Board of Directors

Read Ahead is governed by a Board of Directors, including representatives of some of our longest-standing corporate partners.
Officers
Julie M. Allen, Chair
Senior Advisor
EdRedesign Lab, Harvard Graduate School of Education
Sean Fitzgerald, Vice Chair & Treasurer
Managing Director
Houlihan Lokey
Christopher Paci, Secretary
Partner
DLA Piper LLP
Directors
Robert Abel
Partner
Ernst & Young
Jin Chun
Chief Operating Officer
SilverBox Capital
Pamela Cogut
Partner
Perennial Advisors
Ayesha Farooqi
Managing Director
Macquarie Capital
Samantha Friedman
Senior Director, People
Vettery
Evandro Gigante
Partner
Proskauer Rose LLP
John Giouroukakis
Partner
Latham & Watkins LLP
Sandra Haas
Managing Director, Marketing Advisory
Elevation Securities
Nick Jean-Baptiste
Founder & Managing Partner
Jacmel Growth Partners
Lars Munson
Founder
Tibor Capital Management, LLC
Julie North
Partner
Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP
Marta Perez
Director – Senior Portfolio Manager
Allianz Global Investors
Ned Russell
Managing Partner, Healthcare
Stagwell
Robert Ryan
Partner
Sidley Austin LLP
Cari Sommer
CEO & Founder
RAISE Communications
John Smith
Partner
AEA Investors LP
Kristin Zimmerman-Sorio
Managing Director
Morgan Stanley
Emeritus Directors
Marilyn L. Cohen
JPMorgan Chase & Co.
John Cozzi
AEA Investors LP
Jane Eddy
Standard & Poor’s (Retired)
Kris Heinzelman
Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP
Douglas Hitchner
Odyssey Investment Partners, LLC
Denise Seegal
Denise Seegal Associates