Launched on April 22, 2008, the CEO Ambassadors for 21
st Century Skills is an ad-hoc committee of CEO and executive level partners who view investments in education, particularly public education, as investments in our workforce and our local economy. The group was initiated by and is managed by Philadelphia Academies, Inc. in an effort to provide a vehicle for critical industry and other stakeholders to have a voice in the instructional agenda in schools and the need for intentional and sustained focus on the development of what are commonly known as
21st Century Skills.
Ambassadors are leaders in the regional employer community and have been selected for their first-hand understanding of how career-connected approaches to learning along with mentorship and work-based experiences can produce dramatically different long-term outcomes for young people.
| Mr. Daniel Fitzpatrick |
Citizens Bank, President (CEO Ambassador Chairman) |
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| Mr. Joseph Frick |
Independence Blue Cross, President & CEO |
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| Mr. Denis O’Brien |
PECO, President |
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| Ms. Rosemary Turner |
UPS, Vice President |
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| Mr. Anthony Bartolomeo |
Pennoni, President & CEO |
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| Mr. Walt D’Alessio |
Northmarq Capital, Inc., President |
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| Mr. William Sasso |
Stradley Ronon, Chairman |
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| Mr. Robert Fox |
Manko, Gold, Katcher & Fox, Partner |
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| Mr. Carl Buchholz |
Blank Rome, LLP, Managing Partner & CEO |
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| Mr. Michael Pearson |
Union Packaging, LLC, President & CEO |
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| Mr. David Cohen |
Comcast, Executive Vice President |
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| Ms. Mary Dougherty |
Nicole Miller Philadelphia, President |
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| Mr. David Suro-Pinera |
President, Siembra Azul Tequila |
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| Mr. Bernard Dagenais |
President & CEO, The Main Line Chamber of Commerce |