The Education Trust
The National Council of La Raza
Peter Brossy, 24 year veteran secondary teacher, Gallup Mckinley County Schools
Judine Keplar, 6th grade teacher, St Louis Public Schools, St Louis, Missouri
Loretta Singleton, Receptionist & Administrative Assistant, The Education Trust, Washington, D.C.
The Staff of The Afterschool Partnership of Greater New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana
Joy Hannibal, Accelerated Coordinator, Lou Dantzler Prep. High School, Los Angeles, California
Calexico High School, CA
Heidi Pierovich, Action Learning Systems, Pasadena, California
Karen Humphrey, Administrator, Improving Teacher Quality Program, California Postsecondary Education Commission, Sacramento, CA
Tami Pearson, Administrator in Residence, The Education Trust-West, California
Connor Keese, Admission Counselor, University of San Diego, San Diego, CA
Letitia Fickel, Alaska Educational Innovations Network, College of Education, University of Alaska, Anchorage, AK
The Staff at The National Center on Education and the Economy, Washington, D.C.
Capital Region BOCES, Albany, NY
Dolores Vigil-Frank, Albuquerque Public Schools, Albuquerque, New Mexico
Amy Dziekonski, Alexandria, VA
Renee Pitts, Graphic Designer, The Education Trust, Washington, D.C.
Wyline Thompson, Alief ISD Counselor, Houston, Texas
Governor Bob Wise, Alliance for Excellent Education, Washington, DC
Jacki Paone, Alliance for Quality Teaching, Denver, CO
Jane West, American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, Washington, D.C.
David B. Sherman, American Federation of Teachers, Washington, D.C.
Amanda Fitzgerald, American School Counselor Association, Alexandria, Virginia
Judy Bowers, American School Counselor Association President 2004-2005, School Counselor Consultant, Tucson, Arizona
Daniel Simonet, AmeriCorps*VISTA - Access and Success Initative, Minnesota Campus Compact, Saint Paul, MN
Don Counts. AP/College Prep. Specialist, Anne Arundel County Public Schools, Annapolis, MD
Kavitha Mediratta, Annenberg Institute for School Reform, New York, NY
Dr Samuel E. Taylor, Areas Superintendent, Fulton County School System, Atlanta, Georgia
Carol Massey, Arkansas Reading First, Professional Development Coordinator, Little Rock, Arkansas
Brooke Haycock, Artist-in-Residence, The Education Trust, Washington, D.C.
Ellen Roth-Perreault, Aspiring Teacher, Terryville, CT
Nancy B. Bonesho, Assessment Manager, Milwaukee Public Schools, Milwaukee, WI
Penny Engel, Assistant Director, Government and External Relations, American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, Washington, DC
Daria Hall, Assistant Director for K-12 Policy Development, The Education Trust, Washington, D.C.
Alfredo Juarez, Assistant Principal, Eastman Avenue School
Teri Trejo, Assistant Principal, Deming High School, Deming, New Mexico
Pat Woodard, assistant superintendent, Albuquerque Public Schools, New Mexico
Mary Beth Currie, Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction, Holmdel Township Public Schools, Holmdel, New Jersey
Meg Mayo-Brown, Assistant Superintendent of Instruction, Fall River Public Schools, Fall River, Massachusetts
David A. Smith, Assistant to the Superintendent, Kansas City, Kansas Public Schools
Mary Katona, Assistant to the Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction, Bethlehem Area School District, PA
Patricia J. Martin, Assistant Vice President, National Office for School Counselor Advocacy, The College Board
Dr. Dianne M. Bazell, Assistant Vice President for Academic Affairs, Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education, Frankfort, KY
Clay Hensley, Associate Director, International Services , The College Board, New York, NY
Juanester Colbert Russell, Associate Director, GEAR UP Mississippi, Jackson, MS
Ricki Sabia, Associate Director, National Down Syndrome Society Policy Center
Jennifer Smith, Associate Director of Pre-K through 12 School and District Assistance, The Education Trust, Washington, D.C.
Stuart F. Chen-Hayes, Associate Professor, Counselor Education/School Counseling, Lehman College of the City University of New York, Bronx, NY
Marge Plecki, Associate Professor, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Mary F. Leslie, Associate Professor in Education Louisiana State University at Eunice, LA
Jane Harbaugh, Associate Provost (retd), University of Tennessee, Chattanooga
Teri Wong Hollander, Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, University System of Maryland Adelphi, MD
Dr. Kate Harrington, Associate Vice President, Academic Affairs, Student Affairs and International Relations, University of Massachusetts President’s Office, Boston, MA
Mike Egan, Augustana College, Rock Island, IL
Joyce Y. Suber, AVID Region 9 Director, San Diego County Office of Education, San Diego, CA
Dr. Mary Peters, Battelle for Kids, Columbus, Ohio
Ruth Lipscomb, Bellevue, Washington
Yulisa Cruz, Bilingual Educational Diagnostician, Montgomery County Public Schools, Silver Spring, MD
Sandra Licón, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Washington, D.C.
Kunle Oguneye, Blue Brush Media, Renton, WA
Rashidah Abdulhaqq, Board Member, Cleveland City School District, Ohio
Connie Phillips, Boston University, Boston, MA
Cara Stillings, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts
Craig D. Jerald, Break the Curve Consulting, Washington, DC
Hope Ascher, Brevard Public Schools, Indian Harbour Beach, Florida
Myrna Alicia Castrejón, California Charter Schools Association, Los Angeles, CA
Gonzalo Rojas, California Chicano/Latino Intersegmental Convocation, San Diego State University, Retired, Bonita, California
Sandra Silva, California Department of Education, Sacramento, California
Chris Dowell, California Department of Education, Sacramento, California
Dr. Milton Clark, California State University, San Bernardino, San Bernardino, CA
Professor DeShea Rushing, California State University, San Bernardino, San Bernardino, CA
Michael T. O'Neill, Cambridge, MA
Joyce A. Stokes, Center Alternative Middle School, Kansas City, MO
Marlene Seltzer, CEO, Jobs for the Future, Boston, MA
Jane Hileman, CEO, American Reading Company, King of Prussia, PA
Eduardo Angulo, Chairman, Salem-Keizer Coalition for Equality, Salem, Oregon
Don Langenberg, Chancellor Emeritus, University System of Maryland, Adelphi, MD
Jon Butzon, Charleston Education Network, Charleston, SC
Deb McManus, Chatham County Board of Education, Democrat, Siler City, NC
Terrence L. Olivo, Chief Operating Officer, Orange / Ulster BOCES, Goshen, New York
Amy L. Short, Chief Operating Officer, The Chicago Public Education Fund
Amy McIntosh, Chief Talent Officer, NYC Department of Education, NY
Janet George, City Year Columbus, Columbus OH
Dea Meyer, Civic Committee, Commercial Club of Chicago
Roger Wilkins, Clarence J. Robinson Professor Emeritus of Clarence J. Robinson Professors, George Mason University & Education Trust Board Member
Sharon D. Brown, Clayton County Public Schools, Jonesboro, GA
Dr. Valya S. Lee, Clayton County Public Schools, Jonesboro, Georgia
Deborah Bass, Clayton County Public Schools, Georgia
Kathleen B. Boundy, Co-Director, Center for Law and Education, Boston, MA
Paul Weckstein, Co-Director, Center for Law and Education, Washington, DC
Andrew J. Rotherham, Co-Founder and Co-Director, Education Sector, Member, Virginia Board of Education, Earlysville, VA
Stephen Williams, College Counselor, Eagle Rock High School, Los Angeles, CA
Charles Rolland, Community & Parents for Public Schools of Seattle, Seattle, WA
Michelle Thomas, Community and Parent Involvement, Ewing, NJ
Allan Odden, Consortium for Policy Research in Education, Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis, Madison, WI
Linda Diamond, Consortium on Reading Excellence, Berkeley, CA
Sally Askman, Consultant, The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Education Division, Seattle, WA
Phyllis Hart, Consultant, Education Trust-West, Long Beach, CA
Kate Kelliher, consultant, Takoma Park, Maryland
Margo McCoy Howe, Consultant/College Board, Colorado Springs, Colorado
Peter Meyer, Contributing Editor, Education Next
Marion Hogue, Coordinator, Administrative Academy, Los Angeles, CA
Sherryl Broyles, Coordinator, Instructional Support Services, Los Angeles Unified School District, Los Angeles, CA
The American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education
Judith Gutterman, Counselor, Norview Middle School, Norfolk, Virginia
Kevin Rutherford, Counselor, Sparks, Nevada
Belinda Rich, Counselor, Waxahachie, Texas
Miriam Cruz, Cruz & Associates, Chicago, Illinois
Nancy J. Smith, Data Quality Campaign, Austin, TX
Dr. Jean Houck, Dean, College of Education, California State University, Long Beach, Long Beach, CA
M. Jayne Fleener, Dean, College of Education, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Nancy Wilson, Delaware Deputy Secretary of Education, Dover, Delaware
Jim Dallas, Democrat, Houston, Texas
Mickey Brown, Deputy to the Chief Executive Officer, Cleveland Metropolitan School District, Cleveland, Ohio
Ellen Campion, Director, Endicott Educational Resource Center Endicott, New York
Philip Mirci, Director, Secondary School Reform, San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools Office, CA
Amy Piacentino, Director, Delaware City Schools, Delaware, Ohio
Mary Reeve, Director, SPED, GMCS, New Mexico
Padres & Jovenes Unidos, CO
Carol Shikada, Director, OCISS-School and Community Leadership Branch, Honolulu, HI
Karen Simms Tolson, Director, Center for Culturally Relevant Pedagogy, Georgetown College, Georgetown, KY
Connie Choate, Director, Arkansas Reading First, Arkansas Department of Education
Marti Pogonowski, Director, Continuous School Improvement, Anne Arundel County Public Schools, Annapolis, MD
Ellen Swaney (Confederated Salish & Kootenai Tribes), Director, American Indian/Minority Achievement,
Richard Patton, Director, Vision for Children at Risk, St. Louis, MO
Susan Wheltle, Director, Office of Curriculum Standards, Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, Malden, Massachusetts
Noma LeMoine Ph.D., Director, Los Angeles Unified School District, AEMP/Closing the Achievement Gap Branch, Los Angeles, CA
Roni Parker, Director, Secondary College/Career Counseling, Los Angeles, California
Jim Rallis, Director of Assessment & Evaluation, Pleasanton Unified School District, CA
Stephanie Germeraad, Director of Communications, The Education Trust, Washington, D.C.
Lee Umphrey, Director of Communications and Public Affairs, Math for America, New York, NY
Marcia Arganbright, Director of Curriculum and Instruction, Portland Public Schools, Oregon
Dr. Jann Hunter, Director of Curriculum and Instruction, Alamogordo Public Schools, Alamogordo, New Mexico
Jaimie E. Vargas, Director of Development & Communication, Educational Partnership Center, University of California, Santa Cruz
Edwin C. Darden, Director of Education Policy, Appleseed, Washington, D.C.
Dr. Betty J. Robinson, Director of Elementary Education and ESL Coordinator, Lansdale, PA
Anna Cross, Director of Family Support Programs, Framingham Public Schools, MA
Margarita Benitez, Director of Higher Education, The Education Trust, Washington, D.C.
Dr. Robert L. Jarvis, Director of K-12 Outreach and Co-Director, Delaware Valley Minority Student Achievement Consortium, Penn Center for Educational Leadership, University of Pennsylvania
Liam Goldrick, Director of Policy, New Teacher Center, Madison, Wisconsin
Melva L. Ware, Director of Pre-collegiate Programs, University of Delaware
Roberta Peck, Director of Prekindergarten Planning, CCSESA, Sacramento, CA
Kendall Jordan, Director of Public Policy Research, Public School Forum of North Carolina, Raleigh, NC
Dan Levin, Director of Publications, The Education Trust, Washington, D.C.
Deb Lindsey, Director of Research and Assessment, Milwaukee Public Schools, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
JoBe Thilgen, Director of Secondary Learning Services, Gallup, New Mexico
Vicki McNamara, Director of Special Education, Special School District of St. Louis County, St. Louis, MO,
Kathryn Udell McCarrie, Director of Special Education, Granite School District, Salt Lake City, Utah
Heather Peske, Director of Teacher Quality, The Education Trust, Washington, D.C.
Dr. Debra Hawkins, Director Student Learning, Longview Public Schools, Longview, Washington
Karen Hessel, Distinguished Educator, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Kathy Vienna, District Counselor, San Diego Unified Schools, CA
Jennifer Dempewolf, District Mentor Teacher, Peninsula School District, Gig Harbor, Washington
Sybil Kelley, Doctoral Fellow, Portland State University - Center for Science Education, Portland, Oregon
Paula Gordon, Doctoral Student, Rutgers University, New Jersey
Emily Kalejs Qazilbash, doctoral student, Harvard Graduate School of Education, Cambridge, MA
Cheryl Blomstrom, Douglas County Gifted and Talented Association, Carson City, Nevada
Rose Kartchner, Dulce High School, Dulce, NM
Angela Lee, East Baton Rouge Parish School System, Baton Rouge, LA
Beth Jefferson, ECTC-KCTCS, Director of the Office of Grants & Special Projects, Elizabethtown Community & Technical College
Carol Fisher, Ed Assoc of Charles County(EACC), Waldorf, MD
Muriel Rand, Ed. D., New Jersey City University, Jersey City, NJ
Beth H. Scott, Ed.D, Warner Graduate School of Education and Human Development, University of Rochester, NY
Christine Clark, Ed.D., Vice President for Diversity and Inclusion & Professor of Curriculum and Instruction, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Peggy Hines, Ed.D., Director, The Education Trust's National Center for Transforming School Counseling, Washington DC
Ken James, Ed.D., Commissioner of Education, State of Arkansas, Little Rock, Arkansas
Craig H. Larson, Ed.D., Superintendent, Rockwood School District
Justina D. Pedante, Ed.D., Director of Students Services, Springfield School District, Springfield, PA
Craig Spinks, Ed.D., Retired Special Education Teacher, Evans, GA
Jared Lancer, Ed.D., Coordinator, Los Angeles Unified School District, AEMP/Closing the Achievement Gap Branch, CA
Faith H. Waters, Ed.D., Professional and Secondary Education Department, East Stroudsburg University, PA
John C. Fischetti, Ed.D., Professor and Ed.D. Program Coordinator, Dept. of Educational Leadership, University of North Carolina, Wilmington
Lisa Karmacharya, Ed.D., Executive Director of Federal Programs
Robert E. Sudlow, Ed.D., President, More Effective Schools, Spencerport, New York
Claudia Thompson, Ed.D., Assistant Superintendent, Peninsula School District, Gig Harbor, WA
Cynthia Brown, Ed.D., Director of Student Preparation, Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Gwendolyn Wilson Diggs, Ed.D., Ferguson-Florissant School District, Executive Director Federal/Special Instructional Programs, Florissant, MO
Carol S. Dean, Ed.D., Sidney Central School District, Sidney, New York
Carol Lindquist, Ed.D., Chief Academic Officer, Fort Wayne Community Schools, Fort Wayne, Indiana
Lauren I. Katzman, Ed.D., Special Education Program, Boston University, MA
Tanya M. Odom, Ed.M, Education and Diversity and Inclusion Consultant NYC, NY
Kathy Christie, Education Commission of the States, Denver, Colorado
Dr. Cherlyn Pijanowski, Education Consultant, Tacoma, Washington
Marc Frazer, Education First Consulting, Seattle, Washington
Jennifer Vranek, Education First Consulting, Seattle, Washington
Sally FitzGerald, Education Policy, Georgia PTA
Betsy Escandon, Education Policy Research Analyst, Former LAUSD elementary teacher, Redwood City, CA
Marilyn K. Troupe, Education Professional Standards Board, Frankfort, Kentucky
Susan Bohan, Education Service Center, Region VI, Huntsville, Texas
Joan Baratz-Snowden, Education Study Center, Washington, D.C.
Rita Navarrette, Educational Psychology, Catholic University of America
Nancy Protheroe, Educational Research Service, Alexandria, Virginia
State Coordinator, Educator Preparation, Educator Preparation and Quality, MA
Steve O'Mara, EdVoice, San Rafael, CA
Larry Lezotte, Effective Schools, Okemos, MI
Elizabeth A. Brewer, Elementary School Counselor, Turbotville Elementary School, Turbotville, PA
Ed E. Fisher, ELF Associates
Pia Payne-Shannon, English/Language Arts Teacher, Afrocentric Educational Academy at North High School, Minneapolis, MN
Mary Conrad, Equity Coordinator, NJ Dept. of Education, Trenton, NJ
Pat Maunsell, Evanston, IL
Ivy Ellis, Executive Asst. to the President, The Education Trust, Washington, D.C.
Jeanne Harmon, Executive Director, Center for Strengthening the Teaching Profession, Tacoma WA
Ronald E. Jackson, Executive Director, Citizens for Better Schools, Birmingham, Alabama
Judy Seal, Executive Director, Long Beach Education Foundation, Long Beach, CA
Jane Wellman, Executive Director, The Delta Cost Project, Washington, DC
Michael A. Rebell, Executive Director, The Campaign for Educational Equity, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, New York
Christine Veverka, Executive Director, Teacher Excellence Center, Pittsburgh, PA
Brenda Lilienthal Welburn, Executive Director, National Association of State Boards of Education, Alexandria, VA
Pam Kingery, Executive Director, Kalamazoo Communities In Schools, Kalamazoo, Michigan
Sheila Engle-Rinderknecht, Executive Director of Intervention & Support, St. Louis Public Schools
Donnalyn Jaque-Anton, Executive Officer, Educational Support Services, Los Angeles Unified School District, CA
Selma Botman, Executive Vice Chancellor and University Provost, The City University of New York
Arnold Kee, Expanding the Circle of Excellence, Bowie, MD
Juanita B. Wade, Fannie Mae, Washington, DC
Emily Sweet, Fellow Practice Associate, The Education Trust-West, California
Diallo Brooks, Field Director, The Education Trust, Washington, D.C.
Susan Beal, First Vice President, National Council of Supervisors of Mathematics, Chicago, Illinois
Pat Windham, Florida Department of Education, Tallahassee, Florida
Jay Pfeiffer, Florida Department of Education, Tallahassee, Florida
Cyrus Driver, Ford Foundation
Terri Daniels, Fourth Partner Foundation, Tyler, TX
Linda Cavalluzzo
Esta Montano, Framingham, MA
Frederick County Public Schools, Frederick, Maryland
Dr. Edward L. Monaghan, Gallup-McKinley County Schools, Gallup, New Mexico
Ron Henry, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia
Shonda Lemons-Smith, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia
Kevin Simpson, Global Educational Consultant, KDSL, Alexandria, VA
Daryl & Sharon No Heart, Grandparents, Rapid City, SD
Mary Kate Lowndes, Grants and Accounts Manager, Connecticut Commission on Children, Hartford, CT
Elaine Fowlkes, Guidance Counselor, Maury High School, Norfolk, Virginia
Karen Hidalgo, Guidance Counselor, Easthampton Public Schools, Easthampton, MA
Carolyn Query, Guidance Counselor, Norfolk, Virginia
Linda Fuller, Guidance Counselor, Ellsworth High School, Ellsworth, Maine
Barb Jacapraro, Guidance Counselor, Springfield
Beth Stem, Guidance Counselor, Westmont Hilltop High School, Johnstown, PA
Margaret Arbuckle, Guilford Education Alliance, Greensboro, North Carolina
Keith Campbell, H.S. Principal, Hardin, MT.
Katherine K. Merseth, Harvard Graduate School of Education, Cambridge, MA
Garrett Smith, Harvard Kennedy School/Harvard Business School, Cambridge, MA
Katherine Lipper, Harvard Law School student, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Ronald C. Brady, Head of School, Foundation Academy Charter School, Trenton, NJ
Christopher Tate, Higher Education Associate, The Education Trust, Washington, D.C.
Dr. Willie G. Stevens, Home School Coordinator, Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools, NC
Marina Ballantyne Walne, Houston, TX
Genethia Hudley-Hayes, Hudley Hayes & Associates, Los Angeles, CA
Stacy Galiatsos, Huntington, NY
Dr. Erika Hunt, Illinois State University, Normal, Illinois
Laura Dobbs, Immediate Past President, Georgia PTA, Johns Creek, GA
Constancia Warren, Independent Consultant, Croton on Hudson, NY
Julia Lara, Independent Consultant, Washington, D.C.
Sally Askman, Independent Contractor, Gates Foundation
Sara Reiter, Instructional Coach, Kansas City Public Schools, Kansas
Kathryn Esmay, Instructional Specialist, Office of Organizational Development, Montgomery County Public Schools, MD
Carlene Lodermeier, Iowa Department of Education, Des Moines, Iowa
Mike Tully, J.D., West Regional Equity Network (WREN), Region IX Equity Assistance Center, University of Arizona, College of Education, AZ
Judith Rizzo, James B. Hunt Jr, Institute for Educational Leadership and Policy, Durham, NC
Dr, Jill Shackelford, Superintendent, Kansas City Public Schools, Kansas
Nancy Hoffman, Jobs for the Future, Boston, MA
Kathy Nelson, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
Chester E. Finn, Jr., Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University & President, Thomas B. Fordham Institute
Joseph G. Martin, Jr., Consortium for Adequate School Funding in Georgia, Atlanta, Georgia
Thomas J. Calhoun, Jr., Executive Director, University of Washington State GEAR UP Project, Seattle, WA
Anna Habash, K-12 Policy Analyst, The Education Trust, Washington, D.C.
Jeff Edmondson, KnowledgeWorks Foundation Cincinnati, OH
Adam Kernan-Schloss, KSA-Plus Communications, Arlington VA
Robin Krueger, Lakeville Public Schools, Lakeville, MN
Julia Thomas, Learning Point Associates, Oak Park, Illinois
Rose Cooper, Library Media Specialist, Orlando, Florida
Beth Rae, Literacy Coach, Cleveland Heights, Ohio
Valerie Bush, Literacy Content Facilitator, Central Kitsap School District, Silverdale, Washington
Deborah Kosyla Edwards, LMSW, Longwood Central School District, Middle Island, New York
Connie Van Luit, Los Amigos High School, Fountain Valley, CA
Susan Yuan, Louisiana Department of Education, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Karen E. Stone, M.Ed., Sales Support/Schools, Recorded Books LLC, Prince Frederick, MD
Pam Blackwell, M.Ed., LPC, Director for Student Services, Howard County Public Schools, Ellicott, Md.
Michelle Fontenot, M.Ed.Admin., Distinguished Educator, Louisiana Department of Education, Division of Educational Improvement and Assistance
Nijel Clayton, Manager, Dropout Prevention Branch, Division of Secondary and Virtual Learning, KY,
Patrice Weaver, Manager, Education Services, Georgia Public Broadcasting, Atlanta, GA
Jerry Dyar, Mary Walker School District, Springdale, WA
Dr.Rhonda C. Gill.Anne Arundel County Public Schools, Maryland
Linda Carpenter, Massachusetts
MaryAnne Miller, Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
Stafford Peat, Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, Malden, MA
Janet and Jessica Vohs, Massachusetts Parent Information & Resource Center (PIRC), Boston, MA
Martha Robertson, Math Program Coordinator, Washoe County School District, Reno, NV
Tiffany C. Walker, Maury High School, Norfolk Public Schools, Norfolk, VA
Jan M. Pepelnjak, Metro ECSU, Minneapolis, MN
Sharon Brooks, Mid-Continent Comprehensive Center, University of Oklahoma, Norman, Oklahoma
Gloria Valle, Minnesota
Maria Whittemore, Minority Achievement Coordinator, Office of Education That Is Multicultural and Gifted and Talented, Frederick County Public Schools, MD
Kathleen Saunders, Retired elementary school teacher, Montgomery County, Maryland
Robert Stein, Missouri Commissioner of Higher Education, Jefferson City, MO
Carolyn Akers, Mobile Area Education Foundation, Mobile, Alabama
Sandy Merdinger, Montana GEAR UP, Helena, Montana
Office of the Commissioner of Higher Education, Montana University System, Helena, MT
Tina Jacobowitz, Montclair State University, NJ
Tina Martinez, Mott Haven Academy Charter School, South Bronx, NY
S. Sharifa Abukar, Mt. Everest Academy
Rosa Aronson, National Association of Secondary School Principals, Reston, VA
Gretchen R. Cheney, National Center on Education and the Economy
Jill Norton, National Center on Time & Learning, Boston, MA
Linda Powell-McMillan, National Director of Program Development, AVID Center, San Diego, CA
Alex Harris, National Governors Association, Washington, DC
Helen Smiler, National Projects Coordinator, Berkeley, CA
Helen Schotanus, New Hampshire Department of Education, Concord, NH
Roger McCloughan , New Jersey Department of Education, Office of Career and Technical Education, Trenton, NJ
Michael Gross, New Leaders for New Schools, New York, NY
Elizabeth Rhodes, New Orleans, LA
Laura Kohn, New School Foundation, Seattle, WA
Sharon Weight, New Teacher Program Director, Campbell Union School District, CA
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