Appendix A: Commission Members, Staff, and Funders
Commission Cochairs
Nancy Cantor
President and Professor of Psychology, Hunter College, City University of New York
Harrison Keller
President, University of North Texas
Bridget Long
Harvard University Distinguished Service Professor; Saris Professor of Education and Economics, Harvard Graduate School of Education
Commission Members
Kirsten Baesler (2024–2025)
Former Superintendent of Public Instruction, North Dakota
Gilda Barabino
Professor of Biomedical and Chemical Engineering; former President, Olin College of Engineering
Kristen Bennett
CEO, Service Year Alliance
Emily Callahan
Superintendent, Brown County Schools
Jason Callahan
Superintendent, Daleville Community Schools
Mary Schmidt Campbell
President Emerita, Spelman College
Shirley M. Collado
President and CEO, College Track; President Emerita, Ithaca College
Michael Collins
Senior Vice President, Jobs for the Future
Michelle Asha Cooper
Vice President for Public Policy, Lumina Foundation
Aimée Eubanks Davis
Founder and CEO, Braven
Arne Duncan
Managing Director of CRED, Emerson Collective
Elena Fuentes-Afflick
Chief Scientific Officer, Association of American Medical Colleges
Lisa Gevelber
Founder of Grow with Google, Google LLC
Roberto Gonzales
Richard Perry University Professor of Sociology and Education, University of Pennsylvania
Antonia Hernández
President and CEO, California Community Foundation
Sheila Johnson
CEO, Salamander Hospitality
Perri Klass
Professor of Journalism and Pediatrics, New York University
Félix Matos Rodríguez
Chancellor, The City University of New York
Janet Napolitano
President Emeritus, University of California
Eloy Ortiz Oakley
President and CEO, College Futures Foundation
Santa Ono
EIT Oxford and Global President, Ellison Institute of Technology
Bobby Pace
Provost and Vice President of Academic Success, Community College of Aurora
Tracy Palandjian
CEO & Co-Founder, Social Finance
Madeline Pumariega
President, Miami Dade College
Anthony Woods
Director, Stealth Startup
David S. Yeager
Professor of Psychology, University of Texas at Austin; Founder and Scientific Director, Alpha Motivation Lab
Laura Zabel
Founding Director, Creative Change Coalition
Academy Staff
Melissa Chan (2021–2025)
Lywana Dorzilor (2022-2024)
Kimberlee Eberle-Sudré (2022–2025)
Molly Kent (2025–present)
Peter Robinson
Pamela Taylor (2025–present)
Catherine Van Ness
Funders
Andrew Carnegie Foundation, formerly Carnegie Corporation of New York
Robert Pozen and Elizabeth Pozen
Spencer Foundation
William T. Grant Foundation
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