CARA partners with a host of government, university, and community-based organizations to develop and implement programming.
NYC Program Partners
National Program Partners
- American Council of Learned Societies
- Charter School Growth Fund
- Gates Foundation Washington State Initiative Horizons Regional Grant Program
- Newark Board of Education, Newark City of Learning Collaborative, and Mentor Newark
- Peralta Community College District
- University System of Maryland
- West Hawai’i Complex Area
Advisory Board
CARA’s Advisory Board plays a critical role in CARA’s long-term planning. Our Board reflects the diversity of CARA’s work and includes school and community-based practitioners, policymakers, academics, funders, and young people impacted by CARA’s programs.
Advisory Board members include:
- Cass Conrad: Executive Director, Carroll & Milton Petrie Foundation
- Lisa Cowan: Board Chair, Nonprofit New York
- Greg Darnieder: Senior Advisor, Steans Family Foundation & Chair, National Postsecondary Strategy Institute
- Michelle Fine: Distinguished Professor, CUNY Graduate Center
- David Fischer: Principal, Altior Policy Solutions
- Angie Kamath: Dean, NYU School of Professional Studies
- Pamela Vasquez: SSC College Counselor, Make the Road NY
- Bennett Lieberman: Principal, Jackson Hole High School
- Allison Palmer:Senior Program Manager, Charles Hayden Foundation
- Edgar Rodriguez: Vice President of School Support, New Visions for Public Schools
- Mandy Savitz-Romer: Senior Lecturer on Education, Harvard Graduate School of Education
- Lee Stettner, Fellow, Advanced Leadership Initiative, Harvard University
- Carei Thomas: Director of Academic Advisement & Transfer, Borough of Manhattan Community College
- Emily Van Ingen: Deputy Director, Cypress Hills LDC