OUR FOUNDER AND CHAIRMAN
Not surprisingly, a company with so many significant “firsts” to its credit has a tradition of bold, innovative leadership to match.
Catherine B. Reynolds, the Loan to Learn program Founder and Chairman, helped pioneer the student loan industry over the past 20 years. She developed a privately-funded supplement to government student loan programs. Thanks to her vision and perseverance, a multi-billion dollar industry was created, and countless students have been able to attend the schools of their choice.
In the meantime, as Chairman of the Catherine B. Reynolds Foundation, she leads an organization whose mission is simply stated, yet profound in its implications: to help educate young people, to inspire them to believe in their power to make a difference as individuals, and to motivate them to reach their greatest potential as productive members of society. Named by Business Week as one of the 50 most philanthropic living Americans, Catherine Reynolds' efforts on behalf of education have been recognized this year by honorary degrees awarded by Georgetown University, Morehouse College and Willamette University, as well as the NYU Gold Medal upon her induction into The Sir Harold Acton Society of New York University. She is also the recipient of the Woodrow Wilson Award for Corporate Citizenship, bestowed annually on America’s most outstanding business leaders by the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars. Mrs. Reynolds has recently served as a member of the U.S. Secretary of Education's Commission on the Future of Higher Education. For more information on the mission of the Catherine B. Reynolds Foundation, please visit cbrf.org.