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 is a well known investor. He started Foundation for a Greater Opportunity, which has sponsored the School. He is a trustee on the Board of the Mt. Sinai School of Medicine and Mt. Sinai Hospital, a member of the Board of Directors of the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, as well as Trustee of the Randall’s Island Sports Foundation. He is also a trustee of Choate Rosemary Hall.

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

Tina March - 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
Board of Regents, Seton Hall University in New Jersey

Robert Sancho - Trustee
VP Development, Bronx Lebanon Hospital

Edward Shanahan - Trustee
Headmaster, Choate Rosemary Hall

Marcella Brown - Trustee
Officer of the School’s Parent Guardian Association; Former-Chair, Community Planning District 3