Board of Directors

Mr. Peter O'Donnell Jr., Chairman

Mr. O'Donnell is Chairman of the O'Donnell Foundation in Dallas, which established the first AP Incentive Program™ in 1990.  Mr. O'Donnell has had a life-long interest in improving education at every level.

Mr. Robert B. Lane, Vice Chairman

Mr. Lane is the former president of BankAmerica-Texas. As statewide Chairman of the Governor's Focus on Reading Task Force, he was instrumental in helping to increase the number of students in Texas who read at grade level by the end of third grade.

Mrs. Edith O'Donnell, Secretary

Mrs. O'Donnell, a long-time supporter of arts education, is a trustee of the Dallas Museum of Art. She founded Young Audiences of Dallas and established an AP Arts Incentive Program in Dallas-area schools.

Mr. Edward A. Copley

Mr. Copley is general counsel of the O'Donnell Foundation. Mr. Copley is engaged in the practice of law with Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, as senior counsel. His law focus is on taxation, charitable organizations and estate planning. He was a managing partner at Akin Gump for many years.

Mrs. Carolyn Bacon Dickson

Mrs. Dickson has served as chairman of the Telecommunications Infrastructure Fund Board of Texas and as a member of the White House Advisory Education Council.

Mr. Eric Harslem

Most recently, Mr. Harslem was Senior VP of Product Development and CTO at Dell.  He is the former general manager of desktop products at Apple, including managing development of the Macintosh line of products, managed development of the Star workstation at Xerox, and worked on the ARPA Network software and protocols while at Rand Corporation.  Harslem holds a BS Engr. from Caltech 1967, MS in Computer Science from the University of Wisconsin 1968. Currently a private investor, he is an unpaid 'consultant' to startups in Central Texas.  Harslem is founder and Board member of Motion Computing, Board member of United Devices, and Board member of Unwired Buyer.