Andrew H. Tisch, K¹² board chairman, is chairman of the Executive Committee of Loews Corporation and he serves on the boards of directors of Bulova Corporation, Canary Wharf Group PLC, and Zale Corporation. He is also involved in other organizations—he is chairman of the Children’s Hearing Institute; president-elect of the City Parks Foundation; member of the Visiting Committee, Harvard Business School; member of the Executive Committee and trustee, Wildlife Conservation Society; member of the Executive Committee and trustee, PENCIL, Inc.; member of the Dean’s Council, Cornell University, Hotel Administration program; and a member of the Executive Committee, New York City Police Foundation. Mr. Tisch holds a B.S. from Cornell University and an M.B.A. from Harvard University.

Ron Packard is the CEO and Founder of K¹². Mr. Packard was previously a vice president of Knowledge Universe, and CEO of Knowledge Schools, which provides high-quality childhood education in community and employer-sponsored centers, and invests in, incubates, and operates several charter school companies. Previously, Mr. Packard worked for McKinsey & Company, as well as for Goldman Sachs in mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Packard holds a BA in economics and mechanical engineering with honors from the University of California, Berkeley. As a Hughes Scholar, he spent his undergraduate summers writing an image-processing language. He holds an MBA with honors from The University of Chicago, and he is a chartered financial analyst.

Mr. Packard was the 2007 recipient of the Education Industry Association’s James P. Boyle Entrepreneurial Leadership Award, bestowed to individuals whose achievements in the for-profit education industry serve as a guidepost for others starting and building entrepreneurial education endeavors. In 2008, he won the Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award in the IT Services & Solutions category in Greater Washington for his outstanding leadership in building and leading a dynamic and growing business. He was also the recipient of the Distinguished Entrepreneurial Award from Chicago Booth in 2009 for his achievements in public service, entrepreneurship, finance, and corporate leadership. In 2010, he won the USDLA Award for demonstrating Outstanding Leadership in the field of Distance Learning.

He previously served on the Department of Defense Educational Advisory Committee, and is currently Chairman of the Board of Middlebury Interactive Languages, LLC, and is a member of the Digital Learning Council.

Mr. Packard has been profiled in many media outlets including The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, FOX News Business Channel, Forbes Magazine, Investors Business Daily, Washington Business Journal, and SmartCEO Magazine.

Craig R. Barrett, Retired Chairman and CEO, Intel Corporation, joined us as a director in September 2010. He served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Intel Corporation, which he joined in 1974, until his retirement in 2009. Prior to Intel Corporation, Dr. Barrett was a member of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering faculty of Stanford University. Dr. Barrett currently serves as Co-chairman of Achieve, Inc., an independent, bipartisan, non-profit education reform organization, Chairman of Change the Equation, an organization promoting widespread literacy in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM), President and Chairman of BASIS Schools, Inc., Vice Chair of the Science Foundation Arizona, and Co-chairman of the Business Coalition for Student Achievement. Dr. Barrett holds B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Materials Science from Stanford University. Dr. Barrett was selected as a director because of his robust knowledge and experience in information technology innovation, as well as his global, operational, and leadership experience as a Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Intel Corporation. He also brings a unique perspective to the Board of Directors from his tenure in the academic world and his volunteer work and support of educational organizations.

Guillermo Bron has served as Chairman of the Board and a director of United Pan Am Financial Corp. (UPFC) since April 1994, and as a director of Pan American Bank, FSB, a federally chartered savings association and former wholly owned subsidiary of UPFC, from 1994 until its dissolution in February 2005. Mr. Bron is a Managing Director of Acon Funds Management LLC, a private equity firm, and the Managing Member of PAFGP, LLC, the sole general partner of Pan American Financial, L.P. From 2000 to 2002, Mr. Bron was a director of Telemundo Group, Inc. Mr. Bron founded UPFC and organized a Hispanic investor group that acquired certain assets and assumed certain liabilities of the Bank’s predecessor from the Resolution Trust Corporation in April 1994. From 1994 to 2003, Mr. Bron was an officer, director and principal stockholder of a general partner of Bastion Capital Fund, L.P., a private equity investment fund primarily focused on the Hispanic Market. Previously, Mr. Bron was a Managing Director of Corporate Finance and Mergers and Acquisitions at Drexel Burnham Lambert. Mr. Bron holds a B.S. in Electrical Engineering and Management from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an M.B.A. from Harvard University.

Nate Davis joined the K12 Inc. Board of Directors in July 2009. Previously, Mr. Davis was chief executive officer and president of XM Satellite Radio. He also served on the XM Board from 1999 through 2008. He is currently managing director of RANND Advisory Group in Oakton, Virginia. From 2000 - 2003, Mr. Davis was president and chief operating officer, and board member of XO Communications Inc. Mr. Davis has also held senior executive positions at Nextel Communications (EVP, Network and Technical Service), MCI Telecommunications (CFO), and MCImetro (President and COO). Mr. Davis has previously served on the Board of several public and private firms including Capital Management Corporation, Charter Communications, and Telica Switching. Mr. Davis received an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, a Masters in Engineering Computer Science at the Moore School of the University of Pennsylvania, and a Bachelors of Engineering from Stevens Institute of Technology.

Steven B. Fink, in addition to serving as a director of K¹², currently serves as the board chairman of Leapfrog, Inc. Mr. Fink has been the chief executive officer of Lawrence Investments, LLC, a technology and biotechnology private equity investment firm that is controlled by Lawrence J. Ellison, since May 2000. Mr. Fink also serves as a vice chairman of Knowledge Universe (now renamed Krest LLC), a private company focused on building leading companies in areas relating to education, technology and career management and the improvement of individual and corporate performance, a position he has held since 1996. From 1981 to 1986, Mr. Fink served as chief executive officer and chairman of the board of directors of Anthony Manufacturing Company, a specialty glass and conductive coatings manufacturer. He currently serves as vice chairman of Heron International, a European real estate development company, and as non-executive chairman of the board of Spring Group PLC, an information technology services company in the United Kingdom. Mr. Fink is a director of Nextera Enterprises, a former provider of economic consulting services that has sold its operating businesses, Nobel Learning Communities, Inc. (a non-sectarian, for-profit provider of education and educational services for the pre-elementary through twelfth grade market) and C-COR Incorporated (a provider of operations support software and technical services). He also serves on the boards of directors of privately held companies. Mr. Fink has a B.S. from the University of California, Los Angeles and a J.D. and an L.L.M. from New York University.

Dr. Mary Futrell is an accomplished leader in the field of education and has committed herself throughout her career to children, public education, and the profession of teaching. She is best known for serving six years as president of the National Education Association from 1983-1989. Ms. Futrell received a Bachelor of Arts degree in business education from Virginia State University and obtained a Master of Arts from the George Washington University. After teaching and holding various administrative positions in different secondary schools, Ms. Futrell joined the faculty at the George Washington University, while earning her Ph.D. in education policy studies. In 1995 she was promoted to dean of the Graduate School of Education and Human Development. She is currently the director of the George Washington Institute for Curriculum Standards and Technology and the founding president of the World Confederation of the Teaching Profession. Formerly, she served as president of the Virginia Education Association, Education International, and ERAmerica. She has also served on the boards of the Kettering Foundation and the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching Leadership, and on the editorial board of Phi Delta Kappa. She has published articles in a number of scholarly journals, such as Education Record, Foreign Language Annals, and Education Administration Quarterly. She is also the recipient of numerous honors and awards, including more than twenty honorary degrees.

Jake Reynolds
Mr. Reynolds joined us as a director in April 2011.  Mr. Reynolds is a General Partner at Technology Crossover Ventures (TCV), a leading provider of growth capital to technology companies, providing funds to later-stage private and public companies.  Mr. Reynolds joined TCV in 1997 and has been a venture capital and technology investor for over 15 years. While Mr. Reynolds has investment experience in multiple technology sectors, his primary focus has been in the software and technology enabled services industries.  Prior to joining TCV, Mr. Reynolds was an Associate with General Atlantic Partners, a private equity firm focused on late stage software and service businesses. Prior to joining General Atlantic, Mr. Reynolds was a member of the mergers and acquisitions group at Lazard Freres & Co, where he focused on the technology and telecom industries.  Mr. Reynolds is currently on the Board of Directors of Embanet, Global 360, OSIsoft, Seismic Micro-Technology, Solarc, and Webroot.  Mr. Reynolds also serves as a Trustee of Holderness School in Plymouth, NH.  Mr. Reynolds received an A.B. in Geography from Dartmouth College and an M.B.A. from Columbia Business School where he earned Beta Gamma Sigma honors.