Austin Beutner

Austin Beutner, Chairman of Vision To Learn, is a civic leader and public servant who has worked to make Los Angeles a stronger community. Mr. Beutner was Superintendent of the Los Angeles Unified School District from May 2018 through June 2021.

Mr. Beutner previously served as First Deputy Mayor of Los Angeles, Publisher and CEO of the Los Angeles Times and San Diego Union Tribune and Co-Chair of the LA 2020 Commission and the LA Unified Advisory Task Force. At age 29, he became the youngest partner at The Blackstone Group.

He left Blackstone to serve in the US government, where he led a portion of US efforts to help Russia transition to a market economy after the collapse of the Soviet Union. He went on to found Evercore Partners and serve as President and Co-CEO.

He holds a degree in economics from Dartmouth College, and has taught at Harvard Business School, University of Southern California Price School of Public Policy, the UCLA Anderson School of Management, and California State University Northridge.

Mr. Beutner currently serves on the board of the National Park Foundation, is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

He founded Vision To Learn, a non-profit organization that provides free eye exams and glasses to children at schools in low-income communities across the country.