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11th Annual Symposium on Inner-City Education
MODERATOR
John J. DiIulio, Jr., Ph.D.
John J. DiIulio, Jr. is Frederic Fox Leadership Professor of Politics, Religion and Civil Society and Professor of Political Science at the University of Pennsylvania, where he also serves as Director of the Robert A. Fox Leadership Program. On leave from Penn in 2000-2001, he served as Assistant to the President of the United States and as first Director of the White House Office of Faith-Based & Community Initiatives.
Dr. DiIulio is author, co-author or editor of over a dozen books, the most recent of which include Godly Republic: A Centrist Blueprint for America’s Faith-Based Future (University of California Press, 2007) and American Government: Institutions and Policies (with James Q. Wilson, Houghton Mifflin, 11th edition, 2007). He currently serves on Gesu School’s Board of Trustees.
Dr. DiIulio has a bachelor’s degree in political science and in economics and a master’s degree in political science-public policy from Penn. He received his doctorate from Harvard University.
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PANELISTS
Stedman Graham
Stedman Graham is chairman and CEO of S. Graham & Associates, a management and marketing consulting company that specializes in the corporate and educational markets. He lectures and conducts seminars for clients that include, among many others, Wells Fargo, Merrill Lynch, CVS Pharmacy, Georgia Pacific, PRO-LINE International, Hyatt Hotels Corporation, CNN and GlaxoSmithKline.
Graham has authored ten books, including two New York Times bestsellers, You Can Make It Happen: A Nine-Step Plan for Success and Teens Can Make It Happen: Nine Steps to Success. He has taught at University of Illinois-Chicago, Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern, and others. He has been honored with numerous national awards and honors.
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Christine S. Beck
Chris Beck has been President & CEO of Gesu School since June 2003, and previously served on the Board of Trustees from 1996 to 2003. In 2007 a $12 million campaign was completed, which included a $6 million expansion project, dedicated in September 2006.
Mrs. Beck has held volunteer leadership positions in varied non-profit organizations. In recognition of her efforts to create opportunities for underserved youth, she has received numerous prestigious awards, at both the national and regional levels.
Currently, Mrs. Beck serves on the Boards of Saint Joseph’s Preparatory School, Gesu Institute and Arthur Ashe Learning Center, Inc., as well as the Advisory Board of Arthur Ashe Youth Tennis and Education. She holds a B.A. degree, with Honors, from Queens University of Charlotte and an M.A. degree from Bryn Mawr College, both in German Literature.
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Lars Beck
Lars Beck has served as the Chief Executive Officer of Young Scholars Charter School since 2005, having previously worked with the school’s Board on expansion efforts. Now in its 9th year, Young Scholars is a North Philadelphia school educating approximately 200 6th – 8th graders. The school’s mission is to prepare its students to succeed academically in the best high schools and colleges, and to provide its students with the life skills required to become productive members of their communities.
Mr. Beck’s prior experience includes management and marketing of both not-for-profit and for-profit companies, including Labatt Breweries of Canada, Labatt USA, Advantage International, and Advisory Publications. Mr. Beck was also the founder of the Boulder, Colorado chapter of StandUp For Kids, a national non-profit outreach program for homeless kids.
Mr. Beck is a graduate of Duke University, where he was a four-year member of the varsity tennis team. An avid lover of exercise and the outdoors, Mr. Beck has completed two Ironman Triathlons and serves as the Race Director for the Philadelphia Insurance Triathlon, one of the country’s largest triathlons. Recently married, Mr. Beck lives in Narberth with his wife, Kathryn.
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Winston J. Churchill
Win Churchill has been managing general partner of SCP Partners, a family of venture capital funds, since its inception in 1996. He has over 25 years of experience in private equity investment. From 1989 to 1993 he served as Chairman of the Finance Committee of the $50 billion Pennsylvania Public School Employees’ Retirement System. Mr. Churchill is director of a number of companies, both public and private. Mr. Churchill serves as the Board Chairman for both Gesu School and the Gesu Institute, as well as Young Scholars Charter School. He is also a trustee of Fordham University, Georgetown University, Immaculata University and American Friends of New College Oxford, England.
Mr. Churchill received his B.S. in physics, summa cum laude, from Fordham University in 1962, his M.A. in economics from Oxford University in 1964 where he studied as a Rhodes Scholar, and a J.D. degree from Yale Law School in 1967.
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Marc Mannella
Marc Manella is the Executive Director of KIPP Philadelphia Schools. Mr. Mannella founded KIPP Philadelphia Charter School (KPCS) in 2003 and served as school leader for the school’s first five years. KPCS now serves 330 students in grades 5-8, all of whom are climbing the mountain to college, and under his leadership it has become the highest performing Charter middle school in the city. Before founding KPCS, Mr. Mannella taught middle school and high school science in both Baltimore and Philadelphia.
A Teach For America Alumnus, Mr. Mannella has also served as an Alumni Recruiter and co-leader of the Philadelphia Alumni Chapter. Mr. Mannella received a bachelor’s degree in biology and psychology from the University of Rochester, and a master’s degree in educational leadership from National Louis University in Chicago.
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Rev. Joseph M. McShane, S.J.
The Reverend Joseph M. McShane, S.J., became the 32nd president of Fordham University on July 1, 2003. His appointment as president marked his return to the University, where he had previously served as dean of Fordham College at Rose Hill, a professor of theology and a member of the Board of Trustees. Since 2003, Father McShane has led Fordham University through a major strategic planning process and spearheaded an historic expansion project for its Lincoln Center and Rose Hill campuses. His goal is to make Fordham University the preeminent Catholic university in the United States.
A native of New York City, Father McShane entered the Society of Jesus (the Jesuits) in 1967 and was ordained a priest in 1977. He received bachelor's and master's degrees from Boston College, and holds a Ph.D. in the history of Christianity from the University of Chicago. He earned M.Div. and S.T.M. degrees from the Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley.
Father McShane joined the Fordham University Board of Trustees in 1987 and served until 1992, when he was appointed dean. In 1998, Father McShane was named president of the University of Scranton in Pennsylvania. He was reappointed to Fordham's Board of Trustees in 2001. Father McShane presently serves on the boards of Santa Clara University, the Commission of Independent Colleges and Universities, and Canisius High School in Buffalo, New York. In June 2008 he was appointed to the Commission on Metropolitan Transportation Authority Financing by New York Governor David A. Paterson.
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Dan Porterfield, Ph.D.
Dan Porterfield is Georgetown University's Senior Vice President for Strategic Development. Also an assistant professor in the English Department, Dr. Porterfield regularly teaches courses on human rights, education, and social justice.
A recipient of a Rhodes Scholarship and a Mellon Fellowship in the Humanities, Dr. Porterfield earned his Ph.D. degree at The City University of New York Graduate Center. Prior to coming to Georgetown in 1997, he served for four years as a senior aide to Health and Human Service Secretary Donna E. Shalala. In 1995-96, he helped develop the Secretary's "Safe Passages" initiative, which assisted parents and other adults in protecting their children from substance abuse and other risks. In the 1980's Dr. Porterfield founded Georgetown University's D.C. Schools Project and After School Kids Program, two on-going social justice projects that allow several hundred students a year to work with immigrant children and at-risk youth.
Dr. Porterfield is married to Karen A. Herrling. They have three children and live on campus in faculty housing.
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