ACT Leadership

Helping Shape the Public Agenda for Education and Workplace Success

Members of the ACT Executive Leadership Team, like all ACT team members, are thinkers, creators, and innovators. They come from a broad range of backgrounds and disciplines, they offer a wide spectrum of knowledge, and they provide thought leadership that influences policy and practice in education and in the workforce.

In our ACT Leadership Blog, you'll find context, background, responses to current topics and issues, updates, and announcements—all to provide you with timely insights to inform your perspective.

 

Meet ACT Executive Leaders

Janet Godwin
Chief Executive Officer

 

Charlie Astorino
Chief Sales Officer

Jason Carlson Vice President, Digital Transformation

Jason Carlson
Vice President, Digital Transformation

Adrienne Dieball
Senior Vice President, Measurement, Research and Development

Tina Gridiron
Senior Vice President, ACT Center for Equity in Learning

 

 

Jason Happel
Vice President,
Corporate Services

Dianne Henderson
Vice President, Measurement Innovation

 

CP Jois, Chief Information Officer

CP Jois
Chief Information Officer

Shane King
Chief Operating Officer

 
Mitchell Lauer Senior Director, Audit & OPEX

Mitchell Lauer
Vice President, Audit & OPEX

Charles Merritt
Senior Vice President, External Affairs

Laura Seamans
Senior Vice President, Talent Strategy

Ranjit Sidhu, Chief Strategy Officer

Ranjit Sidhu
Chief Strategy Officer

 
Dennis Syracuse, Encoura Division President

Dennis Syracuse
President, Encoura Division

Andy Taylor
Vice President, Product

Vice President, Enterprise Technology & Infrastructure Services

Don Wingert
Vice President, Enterprise Technology & Infrastructure Services

Curt D. Yedlik
Chief Financial Officer

ACT Board of Directors

The diverse membership of the ACT Board of Directors offers a broad range of perspectives and experiences. From top policymakers to high-level leaders in workforce and education, the board provides a comprehensive spectrum of knowledge to help guide ACT.    

Karen E. Cator
Worldwide Education Strategy, Apple Inc.

Shirley M. Collado
President and CEO, College Track
President emerita, Ithaca College

Deborah S. Delisle
President and CEO, Alliance for Excellent Education

Daniel A. Domenech
ACT Chairman of the Board
Executive Director, American Association of School Administrators

Janet Godwin
CEO, ACT

Jamie Merisotis
President and CEO, Lumina Foundation

Anthony W. Miller
Co-Founder, The Vistria Group

 

Jules W. Muis
Director General and Chief Internal Auditor (Retired), European Commission

Eduardo J. Padrón
President Emeritus, Miami Dade College

Richard M. Rhodes
Chancellor, Austin Community College

Ricardo Torres
President and CEO, National Student Clearinghouse

Emeritus Directors
 

Dixie L. Axley
Vice President, Learning and Development (Retired), State Farm Insurance Companies
2006-2017

James F. Bostic, Jr.
Managing Director, HEP & Associates and Partner, Coleman Lew & Associates
2004-2017

Sarita E. Brown
President, Excelencia in Education
2007-2017

Walter G. Bumphus
President and CEO, American Association of Community Colleges

Carl A. Cohn
Professor and Co-Director, Urban School Leadership, Claremont Graduate University
2006-2015

D. Robert Graham
Former Governor and U.S. Senator, State of Florida
2006-2017

Karen A. Holbrook
Senior Vice President for Global Affairs & International Research, and Professor of Molecular Medicine, University of South Florida
2002-2014

Mark D. Musick
President Emeritus, Southern Regional Education Board
2002-2015

Richard W. Riley
Former Secretary of Education and Senior Partner, Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, L.L.P.
2002-2015

Thomas G. Rotherham
President, Valtegrity, LLP

Vivien Stewart
Senior Advisor for Education, Asia Society

Belle S. Wheelan
President, Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
2002-2015

Chad P. Wick
Founder, Director, and President Emeritus, KnowledgeWorks Foundation