Board Members

John Burke, Head of Vertical Technology at Google, has extensive experience in high-tech industries, and spent several years honing his sales and marketing talents at Haymarket Publishing in London, UK, before moving to the US in 1994. Mr. Burke was the International Business Development Manager at Microwarehouse Inc., a high-tech marketing company, and subsequently held the title Vice President Channel Marketing and Business Development at Zones Inc., a business-to-business direct marketing company.

Diana Burroughs, co-founder and Executive Director of TeachersCount, holds a Ph.D. from Princeton University, where she was the recipient of a Domestic Fulbright for four years. She co -founded PENCIL, a New York-based non-profit whose mission is to encourage private-sector involvement in public education. She most recently served as the Manhattan Borough Deputy to the NYC Schools Chancellor.

Devereux Chatillon is currently the General Counsel and Senior Vice President at Scholastic Inc., the world’s largest publisher and distributor of children’s books and a leader in educational technology and children’s media. At Scholastic, Ms. Chatillon is in charge of the legal affairs for the entire company and was heavily involved with the preparation for the seventh and final installation in the Harry Potter series, an experience she considers to be a career highlight. She received her J.D. from the NYU School of Law after earning her A.B. from Harvard University, and began her career at Cahill Gordon and Rendell. While there, Devereux focused on first amendment issues, copyright law and litigation, working on cases such as Harper & Row v. Nation Enterprises, a seminal case in copyright law. She also has held prominent positions at ABC Inc., The New Yorker, Miramax and Sonnenschein, Nath and Rosenthal.

Steven Greenfield, a private equity investor, holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and has held executive-level positions at several companies. Most recently, he was the Chairman and CEO of Fun-4-All Corporation, a toy company that specialized in obtaining high-profile licensed properties and producing a wide range of toy products under the respective brand or property. Steven now has significant interests in The Wildflower Group (a licensing agent) and Chelsea Toys and maintains active involvement in YPO (The Young Presidents Organization) and the Board of Directors of TIA (Toy Industry Association). Steven is involved with several New York-based charities, in addition to TeachersCount.

Sarah Holloway is a founder and principal of Hudson Heights Partners LLC, a consulting firm focusing on helping non-profit organizations leverage their intellectual property to generate new revenue streams. Until recently, Sarah served as Executive Director of MOUSE, a non-profit educational organization founded by members of New York City 's technology industry that works with the New York City public schools on technology integration initiatives. Prior to MOUSE, Sarah worked as a computer consultant and provided service to several civic groups including the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, the NYC Police Foundation, the Association for a Better New York, the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, and the Alliance for the Arts. Sarah received a Bachelor's degree from Bowdoin College and a Masters in Public Policy & Administration from The School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University.

Gary Paul is a Harvard-trained architect and decorator. Gary has designed beautiful homes in the Chicago area and New York. His commercial projects have included Bernard's of Evanston, Sheridan Madison Avenue, Pony Athletic shoes, and Mambo Grill Restaurant in New York City. While managing design commissions, Gary has been on the faculty of the Parson's School of Design and New York Institute of Technology, and a guest critic at the Altos de Chavon Design School in the Dominican Republic, Harvard and Yale Universities.

Susan Posen, a Sarah Lawrence graduate, is CEO of Outspoke LLC, a fashion design business led by her son, the designer Zac Posen. She is also the mother of Alexandra Posen, a painter and the creative director of Outspoke. Susan was for over 22 years, 14 of them a partner, at the law firm of Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP in New York City. She specialized in securities and other corporate transactions, with particular emphasis on media and communications companies. She co-founded DIVA Capital, a venture capital firm focused on women-owned businesses. Susan consulted to the New York Times Company Foundation's 9/11 Fund with respect to the Lower Manhattan Small Business and Workforce Retention Project. She has lived for 30 years in SoHo with her husband, the artist Stephen Posen.

Dini von Mueffling (emeritus), a Vassar graduate and co-founder of TeachersCount, is also the co-founder and president of Love Heals, the Alison Gertz Foundation for AIDS Education, a non-profit organization that educates young people in schools, community centers, and prisons about HIV/AIDS. Dini is also a journalist and author, having most recently co-written The Art and Power of Being a Lady (Atlantic Monthly Press, 2001).

Ruth Wooden is president of Public Agenda in New York City. She was Senior Counselor at Porter Novelli and served from August 1987 to June 1999 as President and CEO of The Advertising Council, Inc. Earlier in her career, she held a variety of senior management and consumer brand management positions with N.W. Ayer, Inc. Advertising and the Ralston Purina Company. She has been the recipient of numerous business and philanthropic awards including the 1998 Maxwell Dane Humanitarian Award (United Jewish Appeal); 1996 Advertising Woman of the Year (Advertising Women of New York); 1995 Prudential Prize in Non-Profit Leadership; and the 1994 Matrix Award (New York Women in Communications).

Esther Wojcicki, a 2007 Walt Clarkson Memorial Award for Excellence in Advising winner, teaches journalism at Palo Alto High School, in Palo Alto, California. In her time at Palo Alto, Esther has transformed the journalism program there from a small enterprise involving 19 students and a typewriter to a three-part program consisting of Broadcast Journalism, Magazine Journalism, and Newspaper Journalism. It is the largest journalism program in the country, involving almost 400 students and three journalism teachers, and it has garnered extensive national recognition. For example, The Campanile, the student newspaper she advises, was chosen as the most outstanding high school newspaper in the nation by Time Magazine and Time for Kids in 2002, and the website won two Webby Awards in 2005 (http://www.voice.paly.net/). In 2002, Esther was named California Teacher of the Year. She has written for several different publications, including The Los Angeles Times and Time Magazine, and has been the recipient of numerous awards. She received her Bachelor of the Arts and Master of Journalism degrees at University of California, Berkeley, and a Master of the Arts in Education Computer Technology at San Jose State University, in addition to completing several other programs at other schools.