Primary Job Title Executive Director Primary Organization Jack Kent Cooke
Gender Male
Investor Type Investor Stage Number of Exits
Harold Levy is executive director of the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation, a private, independent foundation dedicated to advancing the education of exceptionally promising students who have financial need. Mr. Levy was formerly the New York City Schools Chancellor, where he created and published the first set of accountability metrics, started the
Teaching Fellows program, instituted a math initiative that resulted in significant test score increases and led the system during the 9/11 attacks and their aftermath. He has also served as Executive Vice President of Kaplan, Inc., a subsidiary of the Washington Post Company, where he started Kaplan University’s online School of Education.


