National Leadership Council

The National Leadership Council is a select group of prominent Americans who endorse the vision and goals of Communities In Schools; who make an annual donation to the national office; who are willing to help open doors to other sources of support; and who at times are asked to offer their guidance and counsel.

  • Daniel H. Adler

    Founder and Principal

    Media Eagles

  • Andre Agassi

    Founder

    Andre Agassi Foundation for Education

  • Shaun Alexander

    NFL Football Player, Author & Owner

    Shaun Alexander Enterprises

  • Dean Allen

    Managing Director

    Riverside Capital

  • Dr. Paula Allen-Meares

    Chancellor

    University of Illinois at Chicago

  • Maria Allwin

  • Herb Alpert

    Co-Founder

    Randor Music

  • Frantz Alphonse

    Sr. Managing Director

    APC Holdings, LLC

  • Wally Amos

    Literacy Advocate, Chairman and Co-Founder

    Read It LOUD!

  • Burt Bacharach

  • Ambassador Elizabeth Bagley Frawley

  • Robert H. B. Baldwin

    Founding Chairman

    Communities In Schools National Office

  • Brian Becker

    Co-Chief Executive Officer

    BASE Entertainment

  • Marc Benioff

    Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

    Salesforce.com

  • Janet Lea Berman

  • Wayne Berman

    Blackstone Group

  • Geoffrey T. Boisi

    Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

    Roundtable Investment Partners

  • Gerald Breslauer

    Partner

    Breslauer, Rutman & Anderson LLC

  • Senator William E. Brock and Sandy Brock

  • Janet H. Brown

    Executive Director

    Commission on Presidential Debates

  • Renee Brown

    Chief of Basketball Operations and Player Relations

    WNBA

  • Stephen B. Burke

    Chief Executive Officer

    NBCUniversal and Executive Vice President of Comcast Corporation

  • Russell J. Carpentieri

    Co-Founder

    Opus Advisory Group

  • Michael P. Castine

    Chairman, Asset and Wealth Management

    Korn/Ferry International

  • Anne Cox Chambers

    Chairman

    Atlanta Journal-Constitution

  • Raymond Chambers

    Founder

    The MCJ Amelior Foundation

  • Audrey Choi

    Managing Director

    Morgan Stanley

  • Charles A. Clarkson

    Founder and Chairman

    The Clarkson Group

  • Roger J. Dow

    President and CEO

    U.S. Travel Association

  • Beth Dozoretz

    Vice Chair

    ValueOptions

  • Ronald Dozoretz

    Founder and CEO

    ValueOptions

  • Millard Drexler

    Chairman and CEO

    J. Crew Group

  • Joseph Durnford

    Chief Executive Officer

    JD Ford & Company

  • Leslie Fielden

    Attorney

    Philanthropist

  • Lance Freed

    President and Co-Founder

    Rondor Music

  • Ann Gardner

    Director

    Communities In Schools of the Nation's Capital

  • John H. Gardner

    President and Chief Executive Officer

    Buvermo Properties

  • Joseph Gigliotti

    Chief Operating Officer & Chief Financial Officer

    Boston Provident LP

  • Stefanie Graf

    Founder

    Children For Tomorrow

  • Roger W. Hobby

    President

    Wilmington Trust FSB, New England

  • J. Douglas Holladay

    Founder

    PathNorth

  • Robert R. Hopper

    Senior Partner

    Robert R. Hopper & Associates

  • Paul Houston

    Author, President

    Center for Empowered Leadership

  • Thomas J. Hutchison, III

    Principal

    Hutchinson Advisors, Inc.

  • Kevin Huvane

    Managing Partner

    Creative Artists Agency

  • Shavar D. Jeffries

    Associate Professor of Law

    Center for Social Justice, Seton Hall University School of Law

  • George H. Johnson

    Owner

    Johnson Properties

  • Alan K. Jones

    Managing Director, and Global Head of the Private Equity Group

    Morgan Stanley

  • Joyce Klein

  • Ken Kragen

    President

    Kragen & Company

  • Robert J. Labriola

    Senior Vice President-Wealth Advisor

    Morgan Stanley

  • Daniella Landau

    Landau Consulting

  • Simone Levinson

  • Robert Light

    Managing Partner

    Creative Artists Agency

  • Eric Liu

    Co-Founder

    Guiding Lights Network

  • Richard Lovett

    President

    Creative Artists Agency

  • Kerman Maddox

    Managing Partner

    Dakota Communications

  • Peter A. Magowan

    Director

    Caterpillar, Inc.

  • Joseph P. McCarthy

    SVP, Chief Human Resources Officer

    United BioSource Corporation

  • Betsy McCormack

    Retired WTA Tennis Professional

  • Susan McCue

    President

    Message Global

  • William J. McEnroe

    Managing Director

    Fund Tax Services

  • The Honorable Rob McKenna

    Attorney General of the State of Washington

  • Ron Meyer

    President and COO

    Universal Studios

  • Michael Milken

    Chairman and Co-Founder

    Knowledge Universe

  • Denny M. Miller

    President

    Denny Miller Associates, Inc.

  • Jill Milliken

    Director of Risk and Assistance Services

    Chartis/AIG

  • Sean Milliken

    Founder and Chair

    MissionFish

  • Scott Ellis Mitchell

    Attorney

    Federal Aviation Administration

  • Michael Moe

    Co-Founder and CEO

    GSV Asset Management

  • Mrs. Stuart G. Moldaw

    Community Volunteer

  • Jerry Moss

    Chairman

    ALMO Sounds, Inc.

  • Gwen Adams Norton

  • Jack Oliver

    Senior Policy Advisor

    Bryan Cave LLP, Barclay's Capital

  • Michael Olshan

    Chairman, Managing Partner

    O-CAP

  • Pratish Patel

  • Mark C. Percy

    Principal

    Next Generation Strategies, LLC

  • Richard Plepler

    Chief Executive

    HBO

  • Joseph P. Portera

    Executive Vice President

    Costco Wholesale Corporation

  • Thomas Reed

    Director, Office of Communications and Business Opportunities

    Federal Communications Commission

  • Vanessa Reed

    Trial Attorney

    Department of Justice

  • Rick Rieder

    Managing Director

    BlackRock

  • David S. Robbins

    Partner

    DLA Piper

  • Alex T. Robertson

    Managing Partner

    Tiger Management, LLC

  • Julian Robertson

    Chairman

    Tiger Management, LLC

  • Richard Rogel

    President and Chief Executive Officer

    Tomay, Inc.

  • Susan Rogel

  • E. Robert Roskind

    Chairman

    Lexington Corporate Properties Trust

  • Christopher M. Schroeder

  • John C. Shaw

    Managing Director

    Resource Holdings Ltd.

  • Russell Simmons

    Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

    Rush Communications

  • Jim Sinegal

    Former President and CEO

    Costco Wholesale

  • Nathan Troutman

    President

    Troutman Investment Management

  • Bob Understein

    Business Development Manager

    RSM McGladrey, Inc.

  • Tom Vander Ark

    CEO

    Getting Smart

  • Happy Walters

    President

    New Regency Ventures

  • William H. Walton, III

    Managing Member

    Rockpoint Group, LLC

  • Jason Weiss

    Owner

    Terrapin Palisades Ventures, LLC

  • Stephen A. Wynn

    Chairman and CEO

    Wynn Resorts

  • Jim Youngren

    Chairman, Long Live the Kings Board of Directors

    For the past 30 years, Jim Youngren has been one of Communities In Schools’ most passionate supporters.

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