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Key Individuals

A small number of business executives played a key role in the US in the achievement of a business-managed school reform that would suit business interests. They include:

Edward B. Rust David Kearns Louis Gerstner

Several wealthy business people have also played key roles in the US in promoting school choice and privatisation:

Wealthy Individuals	Positions - past and present	Donations
Dick DeVos President of Amway (1993-2002)	Co-chair of Kids First! Yes! Co-chair, Education Freedom FundBoard of the Children’s Scholarship Fund Founder of All Children Matter (AMC) Michigan Board of Education Member Michigan Business Roundtable Candidate for Michigan governorship (2006) Board, Education Freedom Fund	Private voucher programmes Lobbying for state voucher schemes Republican Party Advocacy groups and coalitions
Betsy DeVos	Co-chair, Education Freedom Fund (EFF), Co-chair, Of the People DeVos Foundation also funds EFF Board of Children First America Founder of All Children Matter (AMC) Founder, chair, Great Lakes Education Project Director, James Madison Institute Chair of Michigan Republican Party
Ted Forstmann Venture capitalist, Forstmannn Little & Co.	Co-chair, founder Children’s Scholarhip Fund. CEO and funder, Put Parents in Charge Honorary chairman, Washington Scholarship Fund	Private voucher programmes Lobbying for state voucher schemes Voucher advertising campaigns
James Leininger	Founder, Texas Public Policy Foundation (think tank modelled on Heritage Foundation)	Private voucher programmes Lobbying for state voucher schemes Putting Children First PAC Republican Party
J. Patrick Rooney	National Center for Policy Analysis (TX) American Legislative Exchange Council State Policy Network Chair, American Education Reform Foundation Board, Washington Scholarship Fund Board, CEO America	Conservative causes Private voucher programmes Lobbying for state voucher schemes
John Walton Heir to Wal-Mart fortune	Co-chair, founder, Children’s Scholarhip Fund Board, CEO America Director, Tesseract Group Founder, Schools Research Foundation Board, AERC past president, AERF	Private voucher programmes Lobbying for state voucher schemes Charter schools Advocacy groups and coalitions

References

© 2009 Sharon Beder http://www.herinst.org/BusinessManagedDemocracy/education/campaigns/individuals.html

© 2009 Sharon Beder
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