Diane Tavenner is the co-founder and CEO of Futre, the life navigation platform. Futre offers young people a trustworthy tool for discovering who they want to be and what the world has to offer, so they can create their own unique pathway to the life they want to lead. The research-aligned technology platform empowers young people to launch fulfilling lives.
Prior, Diane was the co-founder and CEO of Summit Public Schools, a nationally recognized nonprofit school system that earned many accolades and distinctions, most notably America’s Best High Schools from U.S. News & World Report, America’s Most Challenging High Schools by the Washington Post, and one of the world’s Top 10 Most Innovative Companies in Education from Fast Company. Diane is the author of the best-selling book Prepared: What Kids Need for a Fulfilled Life and she co-hosts the podcast Class Disrupted with Michael Horn.
She serves as Board Chairperson for the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning, the Pahara Institute, and Minerva University, and is a member of the Aspen Global Leadership Network moderator corps. Diane holds a bachelor’s degree in psychology and sociology from the University of Southern California and a master’s degree in administration and policy analysis from Stanford University.