Crossing the River Jordan Award

Previous Winners

Anne C. Hallett
Founder and Executive Director
Cross City Campaign for Urban School Reform

Anne C. Hallett is founder and executive director of the Cross City Campaign for Urban School reform, a Network of urban school reform leaders. She serves on the boards of directors of Catalyst, Chicago’s School reform magazine, and the Chicago Algebra Project. She co-wrote the successful Chicago Annenberg Challenge proposal and is an elected member of the Chicago School Reform Collaborative, the operating arm of the Chicago Challenge. She was chair of the governing board of the National Committee for Citizens in Education for three years. She served as executive director of the Wieboldt Foundation in Chicago for seven years, during which time she co-chaired the Neighborhood Funders Group and chaired Chicago Women in Philanthropy. She was executive director of Citizen’s Education Center in Seattle, Washington from 1983-86 and served as founding executive director for the Chicago Panel on School Policy from 1982-83. She was founder, chair, and chief lobbyist for Citizens for Fair School Funding, which advocated successfully for school finance reform in Washington State.