Theodore R. Mitchell

Theodore R. Mitchell has been a director of McClatchy Company "since September 2001. He is President and CEO of New Schools Venture Fund, a national funder of education innovations, a position he has held since September 2005. Mr. Mitchell is president emeritus of Occidental College in Los Angeles, and served as president of the college from July 1999 to September 2005. He was vice president of education and strategic initiatives at the J. Paul Getty Trust from 1998 to 1999. Mr. Mitchell held various positions with the University of California, Los Angeles from 1992 to 1998, including serving as vice chancellor, academic planning and budget, and vice chancellor for external affairs. He served as deputy to the president and to the provost of Stanford University from 1991 to 1992. Prior to that time, he was a professor at Dartmouth College, where he also served as chair of the Department of Education."


 * Director, Children Now
 * Director, National Alliance for Public Charter Schools