Michael Druckman

Michael Druckman is the Executive Chairman and architect of Schools That Can, a national not-for-profit network of urban K to12 schools since 2006 that prepares historically marginalized youth for post-secondary success. He currently is a Fellow of the Leadership and Society Initiative at the University of Chicago. Michael established the “Senator Robert F. Kennedy Education Awards” in partnership with Robert and Ethel Kennedy Human Rights in 2014 to recognize K to 12 school leaders, teachers and students for moral courage and the “Schools That Can Leaders That Can Awards” in 2017 to recognize leaders giving back to our society’s well-being in service of our youth. Both recognitions remain active. Michael chaired the Trey Whitfield School board in East New York, Brooklyn for many years, served on the Portal Learning board in Los Angeles, acted as an advisor to many K-12 schools over the last twenty years and was recognized as Founding Chairman Emeritus of the NYU Center for Global Affairs where he served as Co-Chairman for fourteen years.