Jeffrey Litt - Principal
Prior to joining Carl C. Icahn Charter School, Jeffrey Litt was a principal in three New York City Department of Education public schools. While at the Mohegan School in the South Bronx, Mr. Litt adapted E.D. Hirsch’s Core Knowledge Program for his Bronx students. He is recognized as a Core Knowledge expert and has trained teachers and administrators throughout the country. Mr. Litt hosted hundreds of educators at the Mohegan School, the second school in the nation to pioneer Core Knowledge. Visitors included administrators from Australia, Great Britain, Italy and Israel. His success in this area has been publicized in educational journals, newspapers and national network television shows. Jeffrey Litt was also noted in the March 1997 issue of The American School Board Journal.

Carl C. Icahn – Founder and President
Mr. Icahn is President of the Carl C. Icahn Charter School Board.  He began his career on Wall Street in 1961 and has become one of the most well-known and influential investors in America.  A graduate of Princeton University, Mr. Icahn has many charitable interests, focusing primarily on child welfare, education and medicine. These include three charter schools in The Bronx, New York, the Icahn Scholars Program at Choate Rosemary Hall and the Carl C. Icahn Science Center, Choate Science Building designed by I.M. Pei; and the Carl C. Icahn Laboratory for Princeton University's Institute for Integrated Genomics. Mr. Icahn serves as a trustee on the board of the Mt. Sinai School of Medicine and Mt. Sinai Hospital, where he established the Icahn Medical Institute (a 17 story building on Madison Ave.) and a trustee of the Randall's Island Sports Foundation, where he funded the construction of Icahn Stadium, a new track and field stadium.  He previously served on the board of Choate Rosemary Hall.  His foundation, the Children's Rescue Fund, built and operates Icahn House in The Bronx, and also operates Icahn House East in New York City.

Mr. Icahn has received numerous awards, including the Starlight Foundation's Founders Award and the 1990 Man of the Year Award, and was named The Guardian Angel 2001 Man of the Year. In 2004, Mr. Icahn was honored by the Center for Educational Innovation - Public Education Association for his charter school work. In 2006, Mr. Icahn was honored with the 100 Women in Hedge Funds Effecting Change Award for his outstanding contributions to improving education.

Gail Golden - Vice-President
Secretary, Foundation for a Greater Opportunity

Tina March - Treasurer

Keith Cozza - Assistant Treasurer

Julie Clark Goodyear – Secretary
Executive Director, Foundation for a Greater Opportunity

Seymour Fliegel - Trustee
President, Center for Educational Innovation-Public Education Association

Karen Mandelbaum - Trustee

Robert Sancho - Trustee
VP Development, Bronx Lebanon Hospital

Edward Shanahan - Trustee
Headmaster, Choate Rosemary Hall

Robin Williams - Trustee
Officer of the School’s Parent Guardian Association