Board of Advisors
Great role models are important to all young people. Overcoming Obstacles' Board of Advisors, made up of many distinguished and sometimes famous role models who come from many different career fields: sports, entertainment, business, government and education.
Each member of our Board of Advisors demonstrates the qualities that Overcoming Obstacles teaches, most importantly, those of leadership, integrity, fairness, commitment and discipline. They all believe in the mission of Overcoming Obstacles and have given their voices in support of our mission so that we can have an impact everywhere young people learn.
The Overcoming Obstacles Board of Advisors:
Muhammad Ali
Greatest Of All Time,
Heavyweight Boxing Champion
Kenneth I. Chenault
Chairman & CEO,
American Express Company
Daniel L. Doctoroff
President,
Bloomberg, LP
John S. Dyson
Chairman,
Millbrook Capital Management, Inc.
Susan H. Fuhrman, Ph.D.
Former President,
Teachers College, Columbia University
H. Wayne Huizenga
Chairman,
Huizenga Holdings, Inc.
Mannie L. Jackson
Owner,
Harlem Globetrotters International, Inc.
Jackie Joyner-Kersee
Olympic Gold Medalist,
Track & Field
Catherine R. Kinney
President & Co-Chief Operating Officer,
NYSE Euronext
Sherry Lansing
Former Chairman,
Paramount Pictures
John Mackey
Member,
NFL Hall of Fame
Rita Moreno
Award Winning Entertainer
Edward James Olmos
Award Winning Entertainer
Philip J. Purcell
Former Chairman & CEO,
Morgan Stanley
John W. Rowe, M.D.
Former Chairman and CEO, Aetna, Inc.
Professor, Columbia University
Don Shula
Member,
NFL Hall of Fame
Stuart Subotnick
Partner & Chief Operating Officer,
Metromedia Company
Honorable Christine Todd Whitman
Former Governor,
State of New Jersey