“Managers are responsible for setting workplace policies under which teachers can succeed. Managers are responsible for negotiating contracts that create the conditions under which teachers can succeed.”

American businessman and philanthropist

Eli Broad was an American businessman and philanthropist. He was known for his work in business and for directing major gifts toward public education, scientific and medical research, and the visual and performing arts. His philanthropy focused especially on changing public K to 12 education toward charter school models. In June 2019, Forbes ranked him among the wealthiest people in the world and in the United States, with an estimated net worth of $6.7 billion.