former Texas Education Association

• Vice President of Policy ('16→?)* [+1]

• Position

Cesar Conde NBCUniversal News chair

• Position

Claire Voorhees

• Director of Federal Policy

Karla Phillips

• State Policy Director, Competency Based Learning

Adam Peshek State Policy Director School Choice, Foundation for Excellence in Education

• State Policy Director, School Choice ('12→?)*

Lowell Matthews Jr

• State Policy Director, College and Career Resdiness

Nathan Martin

• State Policy Director, Online and Blended Learning

Owners

Digital Learning Council

• Owner

Board Members

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Michael Moe Deb Quazzo's business partner

• Digital Learning Council, member

William E Oberndorf Managing Director, SPO Partners | k12 privatization advocate

• Director

Phil Handy Chief Executive Officer of Strategic Industries

• Board Member

Deborah Quazzo Managing partner at GSV Advisors

• Digital Learning Council, member

Brian Yablonski VP at St Joe Company, Florida real estate company

• Board Member

Dr Zachariah P Zachariah cardiologist

• Board Member

Joel Klein Oscar Health CEO, former CEO of News Corp's Educational Division; chair of Education Reform Now

• Board Member

Jeb Bush Former Governor of Florida

• Founder and Chair

Condoleezza Rice National Security Advisor and Secretary of State under George W Bush

• Board Chair ('13→?)*

Reginald Brown Partner in WilmerHale's Regulatory and Government Affairs and Litigation and Controversy Depts; former special assistant to President George W Bush

• Board Member

Donors

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The Lynde and Harry Bradley Foundation The Lynde & Harry Bradley Foundation, based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, is a conservative foundation with about half a billion US dollars in assets. According to the Bradley Foundation 1998 Annual Report

• Grant · 50,000 USD ('10)

Walton Family Foundation Inc Philanthropic foundation affiliated with family that owns Walmart

• Donation

Arnold Ventures Foundation of natural gas billionaire John Arnold

• Grant ('13→'15)*

Bill and Susan Oberndorf Foundation

• Donation

The Kovner Foundation

• Donation

Charles and Helen Schwab Foundation

• Donation

Bloomberg Philanthropies Includes Mike Bloomberg's personal giving and the Bloomberg Family Foundation

• Donation

GE Foundation

• Donation

The Leona M and Harry B Helmsley Charitable Trust

• Donation

Robertson Foundation Hedge fund manager Julian Robertson's foundation

• Donation

Child Organizations

ESAs & the New Frontier in Educational Choice Panel Discussion 2016 Conference Foundation for Excellence in Education

• Child Org (Dec '16→?)*

Members

GSV Advisors Investment firm run by noted education investors Deborah Quazzo and Michael Moe

• Member

Memberships

Program on Education Policy and Governance, Harvard University Incubator for Scientific Research to Advance Education Privatization

• Affiliate*

America's Promise Alliance Colin Powell's education initiative

• Member

State Policy Network right-wing think tank network

• associate member

Miscellaneous Relationships

Common Core State Standards The Common Core State Standards

• supported by

Policy Innovators In Education Network

• Affiliation

Bellwether Education Partners

• Affiliation