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David W. Hornbeck
Chair, Board of Directors, Public Education Network
Public Education Advocate
 David
Hornbeck has devoted his life to improving educational
and life opportunities for children and youth. His broad
range of experience includes serving as founder and chair
of Good Schools Pennsylvania, a grassroots initiative
supporting quality public education for all students
in Pennsylvania; as former chairman of the Children’s
Defense Fund; as chairman of the Carnegie Foundation
for the Advancement of Teaching; and as an advisor to
the Business Roundtable and to numerous governments around
world.
Most recently, Mr. Hornbeck served as president of the
Children’s Defense Fund (CDF), an organization
providing a strong, effective voice for children in America.
Prior to joining CDF, he was president and CEO of International
Youth Foundation, an organization that seeks to ensure
that every young person has the resources to live a healthy
and successful life.
Through a variety of affiliations—including visiting
professor, Johns Hopkins University; partner in the Washington
law firm of Hogan and Hartson; superintendent of the
Philadelphia Public Schools—he has been a leader
in systemic school reform in the United States.
David chairs the board of Public Education Network,
and is a director of Education Week and the National
Center on Education and the Economy. Previously he was
president of the Council of Chief State School Officers;
a member of the Carnegie Corporation’s Council
on Adolescent Development; and chair of the Carnegie
Task Force on the Education of Early Adolescents. He
has participated in numerous missions and consultancies
under the auspices of the World Bank, Partners of the
Americas, and the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement
of Teaching. He holds a BA in history and an honorary
doctorate from Austin College in Sherman, Texas; a Diploma
in Theology from Oxford University; a Bachelor of Divinity
from Union Theological Seminary, New York City; and a
law degree from the University of Pennsylvania Law School.
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