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Donald H. Gips is an Independent Non-Executive Director on the board of directors. He is also currently CEO of the Skoll Foundation. Previously he was a Principal of Albright Stonebridge Group, a global strategic advisory and commercial diplomacy firm, also serving as Chair of the U.S.-South Africa Business Council, Senior Advisor at Blackstone, and outside director on the boards of Zayo, Black Rhino, Nextnav and Omnispace. Over the course of his career, Mr. Gips served as the U.S. Ambassador to South Africa, ran the Office of Presidential Personnel for the Obama Administration, served in the White House during the Clinton administration, and served as Chief of the International Bureau at the Federal Communications Commission. In addition, from 1998 to 2008, Mr. Gips was group vice president of global corporate development at Level 3 Communications. He received an MBA from the Yale School of Management, where he was honored as a Donaldson Fellow, and an undergraduate degree from Harvard University where he was presented with the Ames Award and the Paul Revere Frothingham Prize.

Stacey Childress is a Chief Executive Officer at AERDF (Advanced Education R&D Fund), Board Member at NewSchools Venture Fund, and Chief Executive Officer at NewSchools Venture Fund and is based in San Francisco Bay Area. She has worked as Regional General Manager, Southeast US at ADT CORP; Director, Performance Improvement, Corporate HQ at ADT CORP; and Long Term Substitute Teacher at Santa Fe Independent School District. Stacey studied at Baylor University between 1983 and 1987 and Harvard Business School between 1998 and 2000.