Christine (Christy) Burton is co-founder and chair of The Burton Family Foundation, an Arizona-based philanthropy and supporting organization of the Arizona Community Foundation. The Burton Family Foundation invests primarily in education and human services organizations across Arizona that advance individual achievement and recognize the dignity of all people. Christine also serves on Teach For America's Phoenix regional board.
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Dan Carroll
Co-Founder/Chief Product Officer
Clever
Region: Colorado, '09
Dan Carroll is the chief product officer and co-founder of Clever, the platform that powers digital learning for over 95,000 schools. Dan was a member of the 2009 TFA Colorado corps, teaching middle school science.
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Hannah Cocca
Co-Founder/Board Member, Interdisciplinary Designer
Nugget
Region: Miami-Dade, '14
Hannah Cocca is a first-generation entrepreneur and designer whose expertise in creative innovation, consumer trends, and viral growth-hacking grew the Nugget furniture brand from a three-person team to a 100-employee company—generating more than $250 million in sales since 2017 and earning the title of America’s Fastest-Growing Manufacturing Company (Inc. Magazine, 2020, 2021).
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Chanelle Hardy
Head of Civil Rights
Google
Region: D.C. & Virginia, '99
Chanelle Hardy taught 5th graders in her home city as a member of the Washington, DC Teach For America corps. Her passion for students and their families led her to a career in law and policy.
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Bill Haslam
49th Governor of Tennessee
Bill Haslam is the former governor of the State of Tennessee. He was the first elected in 2010 and was re-elected in 2014 with the largest victory in modern Tennessee history. Under his leadership, Tennessee became recognized as a national leader in education, economic development, efficient and effective government, and fiscal strength.
David Kenny is the executive chairman at Nielsen and previously assumed the roles of chief executive officer and chief diversity officer. Kenny has spent his career in data science and artificial intelligence, especially focused on the retail, marketing, and media industries.
Since 2004, Dr. Michael L. Lomax has served as president and CEO of UNCF, the nation’s largest private provider of scholarships and other educational support to African American students and a leading advocate of college readiness: students’ need for an education from pre-school through high school, that prepares them for college success. Under his leadership, UNCF has raised more than $3 billion and helped more than 110,000 students earn college degrees and launch careers.
Steve Mandel is the founder of Lone Pine Capital, a public equity asset management firm that he started in 1997.
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DeRay Mckesson
Executive Director
Campaign Zero
Region: New York, '07
DeRay Mckesson is the executive director of Campaign Zero, a social justice organization leading nationwide structural change to create equity and justice in our criminal legal system. Beginning as a youth organizer in Baltimore as a teenager, he has been an advocate and activist on a range of issues impacting people of color for much of his life.
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Ken Mehlman
Partner, Global Head of Public Affairs & Co-Head of KKR Global Impact ǀ KKR
Ken Mehlman is a social entrepreneur, with experience driving change via business, public policy, politics & the social sector. He is a Partner & Co-Head of Global Impact at KKR. Since joining KKR in 2008, Ken has architected KKR’s responsible investment efforts that seek to create shared value for KKR investors and other stakeholders. He has also worked to identify investment opportunities by leveraging geopolitical, public policy & sustainability trends.
