Jamie Merisotis is the current president and CEO of Lumina Foundation, a private organization in the United States that aims to increase the number of Americans holding high-quality degrees, certificates, and credentials to 60% by 2025.[1] With an endowment of $1.6 billion, Merisotis leads the foundation's efforts towards this goal.[2]
Jamie Merisotis | |
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 Jamie Merisotis, Apr. 2015 | |
| Alma mater | Bates College |
| Occupation(s) | President and CEO, Lumina Foundation |
| Spouse | Colleen T. O'Brien |
| Website | jamiemerisotis.com |
Life and career edit
Before joining Lumina Foundation as president and CEO in 2008, Merisotis was the founding president of the Institute for Higher Education Policy,[3] an education research and policy center. He was also the executive director of the National Commission on Responsibilities for Financing Postsecondary Education, a bipartisan commission appointed by the U.S. president and congressional leaders to address college affordability. Merisotis also helped create the Corporation for National and Community Service (AmeriCorps), serving as an adviser to senior management on issues related to the quality and effectiveness of national service initiatives.
Merisotis is a frequent source and commentator on issues related to higher education, talent development, and the future of work. His writing has appeared in The Washington Post, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, National Journal, Stanford Social Innovation Review, Washington Monthly, Huffington Post, Politico, Roll Call, and other publications. He is currently a regular Forbes contributor.[4]
Merisotis holds a bachelor's degree in political science from Bates College in Lewiston, Maine, and has served on the college's board of trustees. He serves as a Governor of The Ditchley Foundation,[5] based in the United Kingdom, and is past chairman and continuing trustee of the Council on Foundations[6] in Washington, DC,[7] and is a member of the board of directors for both the Central Indiana Corporate Partnership and ACT (nonprofit organization).[8] He also has served as chairman of the board for The Children's Museum of Indianapolis, the world's largest museum for children.[9][10][11]
Merisotis' work includes extensive global experience as an adviser and consultant in southern Africa, the former Soviet Union, Europe and other parts of the world.[12] Merisotis is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.[13][14]
Merisotis has published two books, America Needs Talent, and Human Work in the Age of Smart Machines.[15]
Merisotis lives with his wife, Colleen O'Brien, and their children, Benjamin and Elizabeth, in Indianapolis.
Awards and recognition edit
Merisotis' 2012 book America Needs Talent,[16] was named a Top Business Book of 2016 by Booklist.[17]
Merisotis has received awards and honorary degrees from several colleges and universities, including Excelsior College, University of South Florida, Ivy Tech Community College of Indiana, Miami Dade College and Western Governors University.[18]
In 2003, he received the Distinguished Young Alumni Award from Bates College; in 2001, he was recognized with the Community College Government Relations Award presented by the American Association of Community Colleges and the Association of Community College Trustees.[19]
Merisotis was a 2005 finalist for the Brock International Prize in Education,[20] and in 1998 he was named by Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning as one of the emerging young leaders (under the age of 45) in American higher education.[21]
References edit
- ^ "Our Work". 31 March 2021.
- ^ Lumina Foundation
- ^ About IHEP
- ^ "Jamie Merisotis contributor archive". Forbes. 20 September 2023.
- ^ https://www.ditchley.com/people/governors Ditchley Foundation, Our Governors
- ^ http://www.cof.org/news/council-foundations-announces-new-leadership-its-board-directors Council on Foundations Announces New Leadership in Its Board of Directors
- ^ "Council on Foundations Announces New Members of Its Board of Directors". 28 April 2016.
- ^ "ACT Leadership". 26 September 2023.
- ^ Bates College Board of Trustees
- ^ Children's Museum Board of Trustees
- ^ CICP Board of Directors
- ^ http://brockinternationalprize.org/nominees/Merisotis.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ "Lumina Foundation CEO Jamie Merisotis says U.S. Needs to revamp labor departments". The Washington Times.
- ^ Council on Foreign Relations Membership Roster Archived 2014-07-27 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Human Work in the Age of Smart Machines, official publisher page at Simon & Schuster
- ^ "America Needs Talent | Attracting, educating & deploying the 21st century workforce". americaneedstalent.com. Retrieved 2020-02-03.
- ^ Top 10 Business Books: 2016
- ^ Excelsior College Honorary Degrees, 2014
- ^ AACT Government Relations Award
- ^ "Summaries of Brock Prize Nominees". Archived from the original on 2009-11-24. Retrieved 2009-12-21.
- ^ "2007: A College for 'Coming Time' Welcome and Introduction". Archived from the original on 2010-05-28. Retrieved 2009-12-21.
External links edit
- Lumina's Leader Sets Lofty Goals for Fund's Role in Policy Debates The Chronicle of Higher Education, 1 May 2009
- Why We Need a U.S. Department of Talent
- Member Profile from Spring 2009 issue of Philanthropy magazine
- Getting to Know Jamie Merisotis
- Talking About Talent: Jamie Merisotis on the Role of Higher Education
- Jamie Merisotis discusses his book on talent production
- Jamie Merisotis articles at The Huffington Post
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