Board of Directors
Ankhe Bradley
Chair, 2026-2027
Amy Colton
Past Chair, 2024-2025
Lia Gervino
Chair-Elect
Janice Bradley
Ambassador; Past-Chair, 2020-2021
Nadine Butts
Vice Chair, Scholarships & Grants
Ingrid Carney
Research & Support
Miladys Cepero-Perez
Research & Support
Debbie Cooke
Ambassador
Karen Dyer
Governance
Heather Lageman
Ambassador; Past Chair, 2018-2019
Karla McAdam
Vice Chair Research & Support
Larissa McCoy-Mitti
Ambassador
Barry Olhausen
Ambassador
Terry Pruitt
Treasurer
Debra Radi
Ambassador
Tom Schmidt
Ambassador
Rosemary Seitel
Vice Chair Fundraising
Robyn Sullivan-Jackson
Ambassador
Learning Forward Liasons
Frederick Brown
CEO | President
Niki Gamble
Learning Forward Staff Liaison
Zipporah Miller
Learning Forward BOT Liaison
Founders/Advisors
Cathy Berlinger-Gustafson
Founder
Marti Richardson
Past Chair, 2012-2013; Advisor
Sybil Yastrow
Founder
Our vision
The Learning Forward Foundation will establish a sustainable stream of funding to develop leaders who empower educators to learn for student success.
Our mission
The Learning Forward Foundation, a non-profit charitable organization, raises money to provide scholarships and grants to support and empower educators from across the globe to design high quality teaching that results in growth and achievement for every student through professional learning.

