Founded on the 225th anniversary of the adjournment of the Constitutional Convention, the Society is a non-partisan organization dedicated to innovation in public institutions to advance American competitiveness. The Society clarifies the value of public missions and formulates profound yet practical strategies to restructure and refocus private, public, and charitable institutions to deliver results to citizen constituencies with the highest return on the investments made.
Powered by decades of development of the advanced management science of ProOrbis, LLC, the Society has a license to use applications that have been designed specifically for its various initiatives. For more information on ProOrbis methods please visit https://www.proorbis.com/ProOrbis-Methods. The Society is a tax-exempt charitable organization under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
Use the founding principles of the United States to formulate modern local, state, and national objectives that the vast majority of Americans support.
Assess all of the assets (including private, non-profit, and community resources) that can be brought to bear to meet objectives and collaborate to define the value-added role of the government and NGOs in executing those objectives.
Use rigorous, independent, and quantitative analyses to analyze the effects of coordinated public action and tie investments/spending to value created.
Inform and encourage civil discourse and debate with all interested parties on practical solutions to structure public institutions to meet global challenges and increase American competitiveness.
Provide frameworks for informing funding and financing decisions using both tangible and intangible valuation to enable prioritization of policies with the greatest overall returns to the constituencies making the investments.
Foster a new definition of public accountability for producing a return on the investments in government, public, and non-profit institutions to the United States citizenry.
Jeanne DiFrancesco is the Chief Executive Officer of ProOrbis, LLC, a consulting firm specializing in the development and application of advanced management concepts.
Kurt Landgraf is former President of Washington College with a decades-long career as a senior executive with DuPont and a 13-year tenure as President and CEO of Educational Testing Service (ETS), the world’s largest private educational testing and measurement organization and a leader in educational research.
Cindy retired from the DuPont Company in 2011 as the Chief Sales and Marketing Officer. In this role she was responsible for corporate brand management, sales and marketing strategies, and competency development for the Business Units.
Mr. Priest has extensive experience leading and managing urban development and education organizations. As a chairman, project manager, engineer, teacher, and Harvard Business School alumnus, Mr. Priest brings a diverse array of experiences to the Board.
Joan Demitriades currently serves as an Ambassador for One Mind where she acted as Chief Strategy Officer until her retirement last year.
Mary Davis brings extensive experience in effective organizational structure, business alignment and performance management, senior leadership coaching, and strategic directional change.
Zackerie Lamelle is a visionary leader who has spent a lifetime using his passion for people, savvy for business, and an unshakable focus on excellence to transform leaders and organizations from the inside out. Zack was recently recognized by President Biden and Vice President Harris with the with the prestigious, White House President's Lifetime Achieve Award
