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OUR LEADERSHIP

Improving literacy rates across the country

We believe that improving literacy is the key to solving everything—which is why we’re fighting to give everyone in America an opportunity to take a second chance on education.

Andrew Roberts
President

Andrew Roberts has been helping mission-driven organizations develop and implement impactful strategy for the entire course of his career. He currently serves as President of the Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy, a national nonprofit dedicated to creating an America in which everyone has the reading, writing, and comprehension skills they need to meet the challenges and opportunities of today’s world.

Prior to stepping into the role of President, Andrew served as the Barbara Bush Foundation’s Chief Operating Officer for more than three years. In 2023, Andrew was honored as a Top 100 Chief Operating Officer by the OnCon Icon Awards. Previously, Andrew served in a number of leadership roles at AARP, including Vice President of Enterprise Strategy and Director of Organizational Effectiveness. In these positions, he developed a Malcolm Baldrige award-winning best practice strategic planning process for the organization’s $250M social impact portfolio and helped build and execute a comprehensive operational improvement plan for the entire 2,600-employee nonprofit organization.

Before entering the nonprofit space, Andrew served as a management consultant, devoted to helping clients in the commercial, nonprofit, and federal sectors with strategy and operations projects.

Andrew holds an MBA from the University of Maryland and degrees in Marketing and Information Technology from Florida State University. He lives in the Washington, D.C. area with his wife and two children.

Clare Bonsignore
Vice President of Development
Evangeline Fields
Chief Financial Officer
Sarah Cacicio
Director of the Adult Literacy & Learning Impact Network
Christopher C. Robinson
Major Gifts Officer
Pamela Cote
Senior Director of Literacy Programs and Partnerships
Lauren Sproull
Vice President of Communications
BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Bringing expertise to America’s literacy crisis

Andrew Roberts, President

Andrew Roberts has been helping mission-driven organizations develop and implement impactful strategy for the entire course of his career. He currently serves as President of the Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy, a national nonprofit dedicated to creating an America in which everyone has the reading, writing, and comprehension skills they need to meet the challenges and opportunities of today’s world.

Doro Bush Koch, Honorary Chair

Author, philanthropist, and businesswoman Doro Bush Koch inherited her mother’s belief in the power of literacy to change lives, and stepped into the role of honorary chair for the Foundation in 2014. She is also the author of a New York Times bestselling book about her father, former President George H. W. Bush, a founding partner in BB&R Wellness Consulting, and co-host of the popular Health Gig podcast.

LaMar Bunts, Treasurer

LaMar Bunts has spent much of his career driving growth and global expansion at technology companies like Dell, Silicon Graphics and ITM Software (acquired by BMC Software). More recently, he has been a leader in several innovative education technology startups and is currently the Chief Transformation Officer at Dartmouth College.

Jeb Bush, Jr.

Jeb Bush, Jr.  is a Founding Partner of Finback Investment Partners, as well as Co-founder and Managing Partner at Dock Square Capital. He has spent the last 15 years of his career in management consulting, advising companies on business development and strategy. He serves on the boards of Rio Grande Exploration & Production, Lumina Analytics, and The Salty Donut. His nonprofit experience includes the Barbara Bush Foundation, National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, and KIPP Miami Public Schools.

Frances Fisher

Frances Fisher brings a unique combination of public and nonprofit sector experience to her extensive philanthropy work. After serving in the White House during the George H. W. Bush administration, she co-founded the National Environmental Policy Institute, where she served nine years as Executive Director. Today, Fisher is a philanthropic leader in her community of Palm Beach, Florida, serving in numerous roles including Chairman of the Board at the Ann Norton Sculpture Gardens and trustee of Palm Beach Atlantic University LeMieux Center for Public Policy.

Robert Koch

Robert Koch is currently in his final year of the MBA program at Vanderbilt University with a focus in finance, strategy, and operations. Prior to pursuing his MBA, he spent six years in logistics and distribution for companies including Lipman Brothers and E&J Gallo. Koch’s dedication to family literacy and his passion for service—inspired by his grandmother, Barbara Bush—solidified during his time serving as a tutor and mentor as a member of the AmeriCorps program, City Year. He also serves as co-chair of the annual Bush Family Classic golf tournament, which benefits Gary’s House in Portland, Maine.

Michael Levine, Vice Chair

Dr. Michael Levine is a globally recognized leader in education, child development and digital innovation research, policy, and philanthropy. He currently serves as Senior Advisor for Kapor Center, a multi-dimensional investment and philanthropic firm that invests in gap-closing initiatives and human-centered technologies to promote opportunity for all. He previously served in leadership positions for Noggin (Nickelodeon), Sesame Workshop, Asia Society, and Carnegie Corporation of New York.

Raquel A. (Rocky) Rodriguez

Raquel A. (Rocky) Rodriguez is an attorney and shareholder for Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC, and serves as chair of the Investment Committee. Rodriguez has more than 30 years of experience in a wide variety of government, business and litigation matters. From 2002 to 2007 she served as general counsel to former Florida Governor Jeb Bush, working on some of the most critical issues facing the state.

Alice Rogoff

Alice Rogoff has had a distinguished career as a newspaper publishing executive, philanthropist, and non-profit Board member. Her extensive experience in the news industry includes serving more than 10 years as the chief financial officer for U.S. News & World Report, spearheading the creation of The Washington Post’s national weekly edition, co-creating “The Alaska Dispatch” and—most recently—serving as CEO, publisher, and founder of Arctic Business Journal and Arctic Today. Rogoff is a passionate supporter of philanthropic causes including education, the arts, and environmental issues. In her spare time, she is a bush pilot, a horse riding enthusiast, and a devoted mother and grandmother.

Honey Skinner, Secretary

Honey Skinner is a retired partner of the Sidley Austin law firm, where she specialized in the representation of large hospital systems. She continues to engage in health care as the Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital Chair of Policy and Advocacy Advisory Council in Chicago, an Executive Committee Member and Secretary of the Boca Grande Health Clinic Board of Directors, and as a Director of Pathways.org. She is also a Director of The Friends of Boca Grande Community Center and The Northern Funds, and she serves on Northwestern University’s Law Board.

Denine Torr, Chair

Denine Torr has 20 years of experience in corporate philanthropy. She currently leads strategic development and execution of national, regional, and local philanthropic-related programs and initiatives for Dollar General’s 19,000+ store communities, corporate headquarters, and distribution center network, and serves as the executive director for the Dollar General Literacy Foundation. She also serves on the boards of the Governor’s Early Literacy Foundation and the American Indian College Fund.

Lori Wachs

Lori Wachs is a venture capitalist and consumer analyst, with over 30 years of investment experience. She is the Managing Partner of Penultima Capital, a venture firm that invests in women-led growth stage consumer companies. Lori is on the boards of K18 and Alchemy 43. She’s a past Chair of the Trustees’ Council of (U of) Penn Women. Lori is a Magna Cum Laude graduate from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, where she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.

2024 Board Committees

Audit Committee

LaMar Bunts
Raquel Rodriguez

Executive Committee

Denine Torr (Chair)
LaMar Bunts (Treasurer)
Doro Bush Koch (Honorary Chair)
Michael Levine (Vice Chair)
Honey Skinner (Secretary)

Finance/Development Committee

LaMar Bunts (Chair)
Jeb Bush, Jr.
Frances Fisher
Robert Koch
Michael Levine
Lori Wachs

Investment Committee

Raquel Rodriguez (Chair)
Edward Antoian
Richard Kelly
John Rhee
Carrie Schwab-Pomerantz
Lori Wachs

Nominating and Governance Committee

Honey Skinner (Chair)
Doro Bush Koch
Rocky Rodriguez
Alice Rogoff
Lori Wachs

Program and Marketing Committee

Denine Torr (Chair)
Jeb Bush, Jr.
Michael Levine
Alice Rogoff

Advisory Councils

Corporate Advisory Council

AT&T – Rick Welday, President, AT&T Business Enterprise Markets

Bessemer Trust – Walter Montaigne, Principal & Senior Client Advisor

Boeing – Cheri Carter, Vice President, Boeing Global Engagement

Business Roundtable – Dane Linn, Senior Vice President, Corporate Initiatives, Immigration

Colgate-Palmolive – Gillian Barclay, Vice President, Global Public Health and Scientific Affairs

ConocoPhillips – Andrew D. Lundquist, Senior Vice President, Government Affairs

Dollar General – Denine Torr, Vice President, Corporate Social Responsibility and Philanthropy and Executive Director, Dollar General Literacy Foundation

Intel – Daniel Gutwein, Senior Director, Education Vertical, Network and Edge Solutions Group

Novartis – Kileken ole-MoiYoi, Executive Director, Novartis Corporate Strategy

Vertical Bridge – David Tripp, Senior Vice President of Human Resources

Walgreens – Alethia Jackson, Senior Vice President ESG & Chief DEI Officer

Learn more about our Corporate Advisory Council

Technology Advisory Council

Christopher Frangione – Managing Director, Frangione + Associates Innovation Advisors

Orion French – Studio Content and Strategy, Apple

Nia King-Rubie – Managing Partner, Immersive Strategies

Kristen Lawson – Chief of Staff, Carelon Digital Platforms

Shannon Lucas, Co-Founder and Co-CEO, Catalyst Constellations

Erin Mote – Executive Director, Innovate EDU

Rachel Mushahwar – Managing Director/General Manager, Americas Channel and Partner Chief, Amazon Web Services

Shelley Peterson –  Director, Principal Program Manager, Microsoft

Kirby Salerno –  Founding Partner, Broad Reach Edtech

Andrew Sugerman –  President, Centr