M. Pelton

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Lee Pelton currently works at The Boston Foundation, as President & Chief Executive Officer from 2021, Boston Arts Academy, as Chairman, Boston Arts Academy Foundation, as Chairman, Boston Racial Equity Fund, as Chairman, The Boston Chamber of Commerce, as Director, American Council on Education, as Director, National Association of Independent Colleges & Universities, as Director, The Association of American Colleges & Universities, as Director, Museum of African American History, as Director, Harvard University, as Member-Overseers Board, WGBH Educational Foundation, as Trustee, Boston Municipal Research Bureau, Inc., as Trustee, and The Barr Foundation, as Trustee.
Dr. Pelton also formerly worked at Edmentum, Inc., as Director from 2007 to 2010, Oregon Symphony, as Director, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, as Director, Portland General Electric Co., as Independent Director from 2006 to 2024, Dartmouth College, as Dean & Professor-English Literature from 1991 to 1998, Colgate University, as Dean from 1986 to 1991, Emerson College, as President from 2011 to 2021, and Willamette University, as President from 1999 to 2011.
Dr. Pelton received his doctorate degree from Harvard University and undergraduate degree in 1974 from Wichita State University.