The Education Trust’s Board of Directors provides guidance, oversight, and support. We’re grateful for their wise counsel and enduring commitment to equity and justice.
Board of Directors
David V. Britt
President and CEO (retired), Sesame Workshop
David V. B. Britt is a member of the Board on Children, Youth, and Families at the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine and also is on the board of the nonprofit Public Good Projects. David...Russlynn Ali
Managing Director, Education, Emerson Collective
Russlynn Ali is managing director of the education fund at the Emerson Collective. Previously, she served as assistant secretary for civil rights at the U.S. Department of Education, where she served as a prim...José Luis Cruz
President, Lehman College
José Luis Cruz is president of Lehman College of the City University of New York. Before coming to Lehman, José was provost and vice president of academic affairs at California State University, Fullerton. P...Yolie Flores
Former School Board Member, Los Angeles Unified School District
Yolie Flores is chief program officer for the Campaign for Grade-Level Reading, a collaborative effort of foundations, nonprofits, states, and communities nationwide to ensure that more children from low-incom...James Forman Jr.
Professor of Law, Yale Law School
A professor at Yale Law School, his alma mater, James Forman was a law clerk early in his career for Judge William Norris of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and for Justice Sandra Day O’Conno...Peter Groff
Former President, Colorado Senate
Peter C. Groff is the principal and chief strategist at MCG2 Consulting, LLC, and is a noted education policy innovator, national policy and political analyst, and leadership lecturer. He has served in senior ...Arturo Pacheco
Director, Center for Research on Education Reform, University of Texas, El Paso
Arturo Pacheco retired in 2015 as El Paso Electric Company Professor of Education Research and director of the Center for Research on Educational Reform at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP). He also se...Follow: John B. King Jr.
President and CEO
John B. King Jr. is the president and CEO of The Education Trust, a national nonprofit organization that seeks to identify and close opportunity and achievement gaps, from preschool through college. King serve...
Founder and President Emeritus
Kati Haycock
Founder and CEO (Retiring)
Kati Haycock is one of the nation's leading advocates in the field of education. She currently serves as CEO of The Education Trust. Established in 1996, Ed Trust works for the high academic achievement of ...
Emeritus Members
- Donald N. Langenberg
- Bob Schwartz
- Roger Wilkins (deceased)