Ready by 21 Leadership Council

Members of the Ready by 21 Leadership Council have committed to:
 

• Play an active role in "making the case" for
  1) strengthening leadership for collective impact,
  2) increasing the quality and quantity of investments in children and youth in the United States,and
  3) defining readiness and desired youth outcomes broadly so that young people are productive, connected and healthy.
   
• Advise on and leverage major Forum for Youth Investment ideas and initiatives to ensure that all young people are Ready by 21: Ready for college, ready for work, ready for life. 
   
• Work to ensure that the Forum and the Ready by 21 National Partnership have the capacity and connections needed to sustain and leverage their core work.
   

2011-2012 Roster

Honorable Richard Gephardt (National co-chair)

President & CEO, Gephardt Group Government Affairs

Former Majority Leader, U.S. House of Representatives

 
Honorable Tom Ridge (National co-chair)

President & CEO, Ridge Global

Former Secretary, U.S. Department of Homeland Security

Former Governor, State of Pennsylvania

Tim Garvin

President & CEO, United Way of Central Massachusetts

Chair, Council of Massachusetts United Ways

Suzette Harvey

Executive Director, Prime Time Palm Beach County, Inc.

Cyndee Odom

Director, Office of Adoption and Child Protection, Executive Office of Governor Rick Scott, State of Florida

Polly Lusk Page

Executive Director, Northern Kentucky Education Council

Antonio Sanchez

Student, University of California – Davis

Former president of Georgetown Divide Ready by 21 Inc.

Ronnie Steine (co-chair)

Metro Councilman at Large, Nashville & Davidson County, TN

Dr. N. Jean Walker (co-chair)

Vice President, Education, United Way of Metro Atlanta

Earl Watkins

Conservator, Indianola (Miss.) School District

Former superintendent of Jackson, Miss. Public Schools