In 1975, the maximum Pell Grant, targeted toward low-income students, covered roughly 84% of the cost of attending a public college or university. Today it only covers 36%. (The Education Trust)

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

CEO: Carolyn Lee
Chairman and Founder: Gary Gitnick, M.D., UCLA School of Medicine
President: Ian McGregor, McCann Erickson Los Angeles
Vice President: Thomas C. Booker, Wells Fargo Bank
Secretary: Mary Ann Todd, Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP
Treasurer: Peter Rhein, Sarlot and Rhein

Allison Kanofsky Berg, Esq., Philanthropist and Attorney
Sanford R. Climan, Entertainment Media Ventures, Inc.
Andrea Cockrum, Philanthopist
Michael L. Cypers, Esq., Mayer Brown LLP
Joan Fox, Philanthropist
Cherna Gitnick, Co-Founder and Philanthropist
Janice Goldman, Philanthropist
Robert Goldman, Investor
Jana Waring Greer, AIG SunAmerica
Malia D. Herndon, Esq., Mayer Brown LLP
Michael Keithley, Creative Artists Agency LLC
Alan Kumamoto, Kumamoto Associates
Dale Rosenbloom, Utopia Pictures
Kathleen Rosenbloom, KATRO
Ann Ruth, Ruth Enterprises
Madeleine Sherak, Ph.D., My Bench Productions
Tom Sherak, Revolution Consulting Services
Brian K. Werdesheim, Oppenheimer & Company
Carla Mann Woods, Alfred E. Mann Foundation

MANAGEMENT EXECUTIVE TEAM

Carolyn A. Lee, CEO
Jackie B. Majors, Vice President of Programs
Carol M. Dedrich, Vice President of Development and Marketing
Amy Watner-Freeman, Vice President of Human Resources