Mr. Gleason has worked closely with Ms. Griffin in developing Pathways to College from its earliest inception at A Better Chance to its present independent nonprofit status. He was executive vice president of A Better Chance from 1985 to 2003. Prior to that, he served as director of development at the Dana Hall School, vice president for development and public affairs at Wheaton College, and director of development at Clark University.

He holds an undergraduate degree from Clark University and a graduate degree from the Harvard Graduate School of Education.