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Board of Trustees

Our national board of trustees is committed to building stronger communities by supporting local schools and helping our AmeriCorps members become civic leaders.

Trustees

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David L. Cohen
Chair of the Board, City Year, Inc.
Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Diversity Officer, Comcast Corporation

 

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Jim Balfanz
CEO, City Year
City Year Boston ’94

 

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Joe Banner
Consultant and Former NFL Executive

 

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Steve Birchard
Principal, Deloitte

 

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Michele Cahill
Chief Education Content & Practice Officer, XQ Institute

 

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Tushara Canekeratne
Founder & CEO, Nadastra, Inc.
Co-Founder, Virtusa Corporation


 
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Sandy Edgerley
Trustee, Edgerley Family Foundation

 

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David Einhorn
President, Greenlight Capital, Inc.

 

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Greg Gunn
Founder, Lingo Ventures, Brooklyn, NY

 

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Carol Johnson
Regional Executive Director, New Leaders, Inc.

 

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Natalie Lamarque
Senior Vice President and General Counsel, New York Life Insurance Company

 

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Jonathan Lavine
Chair Emeritus, City Year, Inc.
Co-Managing Partner, Bain Capital, LP

 

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Larry Neiterman
Principal & National Managing Director, Deloitte Consulting LLP (Retired)

 

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George Nichols III
President & CEO, The American College of Financial Services

 

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Ana Mari Ortega
Founder and Creative Director, Ana Mari Ortega, LLC & Director, Ortega Family Foundation

 

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Andrea Encarnacao Martin
City Year San José/Silicon Valley ’02 Guidance Counselor, Boston Latin School

 

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C. Gregg Petersmeyer
Chair, America’s Promise Alliance
Chair & CEO, Personal Pathways, LLC

 

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Jennifer Eplett Reilly
Co-Founder, City Year, Inc. & Founding Chair, City Year Louisiana
Founding Chair, New Schools For Baton Rouge

 

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Enrique Salem
Managing Partner, Bain Capital, LP

 

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Wendy Spencer
President & CEO, Leadership Florida

 

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Stephen Woodsum
Chair Emeritus, City Year, Inc.
Founding Managing Director, Summit Partners

 

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Shanuah Beamon
Co-Clerk of The Board, General Counsel & Senior Vice President, City Year

 

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Tom Ward
Co-Clerk of The Board, City Year, Inc.
Partner, Wilmerhale, LLP

 

Charter Trustees

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John Bridgeland
Founder and CEO, Civic

 

Michael Brown MEC
Michael Brown
Senior Advisor & Co-Founder,
City Year, Inc.

 

Andrew Hauptman
Andrew Hauptman
Chairman, Andell Inc.

 

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Alan Khazei
Co-Founder, City Year, Inc.
Founder and CEO, Be The Change, Inc.

 

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Secretary Leon Panetta
Chairman, The Panetta Institute for Public Policy; Former U.S. Secretary Of Defense

 

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Secretary Rodney Slater
Partner, Patton Boggs, LLP; Former U.S. Secretary of Transportation

Honorary Emeritus Trustees

Kristen Atwood
Founding Staff Member, City Year, Inc.

David Gergen
Charter Trustee, City Year, Inc.
Professor of Public Service And Founding Director Of The Center For Public Leadership, Harvard Kennedy School

Ilene Jacobs
Vice Chair of The Board, City Year, Inc.
Former Executive Vice President, Human Resources (Retired), Fidelity Investments

Hubie Jones
Charter Trustee, Senior Adviser, Social Justice Entrepreneur-In-Residence
Dean Emeritus, Boston University School of Social Work

 

Rosabeth Moss Kanter
Ernest L. Arbuckle Professor, Harvard Business School;
Chair & Director, Harvard University Advanced Leadership Initiative

Jeff Shames
Executive in Residence, MIT Sloan School Of Management

Jeff Swartz
Chair Emeritus & Charter Trustee, City Year, Inc.
Former President And CEO, The Timberland Company

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