African Leadership Foundation is a US nonprofit organization established to support ALA

Chris Bradford, President, African Leadership Foundation; Founder and Vice President, African Leadership Academy
Chris Bradford is the founding President of the Foundation and Co-Founder and Vice President at African Leadership Academy. Chris previously worked in brand management with the Procter and Gamble Company, as a teaching fellow at Oundle School in the UK, and as a Consultant with the Boston Consulting Group. He has a BA from Yale University and an MBA and MA in Education from Stanford University.

Ed Brakeman, Secretary & Treasurer; Managing Director, Bain Capital
Ed Brakeman joined Bain Capital in 1988 with an initial focus on private equity investments. Beginning in 1996, Ed was a co-founder and co-head of Bain Capital’s public equity investment business, Brookside Capital. He retired from his full-time responsibilities as a Managing Director in 2005. Today, he continues to participate in several firm initiatives on a part-time basis. He and his wife, Amy, are engaged in other education and youth development initiatives in Africa including the Kliptown Youth Program. Ed has an MBA from Stanford University and a BS from the University of California at Berkeley.

Jon Cummings, Director, McKinsey & Company
Jon Cummings is a Director at McKinsey & Company and has been with the Firm since 1987. Jon began his career in Chicago and was in South Africa from 1994 to 2002, where he co-founded the Johannesburg Office and was the Office Manager for seven years. Jon currently is the leader of McKinsey’s Americas Packaged Goods practice and is based in New Jersey. Prior to joining McKinsey, Jon received his BA from Yale University in the U.S. and a M.Sc. from the London School of Economics in the U.K.

Ted Dintersmith has more than twenty-three years of experience in early-stage venture investing, focusing on software and information services companies. He is a former board member of the National Venture Capital Association, chairing the organization’s public policy committee.  For the entirety of the campaign, he was a member of President Obama’s National Finance Committee. Ted earned a PhD in Engineering from Stanford University and his undergraduate degree from the College of William and Mary.  He and his family now reside in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Temp Keller, Managing Director, Innovations for Learning
Temp Keller is the Managing Director of Innovations for Learning, a nonprofit organization that develops innovative technology to improve early elementary education. Temp is also the Founder, Chairman, and former President of RISE (Resources for Indispensable Schools and Educators), a non-profit organization that works with more than 120 schools and 2,000 teachers over 6 regions to retain effective teachers serving in low-income communities. RISE was founded in 2000, and awarded the Ashoka Fellowship in 2004. Temp has a lifelong passion for Africa and previously served on the Board of Princeton in Africa. Temp has a BA in Politics from Princeton University and an MBA from The University of Chicago.

Joan Lonergan, Head of Castilleja School
Joan Lonergan has been the head of Castilleja, one of the most highly regarded schools for girls in the United States, since 1993. This year she served on the NAIS Technology Task Force and is a director on the board of KIPP Bay Area Schools. Joan has taught mathematics in public and parochial schools, was a teacher, dorm master, administrator and Director of the Advanced Studies program at St. Paul’s School in New Hampshire and, was elected to three consecutive terms on the only fiscally autonomous public school board in New Hampshire. She co-founded and taught at Project Second Start in New Hampshire and has served as a director of the National Coalition of Girls Schools, St. Matthew’s School in California, and the Harvard University Alumni Association.  Upon her retirement from Castilleja on June 30, 2010, Joan will become Head of School at The Hewitt School, in New York City, a girls, k-12 independent school.

Anthony Marx currently serves as the President of Amherst College. As President, he has focused on realizing Amherst’s aim to be both the most selective and the most diverse liberal arts college, ensuring access for the most talented students of any economic background. Marx previously served for 13 years on the faculty at Columbia University where his academic work focused on South Africa. In the 1980s he participated in the anti-apartheid movement and helped found Khanya College in South Africa.  He also serves on the Board of Teach for America.  He holds a BA from Yale and an MPA, MA, and PHD from Princeton.

Derek Schrier, Chairman; Founder, Indaba Capital Management, LLC
Derek Schrier is the Founder of Indaba Capital Management, LLC. He is formerly a Managing Member at Farallon Capital Management, LLC. Prior to joining Farallon, Derek worked at Goldman Sachs & Co in the Mergers and Acquisitions Department. He also managed the elections research and polling for the African National Congress’s political campaign during South Africa’s first-ever democratic elections in 1994. Derek is on the Dean’s Advisory Council at Stanford Law School and the Advisory Board of the Arthur & Toni Rembe Rock Center for Corporate Governance. Derek has a J.D. and M.B.A. from Stanford University and an A.B. from Princeton University.