Jamie Merisotis is a globally recognized leader in philanthropy, education, human work and talent development, and public policy. He has been Lumina’s president and CEO since 2008. He is the co-founder and former president of the nonpartisan, Washington, D.C.-based Institute for Higher Education Policy and served as executive director of a bipartisan national commission on college affordability. Merisotis is the author of two books, America Needs Talent and Human Work in the Age of Smart Machines, and is a frequent media commentator and contributor. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and serves as a special advisor to the executive committee of the London-based European Access Network.