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
Charlie Astorino
Chief Sales Officer
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
Shane King
Chief Operating Officer
Mitchell Lauer
Vice President, Audit & OPEX
Charles Merritt
Senior Vice President, External Affairs
Ian Necus
Chief Information Officer
Ranjit Sidhu
Chief Strategy Officer
Dennis Syracuse
President, Encoura Division
Andy Taylor
Vice President, Product
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