SPONSORS AND ORGANIZERS

Organizing Committees

GFE Conference Planning Committee

Tina Gridiron Smith
Co-Chair
Lumina Foundation for Education

Albert Ruesga
Co-Chair
Greater New Orleans Foundation

Caroline Altman Smith
The Kresge Foundation

Ashleigh Gardere
JPMorgan Chase Foundation

Shané Harris
The Prudential Foundation

Dean Kephart
Target

Richard Laine
The Wallace Foundation

Dominik Mjartan
Southern Bancorp

Jim Pitofsky
Arizona Community Foundation

Greg Ratliff
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Sara Slaughter
McCormick Foundation

Lynn Walker Huntley
Southern Education Foundation

Host Committee

Gina Warner
Afterschool Partnership

Cathy Vaughn
Baptist Community Ministries

Christine Jordan
Entergy Corporation

Sarah Newell Usdin
New Schools for New Orleans

Pam Stevens
PS Consulting

Flozell Daniels, Jr.
The Louisiana Disaster Recovery Foundation

Robert Reily
The Reily Foundation