Ted Mitchell
Chief Executive Officer
Ted Mitchell, CEO
Ted Mitchell assumed the role of CEO of NewSchools Venture Fund in the fall of 2005, after having served on the NewSchools Board of Directors for seven years.
Prior to joining NewSchools, Mitchell served as the 12th president of Occidental College in Los Angeles. Mitchell’s tenure at Occidental was marked by a dramatic improvement in both the College’s national reputation and its engagement in the community, as well as by unprecedented financial growth. A former deputy to the president at Stanford University and vice chancellor at University of California, Los Angeles, Mitchell is a national leader in the effort to provide high-quality education for all students and has long been active in California and Los Angeles educational reform initiatives. He currently chairs the Governor’s Committee on Educational Excellence, charged with making recommendations to improve California’s system of K-12 finance and governance, and is President of the California State Board of Education. He also serves on the boards of a variety of nonprofit education organizations.
Ted graduated from Stanford with bachelor’s degrees in economics and history, and also earned a master's degree in history and a doctorate in education there.