Our Leadership
Carlton D. McGee
Founding Executive Director / Chief Global Strategist
Carlton D. McGee is the Founding Executive Director and Chief Global Strategist of METY Foundation. He brings approximately thirty years of experience in education and has worked on educational models, international learning initiatives, and approaches designed to expand educational opportunity. He serves as a national ambassador for the World of Geniuses project and has been recognized internationally for his contributions to education.
Contact: carlton.mcgee@metyfoundation.org
Dr. John Leddo
Founder / Chief Education Officer
Dr. John Leddo is the Founder and Chief Education Officer of METY Foundation and an educational psychologist with a PhD from Yale University. His commitment to educational opportunity grew from his own experience receiving a scholarship to Phillips Exeter Academy. That experience shaped his belief that children from all backgrounds should have access to high-quality education and the confidence and opportunity that can come with it. Dr. Leddo has spent decades developing educational programs and conducting research aimed at improving student achievement. His work on self-assessment and Cognitive Structure Analysis provides an important research foundation for METY's educational approach.
Contact: john.leddo@metyfoundation.org
Looking Ahead
METY Foundation is working toward a future in which students have better tools to understand their own learning and educators and families have better ways to support them.
We are continuing to develop our self-assessment platform, expand educational access, support multilingual learning, and build on research into how learners identify and address their own knowledge gaps.
Whether you are a student, parent, educator, researcher, volunteer, or supporter, we invite you to be part of that work.
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