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Board of Directors

The Literacy Partners Board of Directors is comprised of senior-level executives from prominent publishing and news corporations which add tremendous value to the stature and credibility of our literacy programs, including the President and CEO of HarperCollins Publishers Worldwide, Vice President/Chief Communications Officer of The Hearst Corporation, President of Simon and Schuster Adult Publishing Group, Editor of Newsweek, Inc., along with the Executive Director of the Barbara Bush Foundation for Family Literacy.

Officers

Chairman

Mr. Peter Brown

Executive Vice President

Andrew E. Conner

Vice President

Parker B. Ladd

Treasurer

John H. Josephson

Secretary

Lee V. Eastman

Executive Committee Members

Jane Friedman
Susan Magrino Dunning
Sonia Reese
Arnold Scaasi
Jeffrey Sharp

Honorary Chairman

Ms. Liz Smith

Board Members

Mr. Gordon P. Bell, CFA
ClearBridge Advisors, Legg Mason

Mrs. Adele G. Bergreen

Mr. Peter Brown
President, Brown Lloyd James Ltd.

Ms. Gina Centrello
President and Publisher, Random House Publishing Group

Ms. Jean Chatzky
Money Magazine

Mr. Andrew E. Conner
Tribeca Associates, LLC

Ms. Joannie C. Danielides
Founder and President, Danielides Communications, Inc.

Ms. Rena DeSisto Senior Vice President, Arts and Culture Executive
Bank of America

Ms. Jacqueline Weld Drake

Ms. Susan Magrino Dunning
The Susan Magrino Agency

Mr. Lee V. Eastman
Partner, Eastman & Eastman

Ms. Jane Friedman

Ms. Gabrielle Glore
Principal, The Glore Group

Ms. Marjorie Reed Gordon

Ms. Sharon King Hoge

Mr. Charles M. Jackson
Acorn Investments

Mr. John H. Josephson
Managing Director, Allen & Company LLC

Ms. Leslie R. Klotz
Director, Business Development, Art + Commerce

Mr. Parker B. Ladd
Ladd Ltd.

Ms. Nancy E. S. Murray

Ms. Sonia Reese
Executive Director, Community Impact, Columbia University

Ms. Carolyn K. Reidy
President and CEO, Simon and Schuster

Mr. Arnold Scaasi
President and CEO, Arnold Scaasi, Inc.

Mr. Jeffrey Sharp
Sharp Independent at HarperCollins

Ms. Diana Taylor
Managing Director, Wolfensohn & Company, LLC

Mr. Mark Whitaker
Senior Vice President, NBC News

About Literacy Partners

Literacy Partners believes that everyone has a right to read and succeed. We offer classes to teach adults the basic literacy skills essential to a full life as individuals, parents and citizens.

We help to ameliorate key social problems including, poverty, crime, poor parenting, welfare dependency, health and financial illiteracy. Through participation in our programs, our students become capable, committed, and enter the mainstream of society.

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Making Donations

There are many ways to support Literacy Partners mission, but the easiest way is by pledging funds to sustain our ongoing programs.

Nothing could be easier and more direct than making a cash gift, by check or credit card, to Literacy Partners. While making an immediate impact in support of our mission, you will also receive a tax deduction of up to 50% of your adjusted gross income. Any excess is deductible over the next five years.