Jamie P. Merisotis

Who is Jamie P. Merisotis?

Jamie P. Merisotis is president and CEO of Lumina Foundation, America's largest private foundation whose goal is enrolling and graduating more students from college. Merisotis leads the Foundation’s $1.3 billion endowment and oversees all staff and strategic decision making. Under his leadership, Lumina has made its goal to ensure that, by 2025, 60 percent of Americans hold high-quality degrees, certificates and other credentials—up from the current level of less than 40 percent.