Tilting Futures Launches Founding Executive Advisory Council to Drive Next Phase of Growth

Leaders from business, higher education, and global development join to expand opportunity for the next generation.

Allen Blue
Co-Founder, LinkedIn
Angel Pérez
CEO, National Association for College Admission Counseling (NACAC)
Bill Reese
CEO Emeritus, International Youth Foundation
Chris Gabrieli
Lecturer, Harvard Graduate School of Education
Craig Styles
Executive Director, US Philanthropic Advisory Team Lead, Morgan Stanley
Dana Mortenson
Co-Founder & Consultant, World Savvy
David Flink
Author and Founder
David Young
Leadership and Life Coach, Retired U.S. Ambassador
DeeDee Gordon
Founder and President, The Gordon Co.
Diane Tavenner
CEO, Futre
Eric Glustrom
CEO and Founder, Watson Institute
Eva Chiang
Director of Master of Public Policy, Southern Methodist University and Former Managing Director, George W. Bush Presidential Center
Jalil Rasheed
Former MD, Asia Pacific, Tony Blair Institute
Jennifer Blanke
Partner, Morphosis
John Deasy
Former President, Bezos Family Foundation
Kemi Williams
Deputy Director, Women and Girls Department, UK Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO)
Kristin Groos Richmond
Managing Director, Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation
LaVerne Srinivasan
Former Vice President, Carnegie Corporation of New York, and Chair, Educational Testing Service (ETS) Board of Trustees
Lisa Keise Miller
CEO, LifeStance Health
Michelle Harrison
Global President, Verian Group
Mushtak Al-Atabi
Provost and CEO, Heriot-Watt University Malaysia
Peggy Brannigan
Board Chair, Business Council on Climate Change
Sarah Henning
Managing Director and Chief of Staff, Eurasia Group
Taj Ahmad Eldridge
Managing Partner, Venture Studio Fund CO-Founder, Include Ventures
Teke Kelley
Founding Partner, Gordon-Creed, Kelley, Holl & Sugerman LLP
Veda Sunassee
CEO, African Leadership University
Virginia Blaser
CEO, Founder, Senior US Diplomat (Ret)

Tilting Futures is proud to announce its founding Executive Advisory Council, bringing together an initial cohort of leaders from LinkedIn, Morgan Stanley, Harvard Graduate School of Education, and the World Economic Forum, among others.

The Council will help open doors for young people via new partnerships, broader reach, and wider access to the kind of innovative and hands-on learning that prepares them to navigate a complex world.

The Council’s membership reflects Tilting Futures’ belief that preparing young people for an increasingly interconnected world requires collaboration across sectors. Its members have built organizations, shaped industries, advanced public policy, and invested in the next generation across business, higher education, philanthropy, healthcare, technology, global development, and climate. As a growing ecosystem, the council will continue to add new voices and expertise to meet the demands of a rapidly changing landscape.

The Council joins Tilting Futures at a moment of momentum, as the organization works to make rigorous, evidence-backed experiential learning a new standard for how we prepare young people for college, careers, and civic life. Members will serve as key partners, advocates, and advisors in that work.

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Interested in joining the Council or partnering with us as we grow? We’d love to hear from you.

Aziza Musa, MSW | Chief External Affairs Officer

amusa@tiltingfutures.org | tiltingfutures.org

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About Tilting Futures

Tilting Futures prepares young people to lead change in a complex world. Since 2010, it has served more than 3,000 students. Its flagship program, Take Action Lab, is an accredited, semester-length program with an evidence-backed curriculum that builds the skills employers, colleges, and civic institutions now treat as foundational: agency, perspective-taking, communicating across difference, and a bias toward purposeful action. Its systems change work aims to make that kind of preparation a new standard for how we ready young people for college, careers, and civic life. Tilting Futures is headquartered in San Francisco, California. Learn More.

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