The Flight School

Team

Our core team is deliberately lean, and our network deliberately broad.

Together, we’re dreamers and do-ers, learners and teachers — envisioning and building a better world.

CORE TEAM

Abby Falik

Abby Falik

Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer

Chalon Bridges

Chalon Bridges

Co-Founder, Chief Experience Officer

Raphael Arar

Raphael Arar

Chief Design Officer

Lorelei Cruz Gibson

Lorelei Cruz Gibson

Executive Assistant, The Flight School

COACHES

alexx temeña

Coach

Bowie Rowan

Coach

Jake Galloway

Coach

Linnea (PeeBee) van den Toorn

Coach

Sahar Thomson

Sahar Thomson

Coach

FACULTY

Andrew Youn

Andrew Youn

Co-Founder, One Acre Fund

Angel Perez

Angel Pérez

CEO, The National Association for College Admission Counseling

Aria Florant

Aria Florant

Co-Founder & CEO, Liberation Ventures

Ashanti Branch

Ashanti Branch

Founder & Director, The Ever Forward Club

Casper ter Kuile

Casper ter Kuile

Co-Founder, Sacred Design Lab and Nearness

Chip Conley

Chip Conley

Founder & CEO, Modern Elder Academy

David Bornstein

David Bornstein

Co-founder & CEO, Solutions Journalism Network

Eddie Ndopu

Eddie Ndopu

Champion for Disability Justice

Jean Oelwang

Jean Oelwang

President, Virgin Unite

Jenny Odell

Jenny Odell

Author

Jeremy Heimans

Jeremy Heimans

Chairman, Purpose

Joel Segre

Joel Segre

Builder, Strategist & Storyteller

Kaya Henderson

Kaya Henderson

Executive Vice President & Executive Director, Center for Rising Generations at the Aspen Institute

Lisa Witter

Lisa Witter

Co-Founder, Apolitical & CEO, Apolitical Foundation

Mia Birdsong

Mia Birdsong

Founder & Executive Director, Next River

Premal Shah

Premal Shah

Co-founder, Kiva.org & Renewables.org

Raj Panjabi

Raj Panjabi

Former White House Senior Director, Co-Founder of Last Mile Health

Sanjay Purohit

Sanjay Purohit

CEO & Chief Curator, Centre For Exponential Change

Stephanie Harrison

Stephanie Harrison

Founder, The New Happy

Wendy Kopp

Wendy Kopp

CEO & Co-Founder, Teach For All

ADVISORS

Aarthi Belani

Partner, Baker McKenzie

Cecilia Ann Conrad

Cecilia Ann Conrad

CEO, Lever for Change

Chris Kasabach

Chris Kasabach

Executive Director, Watson

Dr Musimbi Kanyoro

Dr. Musimbi Kanyoro

Chair, United World Colleges (UWC)

Jeff Bradach

Jeff Bradach

Co-Founder, The Bridgespan Group

John Wood

John Wood

Founder & CEO, U-Go; Founder Emeritus, Room to Read

Katy Dybwad

Katy Dybwad

Director of Finance & Operations, UnCommon Law

Laura L. Carstensen

Laura L. Carstensen

Professor & Founding Director, Stanford Center on Longevity

Matthew Rascoff

Matthew Rascoff

Vice Provost for Digital Education, Stanford University

Olivia Leland

Olivia Leland

Founder & CEO, Co-Impact

Shirley M. Collado

Shirley M. Collado

President & CEO, College Track

Donor Partners

With special thanks to our founding supporters:

Anonymous
Enlight Foundation
Maggie Kaplan
Pam Scott and Tim Koogle
LearnerStudio
George C. Lee II
Sara Gaviser Leslie and Josh Leslie
Karen and Tom Mulvaney
Missy and Karr Narula
Jane and Tim Sullivan
TrueVentures.org
Debra Wetherby Fund
Qasar Younis

©2025 The Flight School

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