Organizational Structure

EDC is governed by a Board of Trustees, which is the policymaking board of the organization. The Board elects the President, who serves as the Chief Executive Officer. In turn, the President leads the internal Executive Committee, made up of Senior Vice Presidents and Vice Presidents, who direct major centers of programmatic and business services activities, and who report directly to him.

President's Office

Luther Luedtke, EDC's President and CEO, came to EDC from California Lutheran University (CLU), where he served as president from 1992-2006. Under his stewardship, CLU saw major growth in enrollment, faculty, campus facilities, and financial resources and the establishment of several new undergraduate and graduate programs. Prior to his presidency at CLU, Luedtke served for two decades in a variety of professorial and administrative positions at the University of Southern California. He has been a Fulbright Professor in Germany, director of the American Studies Research Centre in India, and Resident Scholar with the U.S. Information Agency in Washington, D.C., as well as a consultant to the U.S. Department of Education, the Council for International Exchange of Scholars and other governmental bodies.

EDC Divisions and Centers

Project staff work within entrepreneurial centers that are organized to address specific challenges, to build strong working relationships, and to foster productive collaborations with key partners. This center-based structure provides EDC with the flexibility to respond quickly to new opportunities and to meet a variety of complex challenges. Read more about our divisions and centers.

In addition to our programmatic centers, EDC has a full range of in-house support services, including communications, publishing, editing and design, human resources, diversity initiatives, legal, accounting, financial and business planning, on-site building management, conference, and travel. Our information technology (IT) department leverages the most current IT opportunities to serve both EDC and individual projects. We provide Web site design services, host more than 75 project Web sites, and support EDC staff with a full-time help desk. EDC's Publishing Department distributes more than 300 EDC publications and products to targeted educational, health, and community markets.

Board of Trustees

Charles Benton
Chairman
Public Media Incorporated
Chicago, Illinois

Beatriz Chu Clewell
Principal Research Associate
The Urban Institute
Washington, D.C.

Larry Irving
President
Irving Information Group
Washington, D.C.

Luther Luedtke
President and CEO
Education Development Center, Inc.
Newton, Massachusetts

William MacArthur
Founder and President
Brooksville Development Corporation
Orlando, Florida

Bradley Palmer
Managing Partner
Palm Ventures, LLC
Greenwich, Connecticut

Linda G. Roberts
National Consultant
(former Director, Office of Educational Technology, U. S. Department of Education)
Darnestown, Maryland

Vivien Stewart
Vice President, Education
Asia Society
New York, New York

Marvin J. Suomi
President and Chief Executive Officer
KUD International
Santa Monica, California

Deborah Wadsworth, Chair
Senior Advisor
Public Agenda
New York, New York

Laura Walker
President and CEO
WNYC Radio
New York, New York

Trustee Emeriti

Edwin D. Campbell
South Dartmouth, Massachusetts

Corporate Officers

President

Luther Luedtke

Senior Vice Presidents

Vivian Guilfoy
Michael Laflin
Robert A. Rotner^*
Cheryl Vince Whitman

Vice Presidents

Joanne P. Brady
Wayne Harvey
Ronald C. Israel
Mildred Z. Solomon

Chief Financial Officer

Cheryl Hoffman-Bray

Secretary

Patricia V. Sacco

*Treasurer