Members of the National Advisory Council (NAC) advance RIF's work by facilitating strategic alliances and collaborations and by providing new perspectives on significant public policy matters that influence RIF's ability to serve the nation's children and families most effectively. NAC members focus on public policy issues related to literacy, technology, and public and private funding for education.
Susan B. Bayh
Former First Lady of Indiana, Educator, Reporter
Ruth Frankel Boorstin
Author, Editor, Poet
Marie Dutton Brown
President
Marie Brown Associates
Justin T. Chang
Principal
Texas Pacific Group
Annette Felzani Dwyer
Principal
AMF Dwyer Consulting
Laura Ensler
Director, Family Center
Brooklyn Friends School
Mary Zeiler Haft
Children's Education and Health Advocate
Juwan Howard
Forward
Dallas Mavericks
Betty Hudson
Senior Vice President
National Geographic Society
Dorothy E. Jenkins
President and Chief Executive Officer
Children's Educational Foundation
Chip Madsen
2001 Anne Richardson RIF Volunteer of the Year
George Davis Meredith
President and Creative Director, Retired
Gianettino & Meredith
Shaquille O'Neal
Center
Phoenix Suns
John Porter
Partner, Hogan & Hartson, LLP
Daphne Craven Reese
Teacher, Literacy Advocate, Volunteer
Catherine Snow
Professor
Harvard Graduate School of Education
David J. Stern
Commissioner
National Basketball Association
Mary Ann (Andy) Potter Stewart
Volunteer and Children's and Humane Issues Advocate
Alberto Vitale
Former Chairman of the Supervisory Board
Random House, Inc.
George Wills
Chairman & CEO
Wills & Associates
Emeriti Group
Charles F. Harris
Vice President and Executive Editor
Harper Collins Publisher
Ruth Sulzberger Holmberg
Former Publisher and Director
The Chattanooga Times Co.
Robert S. McNamara
Former President, The World Bank
Founder
Margaret Craig McNamara
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