John V. Faraci Chairman and CEO, International Paper
John V. Faraci was named Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of International Paper on Nov. 1, 2003. He served previously in the positions of president, as well as executive vice president and chief financial officer. He is located at the company’s headquarters in Memphis, Tennessee.
John joined International Paper in 1974 as a financial analyst and held various financial, product management, planning and general management positions in the industrial packaging, consumer packaging, wood products and forest resources businesses.
He served also as chief executive officer and managing director of Carter Holt Harvey (a former International Paper majority-owned forest products company in New Zealand). John was named executive vice president and chief financial officer of International Paper in 1999.
John is a member of International Paper’s board of directors. He also serves as Chairman of the U.S.- Brazil CEO Forum, and sits on the boards of United Technologies Corp. and PPG Industries, Inc., as well as the boards of the American Forest & Paper Association and the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation. John is a trustee of Denison University and the American Enterprise Institute, and on the advisory board of the Moscow School of Management – SKOLKOVO. He is a former board member of the National Park Foundation and the Grand Teton National Park Foundation.
John earned a Bachelor of Science degree in history and economics from Denison University in Granville, Ohio, and a Master’s degree in business administration from the University of Michigan.
He and his wife, Heath, have two daughters, Caitlin and Gretchen.
Michael Brown CEO and Co-Founder, City Year
Michael Brown is CEO and Co-Founder of City Year, a nonprofit organization built on the belief that young people can change the world. Founded in 1988, City Year unites young people of all backgrounds for a year of full-time community service, leadership development and civic engagement.
This year 2,500 City Year corps members are helping to address the nation's high school dropout crisis and turnaround low performing schools by serving as full-time tutors, mentors and role models in high poverty schools in 23 U.S. cities. City Year also has programs in Johannesburg and London.
City Year served as an inspiration for AmeriCorps, the federal initiative through which more than 675,000 Americans have served their country.
City Year has more than 16,500 alumni who have contributed more than 26 million hours of service and earned access to $66 million in college scholarships through the AmeriCorps National Service Trust.
In 2009, Michael announced In School & On Track: A National Challenge, City Year’s national initiative to significantly increase the urban high school graduation pipeline in America.
For his work developing City Year and advancing the national service movement, Michael has been awarded the Reebok Human Rights Award and several honorary degrees. He has been named one of America’s Best Leaders by US News & World Report and an Executive of the Year and a member of The Power and Influence Top 50 by The NonProfit Times.
Michael is a graduate of Harvard College and Harvard Law School, where he served as an editor of the Harvard Law Review. Prior to co-founding City Year, Michael served as a legislative assistant to then Congressman Leon Panetta and as a clerk for Federal Judge Stephen Breyer.