STANFORD, Calif. – January 27, 2026— The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching (Carnegie) today announced that Brad Jewell has joined the organization as chief financial officer. A seasoned finance and organizational leader with over three decades of experience, Jewell will oversee the Foundation’s financial operations and work closely with the president, senior leadership team and board to design and implement financial strategies that support Carnegie’s mission and long-term impact and sustainability.
“Brad is a trusted leader who understands that strong financial systems are essential to advance the meaningful, system-level change our organization envisions for the country,” said Timothy F.C. Knowles, president of the Carnegie Foundation. “His experience and integrity will be essential, as we work to improve economic opportunity for all Americans.”
Jewell joins Carnegie following senior leadership roles in nonprofit and philanthropic organizations. Most recently, he served as chief financial officer and treasurer for The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest and most selective multidisciplinary collegiate honor society, where he led financial management, governance, and organizational operations. Prior to that, he spent two decades as senior vice president and chief financial and operations officer at the Pennington Biomedical Research Foundation, overseeing finance and administrative operations in support of large-scale research initiatives.
Nationally, Brad has contributed to improving nonprofit financial reporting standards through his service on the Association of International Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) Not-for-Profit Organizations Expert Panel.
“Carnegie’s impressive legacy of shaping education in the United States, along with its current work to rethink long-standing structures in service of student opportunity, is deeply compelling both personally and professionally,” said Jewell. “I am honored to join the Carnegie Foundation team and help build strong financial and operational foundations that enable innovation, collaboration, and long-term impact.”
About the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
The mission of the Carnegie Foundation is to catalyze transformational change in education so that every student has the opportunity to live a healthy, dignified, and fulfilling life. Enacted by an act of Congress in 1906, the Foundation has a rich history of driving transformational change in the education sector, including the establishment of TIAA-CREF and the creation of the Education Testing Service, the GRE, Pell Grants, and the Carnegie Classifications for Higher Education. Today, the Foundation is dedicated to the transformation of the American high school and making the postsecondary sector a more vital engine for economic mobility.
