The Global Education Initiative (GEI) forms partnerships between the public and private sector to support relevant, sustainable, and scalable national education plans. As a partner in the GEI, EMC extends to other countries around the world our involvement in education public policy, sharing our knowledge and expertise, and learning from others.

EMC Chairman, President, and CEO Joe Tucci is a leading member of the Business Roundtable (BRT), an association of 150 of the Fortune 500 CEOs, which advocates policies supporting America’s position as a world economic leader.

From 2002-2006, Tucci served as chairman of the BRT’s Task Force on Education and the Workforce and oversaw the release of “Tapping America’s Potential: The Education for Innovation Initiative,” a report that launched a national campaign to improve math and science education.

In 2008, an update to the report was released entitled “Tapping America’s Potential:Gaining Momentum, Losing Ground.” The report reiterated the competition the U.S. will face without strategic investment in education, and called on U.S. Congress to fully fund new investments in STEM education and research.

In June 2007, Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick asked Joe Tucci to co-chair the Massachusetts Readiness Project. Business, education, and community leaders collaborated to develop a 10-year strategic plan to improve education in the Commonwealth. In June 2008, the Massachusetts Readiness Project published its report, “Ready for 21st Century Success: The New Promise of Public Education.”

EMC is actively engaged in the implementation of the report’s recommendations and serves on the governor’s finance committee that is making funding recommendations for the initiative.