Board of Trustees

As our governing body, the National Equity Project’s Board of Trustees focuses primarily on issues related to our mission, strategy, goals and fiscal oversight. We are deeply grateful for their unwavering commitment, visionary leadership, and dedicated guidance in advancing our organization's mission to support leaders to create the conditions for youth thriving.

 Board Officers

  • Na'ilah Suad Nasir

    Board President

    President, Spencer Foundation

  • Bethany Little

    Bethany Little

    Board Vice President

    Managing Principal at EducationCounsel, LLC

  • Jennifer Henry

    Jennifer Henry

    Board Treasurer

    Co-founder and Chief of Strategy at NewUni, Inc

  • Lisa Villarreal

    Lisa Villarreal

    Board Secretary

    Independent Nonprofit Advisor

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Board Members

  • Ashley Burns Nascimento

    Principal Strategist & Founder, Well Positioned

  • Lija Farnham

    Partner, The Bridespan Group

  • Frank Gettridge

    Frank Gettridge

    President & CEO, The Philanthropic Collaborative for Education

  • Eric Gordon

    Senior Vice-President of Student Development and Education Pipeline, Cuyahoga Community College

  • Gloria Lee

    Gloria Lee

    Educator and Entrepreneur 

  • Gabriela López

    Senior Director of Research to Practice, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative.

  • Sam Seidel

    K12 Lab Director of Strategy + Research & Director of Products + Publications, Stanford d.school

  • David Silver

    David Silver

    Director of Workforce, California Volunteers Fund

  • Gia Truong

    Managing Partner, Equity & Proximity, New Profit

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