than 14,500 school districts nationwide. She also serves as the
vice chair of the Schools & Libraries Committee of the Uni-
versal Service Administrative Company, the not-for-profit
corporation chosen by the FCC to administer the Universal
Service Fund.James Burke
Born in Rutland, Vermont, in 1925, and a graduate of Holy
Cross College, Burke has an MBA from Harvard Business
School. He joined Johnson & Johnson as a product director in
1953, was named director of new products in 1955, president
in 1973, and chairman and CEO in 1973. During his tenure at
the pharmaceutical giant, he was best known for his leadership
during the Tylenol-tampering crisis in 1982. Burke retired
from Johnson & Johnson in 1989 to become chairman of the
board of Partnership for a Drug-Free America. For his work
with the Partnership, he was awarded the Presidential Medal of
Freedom by Bill Clinton in 2000, and in 2002, became chair-
man emeritus of the anti-drug group.Barbara Corday
A native of New York City, Corday was born into a theatrical
family. Her first job in show business was with a small theatrical
agency. She became a publicist and then a screenwriter, with
partner Barbara Avedon. In eight years together, they wrote
numerous TV scripts and series pilots and served as executive
story consultants on several series. After a stint as an ABC-TV
executive, she joined Columbia Pictures Television as an inde-
pendent producer and president of her own company, Can’t
Sing, Can’t Dance Productions. In 1984, she became president
of Columbia Pictures Television, and then president and CEOBiographies0465014088_rm.qxd:0738208175_rm.qxd 12/22/08 10:53 AM Page 229