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About RISE

Young Chung
Managing Director at DAG Ventures, a venture capital investment partnership based in Palo Alto, CA. Previously at Entrisphere and Goldman Sachs.

Mike Feinberg
KIPP, Inc. Superintendent and Co-Founder.

Jack Hennessy
Retired Former CEO and current Senior Advisor of Credit Suisse in New York, NY.

Richard Ingersoll
Professor of Education and Sociology at University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA., and nationally recognized expert on school staffing.

Wendy Kopp
Founder and President of Teach for America and Chair of the Board of The New Teacher Project in New York, NY.

S. Joshua Lewis
Founder & Managing Principal of Salmon River Capital LLC, in New York, NY. Also serves as Chairman of New Leaders for New Schools (http://www.nlns.org/).

Don Shalvey
CEO and co-founder of Aspire Public Schools. Previously served as Superintendent of the San Carlos School District with over thirty-five years of experience in public education.

Talbott Simonds
Director of Investments at Tondern Capital, an affiliate of the Hillman Company.  Previously Vice President at Trident Capital and an associate at Robertson Stephens.