is the founder and executive director of Forte Preparatory Academy Charter School (Forte Prep), a college preparatory public charter middle and high school founded in 2017 in Queens, New York. Forte Prep’s academic program is focused on building a strong academic foundation in its students that is infused with performing arts, digital literacy, character education and a deep sense of community. Forte Prep is a New York State Recognition School, a title reserved for the top 13% of public schools in the state.

Prior to opening Forte Prep, Browne’s professional background focused on education policy advocacy with the Education Equality Project and nonprofit management consulting in the education practice with the Bridgespan Group. He is a proud graduate of Brown University and Yale School of Management, with an academic background in urban studies, education and nonprofit management; he co-chaired the 2015 Education Leadership Conference at Yale. In his free time, Browne bikes, runs, plays tennis and cooks at home in Jackson Heights, New York.

is the chief academic officer for Rising Academies, a company delivering quality education in sub-Saharan Africa. In her role, she works across Rising’s four countries of operation to design and deliver award-winning products that improve learning. These include new curricula, digital tools for teacher professional development, a globally benchmarked assessment system, and a chatbot tutor accessible via WhatsApp.

Previously, Fallon served as chief academic officer at More Than Me overseeing a network of 18 public elementary schools in Liberia; MTM significantly improved attendance and learning outcomes under her leadership. Fallon began her career as a teacher with the Peace Corps in Mozambique. She also worked as the director of blended learning for FirstLine Schools in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Fallon holds an MBA from MIT Sloan and an AB in Development Studies from Brown University.

is a social entrepreneur and movement builder who has invented ways to empower people to make a difference. He is the co-founder and founding CEO of City Year, which unites young adults from all backgrounds for an intensive year of full-time community service (City Year served as the model for President Clinton’s AmeriCorps program); he also founded Be The Change, which developed campaigns to promote social mobility and expand opportunity, to empower post-9/11 veterans to lead a resurgence of community; and to promote a year of national service as a civic rite of passage.

Khazei, who has has served on more than 20 nonprofit boards, helped create, and is senior advisor for, Welcome.us, a new effort to welcome Afghan, Ukrainian and other refugees to America. He is also co-chair and senior advisor for More Perfect, which focuses on renewing democracy. He is the author of “Big Citizenship: How Pragmatic Idealism Can Bring Out the Best in America” and ran for Congress in Massachusetts.

President George H.W. Bush appointed Khazei to the Commission on National and Community Service and he served as a vice-chair from 1990 to 1992. He also served as a commissioner on the Congressionally charted Commission on Military, National and Public Service from 2017 to 2020.

Khazei is an honors graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Law School. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with his wife, Vanessa Kirsch, founder and co-CEO of New Profit, Inc; their two children and their dog, Zuzu.