Our Team

Gordon Brown

Senior Adviser

UN High Commissioner for Education

Formerly UK Prime Minister

Liz Cheung-Gaffney

Chief of Staff and Liaison Attorney

LIU General Counsel

John Sexton

Office of the Chief Executive

NYU President Emeritus

Board of Trustees

Mark Angelson

Senior Adviser

Chair of the Institute of International Education

Former Chair of the Rutgers University Board

Phillip Berney

Chair of Kelso & Company

 Former Chair of the Trinity School Board

Michelle Meertens

Deputy General Counsel

Institute of International Bankers

Hilary Pennington

Board chair, Co-Impact

Former Executive VP of Global Programs, Ford Foundation 

James Deutsch

 Co-CEO & Managing Member

Gilder Gagnon Howe

Krystal McLeod

Treasurer

Co-Director and Chief Program Officer of NYU Center on Violence and Recovery

Steve Reiss

Chair of the Innocence Project

Retired  partner Weil, Gotshal & Manges 

Pat Foye

Operating Partner at Ardian

Former Chair & CEO of the MTA and former Executive Director of the Port Authority

Alexis Mulvihill

Head of School

Trinity School

Partner Institutions