THREE COMPANY CHAIRS
Craig R. Barrett, Arthur F. Ryan and Edward B. Rust Jr. are at the forefront of corporate America’s efforts to improve U.S. education. The Business Coalition for Student Achievement is just the latest effort by these three business leaders in their continued commitment to ensure our nation’s youth are prepared to meet the challenges of higher education and the 21st century workplace. More information on these education reform leaders is below.
Craig R. Barrett became Chairman of the Board of Intel Corporation on May 18, 2005. He became Intel’s fourth president in May of 1997 and chief executive officer in 1998. He was elected to Intel’s Board of Directors in 1992 and served as chief operating officer from 1993 to 1997. Barrett began his tenure at Intel as a Technology Development manager in 1974. Prior to joining Intel, Dr. Barrett was an Associate Professor at Stanford University in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering. He served on the National (Glenn) Commission on Mathematics and Science Teaching for the 21st Century as well as on the National Academies Committee on Prospering in the Global Economy of the 21st Century. He currently serves on the No Child Left Behind Commission, a bi-partisan, independent group established to make recommendations to Congress and the Bush Administration on how the federal law can be improved, as well as on the board of Achieve, Inc. Dr. Barrett is also an officer of the Council of the National Academy of Engineering.
Arthur F. Ryan is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Prudential Financial, Inc. Prudential is a diversified financial services company that focuses on protection and investment products. Prior to joining Prudential in December 1994, Ryan had been president and chief operating officer of Chase Manhattan Bank since 1990. Ryan ran Chase’s worldwide retail bank between 1984 and 1990. Ryan is co-chair of the New Jersey Performing Arts Center and New Jersey United for Higher School Standards. He is a member of the national board of the Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC), and a member of the boards of trustees of New York Presbyterian Hospital and Providence College. He is the Chairman of Achieve, Inc. and serves as Chair of the Business Roundtable’s Education & the Workforce Task Force.Edward B. Rust Jr. is Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, Bloomington, Ill., and the other principal State Farm® affiliates. A native of Illinois, Rust joined State Farm® in 1975 at the Dallas, Texas, regional office. He became president and chief executive officer in 1985 and was elected to the additional post of chairman of the board in 1987. A graduate of Illinois Wesleyan University in Bloomington, Rust holds both juris doctor and master of business degrees from Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas. He currently serves on the No Child Left Behind Commission, a bi-partisan, independent group established to make recommendations to Congress and the Bush Administration on how the federal law can be improved. He is former co-chairman of the Business Coalition for Excellence in Education former chairman of the Business Higher Education Forum, former chairman of the Business Roundtable's Education Initiative, a director of Achieve, Inc., a director of the National Center for Educational Accountability, and served on the National (Glenn) Commission on Mathematics and Science Teaching for the 21st Century. In addition, he is co-chair of the Business Roundtable, chairman emeritus of the Illinois Business Roundtable, and a member of The Business Council.
