JEB BUSH

Founder, chairman & president, foundation for excellence in education, coral gables

Bush was governor of Florida from 1999 to 2007. He is a managing partner and chairman of Dock Square Capital, an investment business, and serves on the board of directors for several companies. He also was a Presidential Professor of Practice at the University of Pennsylvania for the 2018-19 school year. A champion for educational change during his two terms as governor, Bush remains active in education reform via the foundation, which supports state policymakers, reformers, educators and communities who back the core policies of school accountability, early literacy and equitable funding.