Kent McGuire

Kent McGuire is the Chair of the Board at The Philanthropic Collaborative for Education. He was previously the Program Director of Education at the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, where he led the investments of organization's teaching and learning and open educational resources strategies, with a focus on helping all students succeed in college, work and civic life. Kent is a veteran of the national education movement for public education.

Prior to that, McGuire was the President and CEO of the Southern Education Foundation, an organization committed to advancing public education in the American South, with a focus on equity and excellence. He also served as the Dean of the College of Education at Temple University and was a tenured professor in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies.

From 2001 to 2003, McGuire was a senior vice president at the Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation, where he split his time between research projects on school reform and directing its department on education, children and youth. He has also been an education program officer at the Pew Charitable Trusts and directed the education program at the Lilly Endowment. He served as Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education from 1998 to 2001.

McGuire earned his Ph.D. in public administration from the University of Colorado, an M.A. from Columbia University Teacher’s College, and a B.A in economics from the University of Michigan. He also serves on the boards of the Wallace Foundation, the Institute for Education Leadership, and the Panasonic Foundation.