Leadership Team

Robert F. Smith

Founder, Chairman and CEO
Vista Equity Partners
Austin, TX
VistaEquityPartners.com

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Lawrence P. Bancroft

President and CEO
Bivium Capital
San Francisco, CA
www.biviumcapital.com

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Henry Louis Gates, PhD

Director
Hutchins Center for African and African American Research
Harvard University; Boston, MA
hutchinscenter.fas.harvard.edu

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Robert Jain

Co-Chief Investment Officer
Millennium Management
New York, NY
www.mlp.com

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Michael Lomax, PhD

President & CEO
United Negro College Fund
Washington, DC
www.uncg.org

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Linda D. Wilson

Executive Director
Fund II Foundation
Washington, DC
www.fund2foundation.org

Mark A. Brown

Executive Director
Student Freedom Initiative ("SFI")

Michele McCullom

General Counsel and Secretary
Student Freedom Initiative (“SFI”)

Keith B. Shoates, PMP

Chief Operating Officer
Student Freedom Initiative (“SFI”)

Donna M. Jones, PHR, SHRM-CP

Director of Business Operations
Student Freedom Initiative (“SFI”)

Barry Cynamon

Director of Program Design
Student Freedom Initiative (“SFI”)

Ron Crozier

Project Manager – Solar
Student Freedom Initiative (“SFI")

Jennelle Willis

Senior Project Manager, Student Development
Student Freedom Initiative (“SFI”)

Yvette Thomas ITIL, PMP, CompTIA Security+, CISSP

Program Director – MSI Capacity Building
Student Freedom Initiative (“SFI”)

Kammie Watters

Project Manager - Student Persistence
Student Freedom Initiative (“SFI”)

Sonjia Ford

Executive Assistant
Student Freedom Initiative (“SFI”)

Kenneth Luzzatto

Project Manager – Broadband
Student Freedom Initiative ("SFI")

Toney Begay

Project Manager – Tribal Colleges and Universities
Student Freedom Initiative ("SFI")

Quiana Hodges

Project Manager – Stakeholder Outreach
Student Freedom Initiative (“SFI”)

Kerri Arthur

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Student Freedom Initiative (“SFI”)

Pavani Reddy

Students 1st Solutions Architect/Project Manager
Student Freedom Initiative (“SFI”)

Shawn McDowell

Project Manager – Broadband
Student Freedom Initiative ("SFI")

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