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U.S. Department of Education 
Boards & Commissions
Boards & Commissions——
The following committees, boards, and other groups have been created to provide advice to the U.S. Department of Education on policy and program issues. See an overview of the law that governs these committees.
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Advisory Committees
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Thomas Bailey, Professor of Economics and Education, Columbia University (Chair)
Margarita Benitez, Senior Associate, Excelencia in Education
Wayne Burton, President, North Shore Community College
Kevin Carey, Policy Director, Education Sector
Alisa Federico Cunningham, Vice President, Institute for Higher Education Policy
Jacob Fraire, Assistant Vice President for Educational Alliances, Texas Guaranteed Student Loan Corporation
Isabel Friedman, Student, University of Pennsylvania
Millie Garcia, President, California State University at Dominguez
Sharon Kristovich, Higher Education Consultant
Harold Levy, Managing Director, Palm Ventures
Geri Palast, Executive Director, Campaign for Fiscal Equity
Patrick Perry, Vice Chancellor, California Community College System
Lashawn Richburg-Hayes, Deputy Director, MDRC
Linda Thor, President, Rio Salado College
Belle Wheelan, President, Southern Association of Colleges and Schools’ Commission on Colleges
Staff
Archie P. Cubarrubia – Designated Federal Official, U.S. Department of Education
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Mr. Allison G. Jones, Chairperson
Assistant Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs, Student Academic Support, Office of the Chancellor, The California State University, 401 Golden Shore, Long Beach, California 90802-4210. Appointed: 6/04/2007, Reappointed: 7/28/2008
Secretary of Education appointee Mr. Norm Bedford, Vice Chairperson - Director, Financial Aid and Scholarships, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Box 452016, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas, Nevada 89154-2016. Appointed: 10/1/2008
U.S. Senate appointee Dr. Helen Benjamin - Chancellor, Contra Costa Community College District, 500 Court Street, Martinez, California 94553. Appointed: 10/2/2008
U.S. House of Representatives appointee Mr. Clare Cotton - President (Retired), Association of Independent Colleges and Universities of Massachusetts, 11 Beacon Street, Suite 1224, Boston, Massachusetts 02108. Appointed: 11/12/2002, Reappointed: 10/1/2004 and 10/22/2007
U.S. Senate appointee Mr. David L. Gruen - Director, Student Financial Aid, University of Wyoming, 1000 E. University Avenue, Laramie, Wyoming 82071. Appointed: 10/02/2009
U.S. Senate appointee Mr. Anthony J. Guida, Jr. - Senior Vice President of Strategic Development and Regulatory Affairs, Education Management Corporation, 210 Sixth Avenue, Suite 3300, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222. Appointed: 10/2/2008
U.S. House of Representatives appointee Ms. Kathleen Hoyer - Student Member, The University of Maryland–College Park
2110 Benjamin Building, College Park, Maryland 20742-1165. Appointed: 4/16/2010
U.S. Secretary of Education appointee Dr. William T. Luckey - President, Lindsey Wilson College, L.R. McDonald Administration Building, President’s Office, 210 Lindsey Wilson Blvd., Columbia, Kentucky 42728. Appointed: 10/02/2009
U.S. Senate appointee Mr. John F. McNamara - Vice President for College Development, Rockford College, 5050 E. State Street, Rockford, Illinois 61108. Appointed: 08/07/2009
U.S. Secretary of Education appointee
Assistant Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs, Student Academic Support, Office of the Chancellor, The California State University, 401 Golden Shore, Long Beach, California 90802-4210. Appointed: 6/04/2007, Reappointed: 7/28/2008
Secretary of Education appointee Mr. Norm Bedford, Vice Chairperson - Director, Financial Aid and Scholarships, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Box 452016, 4505 S. Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas, Nevada 89154-2016. Appointed: 10/1/2008
U.S. Senate appointee Dr. Helen Benjamin - Chancellor, Contra Costa Community College District, 500 Court Street, Martinez, California 94553. Appointed: 10/2/2008
U.S. House of Representatives appointee Mr. Clare Cotton - President (Retired), Association of Independent Colleges and Universities of Massachusetts, 11 Beacon Street, Suite 1224, Boston, Massachusetts 02108. Appointed: 11/12/2002, Reappointed: 10/1/2004 and 10/22/2007
U.S. Senate appointee Mr. David L. Gruen - Director, Student Financial Aid, University of Wyoming, 1000 E. University Avenue, Laramie, Wyoming 82071. Appointed: 10/02/2009
U.S. Senate appointee Mr. Anthony J. Guida, Jr. - Senior Vice President of Strategic Development and Regulatory Affairs, Education Management Corporation, 210 Sixth Avenue, Suite 3300, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222. Appointed: 10/2/2008
U.S. House of Representatives appointee Ms. Kathleen Hoyer - Student Member, The University of Maryland–College Park
2110 Benjamin Building, College Park, Maryland 20742-1165. Appointed: 4/16/2010
U.S. Secretary of Education appointee Dr. William T. Luckey - President, Lindsey Wilson College, L.R. McDonald Administration Building, President’s Office, 210 Lindsey Wilson Blvd., Columbia, Kentucky 42728. Appointed: 10/02/2009
U.S. Senate appointee Mr. John F. McNamara - Vice President for College Development, Rockford College, 5050 E. State Street, Rockford, Illinois 61108. Appointed: 08/07/2009
U.S. Secretary of Education appointee
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Dr. Lezli Baskerville, President & CEO, National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education. Term expires upon tenure of position of President of the National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education
Dr. Norman Francis, President, Xavier University of Louisiana. Chair and Secretary’s Designee. Appointed 02/26/2007, Term expires 09/30/2013
Dr. Robert M. Franklin, President, Morehouse College. Appointed March 18, 2010, Term expires 9/30/2013
Representative of a private HBCU
Representative of a private HBCU
Dr. Henry Givens, Jr., President, Harris Stowe University. Appointed March 18, 2010, Term expires 9/30/2013
Representative of a public HBCU
Representative of a public HBCU
Dr. Michael Lomax, President & CEO, United Negro College Fund. Term expires upon tenure of position of the President of the United Negro College Fund
Dr. Adena Loston, President, St. Philips College. Appointed March 18, 2010, Term expires 9/30/2013
Representative of a public HBCU
Representative of a public HBCU
Dr. Donald J. Reaves, Chancellor, Winston-Salem State University. Appointed March 18, 2010, Term expires 9/30/2013
Representative of a public HBCU
Representative of a public HBCU
Dr. Trudie Kibbe Reed, President, Bethune-Cookman University. Appointed March 18, 2010, Term expires 9/30/2013
Representative of a private HBCU
Representative of a private HBCU
Dr. Dianne Boardly Suber, President, St. Augustine’s College. Appointed March 18, 2010, Term expires 9/30/2013
Representative of a private HBCU
Representative of a private HBCU
Mr. Johnny C. Taylor, President & CEO, Thurgood Marshall College Fund. Term expires upon tenure of position of the President of the Thurgood Marshall College Fund
Dr. John S. Wilson, Jr. Executive Director, White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Term expires upon tenure of position of the Executive Director of the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities.
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Lori Quigley, Chair. Assistant Professor, 82 Jefferson Street, Salamanca, NY 14779. Commissioned on: 4/28/04
Presidential appointment Donna L. Brown, Vice Chair. Assistant Director of American Indian Student Services, Univ of ND, Box 8274, Grand Forks, ND 58202. Commissioned on: 4/28/04
Presidential appointment Gregory Anderson, Administrator & Business Manager, Muscogee (Creek) Nation Eufaula Dormitory, 716 Swadley Drive, Eufaula, OK 74432. Commissioned on: 4/28/04
Presidential appointment Robert Chiago, Consultant, 2602 S. Shannon Drive, Tempe, AZ 85282. Commissioned on: 4/28/04
Presidential appointment Carol Lee Gho, Assistant Professor of Math, 3720 Hardluck Drive, Fairbanks, AK 99709. Commissioned on: 4/28/04
Presidential appointment Kathy Hopinkah Hannan, Vice Chairman of Human Resources Midwest, 1641 Raleigh Court, Wheaton, IL 60187. Commissioned on: 4/28/04
Presidential appointment Michelle D. Henderson, Owner, Crazyboy Consulting, 4632 Richlie Street, Missoula, MT 59808. Commissioned on: 4/28/04
Presidential appointment Cynthia A. Linquist, President, Cankdeska Cikana Community College, Spirit Lake Reservation, Box 269, Fort Totten, ND 58335
Presidential appointment Michael C. Parish, President, Bay Mills Community College, 12214 West Lakeshore Drive, Brimley, MI 49715. Commissioned on: 4/28/04
Presidential appointment Lennie L. Pickard, Program Director of Compassion Capital Fund Initiative, Institute for Youth Development, 1329 Shepard Drive, Suite 1, Sterling, VA 20164. Commissioned on: 4/28/04
Presidential appointment Joyce A. Silverthorne, Tribal Education Director, P.O. Box 278, Pablo, MT 59855. Commissioned on: 3/20/06
Presidential appointment Virginia Thomas, Johnson-O’Malley Program Manager, Muscogee Creek Nation, P.O. Box 580O, kmulgee, OK 74447. Commissioned on: 4/28/04
Presidential appointment Linda S. Warner, President, Haskell Indian Nations University, 155 Indian Avenue, Lawrence, KS 66046. Commissioned on: 4/28/04
Presidential appointment Arthur W. Zimiga, Director Indian Education, Rapid City Area Schools, 300 6th Street, Rapid City, SD 57701. Commissioned on : 3/20/06
Presidential appointment Vacancy
Presidential appointment Donna L. Brown, Vice Chair. Assistant Director of American Indian Student Services, Univ of ND, Box 8274, Grand Forks, ND 58202. Commissioned on: 4/28/04
Presidential appointment Gregory Anderson, Administrator & Business Manager, Muscogee (Creek) Nation Eufaula Dormitory, 716 Swadley Drive, Eufaula, OK 74432. Commissioned on: 4/28/04
Presidential appointment Robert Chiago, Consultant, 2602 S. Shannon Drive, Tempe, AZ 85282. Commissioned on: 4/28/04
Presidential appointment Carol Lee Gho, Assistant Professor of Math, 3720 Hardluck Drive, Fairbanks, AK 99709. Commissioned on: 4/28/04
Presidential appointment Kathy Hopinkah Hannan, Vice Chairman of Human Resources Midwest, 1641 Raleigh Court, Wheaton, IL 60187. Commissioned on: 4/28/04
Presidential appointment Michelle D. Henderson, Owner, Crazyboy Consulting, 4632 Richlie Street, Missoula, MT 59808. Commissioned on: 4/28/04
Presidential appointment Cynthia A. Linquist, President, Cankdeska Cikana Community College, Spirit Lake Reservation, Box 269, Fort Totten, ND 58335
Presidential appointment Michael C. Parish, President, Bay Mills Community College, 12214 West Lakeshore Drive, Brimley, MI 49715. Commissioned on: 4/28/04
Presidential appointment Lennie L. Pickard, Program Director of Compassion Capital Fund Initiative, Institute for Youth Development, 1329 Shepard Drive, Suite 1, Sterling, VA 20164. Commissioned on: 4/28/04
Presidential appointment Joyce A. Silverthorne, Tribal Education Director, P.O. Box 278, Pablo, MT 59855. Commissioned on: 3/20/06
Presidential appointment Virginia Thomas, Johnson-O’Malley Program Manager, Muscogee Creek Nation, P.O. Box 580O, kmulgee, OK 74447. Commissioned on: 4/28/04
Presidential appointment Linda S. Warner, President, Haskell Indian Nations University, 155 Indian Avenue, Lawrence, KS 66046. Commissioned on: 4/28/04
Presidential appointment Arthur W. Zimiga, Director Indian Education, Rapid City Area Schools, 300 6th Street, Rapid City, SD 57701. Commissioned on : 3/20/06
Presidential appointment Vacancy
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Eric Hanushek – chairman
… chairman of the Executive Committee for the Texas Schools Project at the University of Texas at Dallas and is the Paul and Jean Hanna Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, Stanford, California.
Jon Baron - vice chairman of the Board
…executive director of the Coalition for Evidence-Based Policy, Washington, DC.
Deborah Loewenberg Ball, Dean of the School of Education and William H. Payne Collegiate Professor at the University of Michigan.
Carol D’Amico, President & CEO of Conexus Indiana, Indianapolis, Indiana.
Adam Gamoran, John D. MacArthur Professor of Sociology and Educational Policy Studies and Director of the Wisconsin Center for Education Research at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
David C. Geary, Curators’ Professor at the University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri.
Frank Philip Handy, CEO of Strategic Industries, LLC, Winter Park, Florida.
Bridget Terry Long, Professor of Education and Economics at the Harvard University Graduate School of Education, Research Associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), and aResearch Affiliate of the National Center for Postsecondary Research (NCPR).
Margaret R. (Peggy) McLeod, Executive Director of Student Services and Special Education in the Alexandria City Public Schools.
Sally E. Shaywitz, MD, Director at Yale Center for Dyslexia & Creativity, Yale Center for the Study of Learning, Reading and Attention at the Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut.
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Mr. Woody Hunt – Chairman and CEO, Hunt Building Companies, 4401 North Mesa Street, El Paso, Texas 79902. Term: 1/15/2008 – 8/31/2010
Mr. Charles Kolb – President, Committee for Economic Development, 2000 L Street, N.W., Suite 700, Washington, DC 20036. Term: 1/15/2008 – 8/31/2010
Dr. Arturo Madrid – Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, Trinity University, Northrup Hall 272A, One Trinity Place, San Antonio, Texas 78212-2700. Term: 1/15/2008 – 8/31/2010
Dr. Larry A. Nielsen – Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor, North Carolina State University, Campus Box 7101, 109 Holladay Hall, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695-7101. Term: 1/15/2008 – 8/31/2010
Dr. Nancy L. Zimpher – President, University of Cincinnati, 2600 Clifton Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio 45221. Term: 1/15/2008 – 8/31/2010
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M. Carmel Borders - President, Tapestry Foundation, 1717 West 6th Street, Suite 460, Austin, TX 78703
Donald D. Deshler - Director, Center for Research on Learning, University of Kansas, 1122 West Campus Road, 518 JRP, Lawrence, KS 66045
Blanca E. Enriquez - Executive Director Head Start Program, Region 19 Education Service Center, 11670 Chito Samaniego, El Paso, TX 79936
Carol C. Gambill - Education Consultant, 1427 Willowbrooke Circle, Franklin, TN 37069
William T. Hiller - Executive Director, Martha Holden Jennings Foundation, The Halle Building, 1228 Euclid Avenue, Ste. 710, Cleveland, OH 44115
Eliza McFadden - President, Volunteer Florida Foundation, 401 South Monroe Street, Tallahassee, FL 32301
Juan R. Olivarez - President, Grand Rapids Community College, 143 Bostwick, N.E., Grand Rapids, MI 49503
Timothy Shanahan - Professor of Urban Education, Director of the UIC Center for Literacy. University of Illinois at Chicago, 1223 EPASW, College of Education, 1040 W. Harrison M/C 147, Chicago, IL 60607
Richard K. Wagner - Binet Professor of Psychology, Department of Psychology, Associate Director, Florida Center for Reading Research
Florida State University, 741 General Classroom Bldg., Tallahassee, FL 32306
Florida State University, 741 General Classroom Bldg., Tallahassee, FL 32306
Staff Directory
Director’s Office
Business Operations
Program Staff
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Staff
John Silvanus Wilson, Jr. - Executive Director
400 Maryland Avenue, SW, Suite 4C134; Washington, DC 20202 Telephone: (202) 453-5634, Fax: (202) 453-5632
400 Maryland Avenue, SW, Suite 4C134; Washington, DC 20202 Telephone: (202) 453-5634, Fax: (202) 453-5632
Ronald E. Blakely – Associate Director, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW, Suite 4C132, Washington, DC 20202 Telephone: (202) 453-5622, Fax: (202) 453-5632, E-mail: Ron.Blakely@ed.gov
John P. Brown – Associate Director, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW, Suite 4C130, Washington, DC 20202, Telephone: (202) 453-5645, Fax: (202) 453-5632, E-mail: John.Brown@ed.gov
Karen Epps – Senior Program Manager, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW, Suite 4C128, Washington, DC 20202, Telephone: (202) 453-5624, Fax: (202) 453-5632, E-mail: Karen.Epps@ed.gov
Meldon Hollis – Associate Director, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW, Suite 4C126, Washington, DC 20202, Telephone: (202) 453-5626, Fax: (202) 453-5632, E-mail: meldon.hollis@ed.gov
Columbus “Chris” Lee – Management and Program Analyst, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW, Suite 4C124, Washington, DC 20202, Telephone: (202) 453-5627, Fax: (202) 453-5632, E-mail: Columbus.Lee@ed.gov
Shirley Thomas – Program Assistant, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW, Suite 4C120, Washington, DC 20202, Telephone: (202) 453-5630, Fax: (202) 453-5632, E-mail: Shirley.Thomas@ed.gov
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Ron His Horse is Thunder of Fort Yates, North Dakota – Chairman [bio]
Eddie F. Brown of Chesterfield, Missouri [bio]
Karen Comeau of Lawrence, Kansas [bio]
S. Verna Fowler of Wisconsin [bio]
Joseph G. Hiller of Arizona [bio]
Deborah His Horse is Thunder of Fort Yates, North Dakota [bio]
Kathryn L. Isaacson of Albuquerque, New Mexico [bio]
Daniel G. Keating of Tulsa, Oklahoma [bio]
Martha A. McLeod of Brimley, Michigan [bio]
Carl M. Morgan, Jr. of Juneau, Alaska [bio]
Richard D. Stephens of California [bio]
Edward K. Thomas of Alaska [bio]
Della C. Warrior of Santa Fe, New Mexico [bio]
Richard B. Williams of Broomfield, Colorado [bio]
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David Long (Chairman)
Superintendent
Riverside County Public Schools
Superintendent
Riverside County Public Schools
Kim Dude
Director of the Wellness Resource Center
University of Missouri-Columbia
Director of the Wellness Resource Center
University of Missouri-Columbia
Frederick E. Ellis
Director
Office of Safety and Security
Fairfax County Public Schools
Director
Office of Safety and Security
Fairfax County Public Schools
Michael J. Herrmann
Executive Director
Office of School Safety/Learning Support
Tennessee Department of Education
Executive Director
Office of School Safety/Learning Support
Tennessee Department of Education
Montean Jackson
Safe and Drug Free Schools Coordinator
Fairbanks North Star Borough School District
Safe and Drug Free Schools Coordinator
Fairbanks North Star Borough School District
Russell T. Jones
Professor of Psychology
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University
Department of Psychology
Professor of Psychology
Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University
Department of Psychology
Tommy Ledbetter
Principal
Buckhorn High School
Principal
Buckhorn High School
William Modzeleski
Acting Assistant Deputy Secretary
Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools
U.S. Department of Education
Acting Assistant Deputy Secretary
Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools
U.S. Department of Education
J. Robert Flores
Administrator
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
US Department of Justice
Administrator
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
US Department of Justice
Ralph Hingson
Director
Division of Epidemiology and Prevention Research Branch
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Director
Division of Epidemiology and Prevention Research Branch
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Susan Keys
Chief
Prevention Initiatives and Priority Programs Branch
Division of Prevention, Traumatic Stress and Special Programs
Center for Mental Health Services
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Health and Human Service
Chief
Prevention Initiatives and Priority Programs Branch
Division of Prevention, Traumatic Stress and Special Programs
Center for Mental Health Services
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Health and Human Service
Bertha Madras
Deputy Director, Demand Reduction
Executive Office of the President
Office of National Drug Control Policy
Deputy Director, Demand Reduction
Executive Office of the President
Office of National Drug Control Policy
Dennis Romero
Acting Center Director
Center for Substance Abuse and Prevention
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Health and Human Service
Acting Center Director
Center for Substance Abuse and Prevention
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
Health and Human Service
Belinda E. Sims
Prevention Research Branch
Division of Epidemiology, Services and Prevention Research
National Institute on Drug Abuse
National Institute of Health
Prevention Research Branch
Division of Epidemiology, Services and Prevention Research
National Institute on Drug Abuse
National Institute of Health
Howell Wechsler
Director of Division of Adolescent and School Health
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Director of Division of Adolescent and School Health
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Operational Committees
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Marina C. McCarthy
Commission Chair
Educational Consultant
Associate, Davis Center, Harvard University
Massachusetts
Commission Chair
Educational Consultant
Associate, Davis Center, Harvard University
Massachusetts
José M. Amaya
Diversity Program Manager, Rockwell Collins, Inc.
Iowa
Diversity Program Manager, Rockwell Collins, Inc.
Iowa
Michael A. Caplin
Chairman, Phoenix Project Nonprofit Leadership Program
President, Turtle Island Group, LLC
President, The New York Center for Children
Virginia
Chairman, Phoenix Project Nonprofit Leadership Program
President, Turtle Island Group, LLC
President, The New York Center for Children
Virginia
Martha Darling
Education Policy Consultant
Michigan
Education Policy Consultant
Michigan
I. King Jordan
President Emeritus, Gallaudet University
Maryland
President Emeritus, Gallaudet University
Maryland
Colin Crowell Kippen
Executive Director, Native Hawaiian Education Council
Hawaii
Executive Director, Native Hawaiian Education Council
Hawaii
Reginald Lewis
Former City Administrator, East Orange, New Jersey
New Jersey
Former City Administrator, East Orange, New Jersey
New Jersey
Yvette Lewis
Creator/Performer, SO THIS IS OPERA
Teaching Artist, Maryland State Arts Council and the Strathmore Hall Performing Arts Center
Maryland
Creator/Performer, SO THIS IS OPERA
Teaching Artist, Maryland State Arts Council and the Strathmore Hall Performing Arts Center
Maryland
Sheldon Pang
Vice Chairman, Royal Bank of Canada Capital Markets
Connecticut
Vice Chairman, Royal Bank of Canada Capital Markets
Connecticut
Srinija Srinivasan
Former Vice President, Editor in Chief, YAHOO! Inc.
California
Former Vice President, Editor in Chief, YAHOO! Inc.
California
Donald M. Stewart
Visiting Professor, The University of Chicago’s Harris School of Public Policy Studies
Retired Chief Executive Officer, The Chicago Community Trust
Illinois
Visiting Professor, The University of Chicago’s Harris School of Public Policy Studies
Retired Chief Executive Officer, The Chicago Community Trust
Illinois
Cynthia Ann Telles
Director, UCLA Spanish Speaking Psychosocial Clinic, Neuropsychiatric Institute and Hospital, UCLA School of Medicine
Associate Clinical Professor, UCLA School of Medicine
California
Director, UCLA Spanish Speaking Psychosocial Clinic, Neuropsychiatric Institute and Hospital, UCLA School of Medicine
Associate Clinical Professor, UCLA School of Medicine
California
Sarah Brown Wessling
2010 National Teacher of the Year
2010 National Teacher of the Year
Iowa
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Contact: Anthony Fowler, Acting Executive Director (202) 401-3673
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Contact: Cosette Ryan, Executive Director (202) 502-7637
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Contact: Melissa Lewis-Executive Director (202) 219-7009
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Independent Organizations Affiliated with ED
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Contact: Lawrence Roffee (202) 272-0800
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Current Board Members (2009–2010)
Honorable David P. Driscoll, Chair
David Driscoll is the 22nd Commissioner of Education in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts from 1998 to 2007. Commissioner Driscoll has a 43-year career in public education and educational leadership. A former secondary school mathematics teacher, he was named Melrose Assistant Superintendent in 1972 and Superintendent of Schools in the same community in 1984. He served in that role until 1993, when he was appointed Massachusetts Deputy Commissioner of Education, just days after the state’s Education Reform Act was signed into law. He became Interim Commissioner of Education on July 1, 1998, and was named Commissioner on March 10, 1999. Dr. Driscoll is currently the Outgoing President of the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO), and serves on the board of the National Assessment Governing Board (NAGB).
David Driscoll is the 22nd Commissioner of Education in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts from 1998 to 2007. Commissioner Driscoll has a 43-year career in public education and educational leadership. A former secondary school mathematics teacher, he was named Melrose Assistant Superintendent in 1972 and Superintendent of Schools in the same community in 1984. He served in that role until 1993, when he was appointed Massachusetts Deputy Commissioner of Education, just days after the state’s Education Reform Act was signed into law. He became Interim Commissioner of Education on July 1, 1998, and was named Commissioner on March 10, 1999. Dr. Driscoll is currently the Outgoing President of the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO), and serves on the board of the National Assessment Governing Board (NAGB).
Amanda P. Avallone, Vice Chair
Amanda Avallone is the Assistant Principal for Curriculum and Instruction and an 8th grade English/Language Arts teacher at Summit Middle School. She has worked as a teacher, administrator, and curriculum writer since 1985 in public, independent, and charter schools, as well as in corporate settings. At Summit Middle, where she has worked since 1996, she teaches English IV and Literacy, and is responsible for Professional Development and teacher training.
Amanda Avallone is the Assistant Principal for Curriculum and Instruction and an 8th grade English/Language Arts teacher at Summit Middle School. She has worked as a teacher, administrator, and curriculum writer since 1985 in public, independent, and charter schools, as well as in corporate settings. At Summit Middle, where she has worked since 1996, she teaches English IV and Literacy, and is responsible for Professional Development and teacher training.
David J. Alukonis
David Alukonis is the owner of a small business that focuses on commercial real estate development and management. He is former Chairman of the Hudson School Board, where he was responsible for leadership, coordination, strategic planning and budgeting for New Hampshire’s ninth largest school district. Mr. Alukonis is also a former Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee of the New Hampshire House of Representatives where he served as a State Representative.
David Alukonis is the owner of a small business that focuses on commercial real estate development and management. He is former Chairman of the Hudson School Board, where he was responsible for leadership, coordination, strategic planning and budgeting for New Hampshire’s ninth largest school district. Mr. Alukonis is also a former Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee of the New Hampshire House of Representatives where he served as a State Representative.
Louis Fabrizio
Louis Fabrizio is the Director of Accountability Policy & Communications in the Division of Accountability Services at the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction. He is responsible for policy development and communications related to the state’s ABCs Accountability Program, the statewide testing program, and the state’s accountability and assessment plans for No Child Left Behind (NCLB). Dr. Fabrizio worked for CTB/McGraw-Hill for many years as a testing consultant.
Louis Fabrizio is the Director of Accountability Policy & Communications in the Division of Accountability Services at the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction. He is responsible for policy development and communications related to the state’s ABCs Accountability Program, the statewide testing program, and the state’s accountability and assessment plans for No Child Left Behind (NCLB). Dr. Fabrizio worked for CTB/McGraw-Hill for many years as a testing consultant.
Honorable Anitere Flores
Anitere Flores is a Florida legislator (R-Miami) who has represented District 114 in the Florida House of Representatives since 2004. Ms. Flores served as Education Council Policy Chief from 2000-2002 in the state House and has advised Gov. Jeb Bush on statewide policies. From 2002-2004, Ms. Flores served as Director of State Relations for Florida International University.
Anitere Flores is a Florida legislator (R-Miami) who has represented District 114 in the Florida House of Representatives since 2004. Ms. Flores served as Education Council Policy Chief from 2000-2002 in the state House and has advised Gov. Jeb Bush on statewide policies. From 2002-2004, Ms. Flores served as Director of State Relations for Florida International University.
Alan J. Friedman
Alan Friedman is a consultant in the areas of museum development and science communication. He has consulted for over sixty institutions around the world. From 1984 to 2006, Dr. Friedman was the Director and CEO of the New York Hall of Science. He served as Conseiller Scientifique et Muséologique for the Cité des Sciences et de l’industrie Paris, and was the Director of Astronomy and Physics at the Lawrence Hall of Science, University of California, Berkeley.
Alan Friedman is a consultant in the areas of museum development and science communication. He has consulted for over sixty institutions around the world. From 1984 to 2006, Dr. Friedman was the Director and CEO of the New York Hall of Science. He served as Conseiller Scientifique et Muséologique for the Cité des Sciences et de l’industrie Paris, and was the Director of Astronomy and Physics at the Lawrence Hall of Science, University of California, Berkeley.
David W. Gordon
David Gordon is Sacramento County Superintendent of Schools providing direct and support services to more than 235,000 students. Previously, he was Superintendent of the 62,000 student Elk Grove Unified School District. Mr. Gordon worked for 17 years at the California Department of Education as Deputy State Superintendent of Public Instruction; Associate Superintendent for Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment, and as Assistant Director of Program Evaluation and Research. He has a statewide and national reputation as an innovator in areas such as assessment, teacher education, and special education.
David Gordon is Sacramento County Superintendent of Schools providing direct and support services to more than 235,000 students. Previously, he was Superintendent of the 62,000 student Elk Grove Unified School District. Mr. Gordon worked for 17 years at the California Department of Education as Deputy State Superintendent of Public Instruction; Associate Superintendent for Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment, and as Assistant Director of Program Evaluation and Research. He has a statewide and national reputation as an innovator in areas such as assessment, teacher education, and special education.
Doris Hicks
Doris Hicks is Principal and CEO of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Charter School for Science and Technology in New Orleans—the first public school to open in the city’s devastated Lower Ninth Ward after Hurricane Katrina. Ms. Hicks has contributed to the New Orleans public school system in numerous roles over the years, serving as an elementary school principal, area superintendent, teacher, and reading consultant. She has also served as president of the Principal’s Association of New Orleans Public Schools, the Louisiana Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, and the New Orleans Council of the International Reading Association.
Doris Hicks is Principal and CEO of the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Charter School for Science and Technology in New Orleans—the first public school to open in the city’s devastated Lower Ninth Ward after Hurricane Katrina. Ms. Hicks has contributed to the New Orleans public school system in numerous roles over the years, serving as an elementary school principal, area superintendent, teacher, and reading consultant. She has also served as president of the Principal’s Association of New Orleans Public Schools, the Louisiana Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development, and the New Orleans Council of the International Reading Association.
Kathi M. King
Kathi King is the Mathematics Department Chair and 12th grade mathematics teacher at Messalonskee High School in Oakland, Maine. She has over 32 years of teaching experience in California, New York and Maine. Ms. King’s teaching responsibilities include Advanced Placement Calculus AB and BC. As department chair she has fostered the creation of courses in robotics and pre-engineering. In addition, Ms. King is currently working with the district vertical math team to create a seamless mathematics curriculum including an online mathematics program capitalizing on the Maine Laptop Initiative.
Kathi King is the Mathematics Department Chair and 12th grade mathematics teacher at Messalonskee High School in Oakland, Maine. She has over 32 years of teaching experience in California, New York and Maine. Ms. King’s teaching responsibilities include Advanced Placement Calculus AB and BC. As department chair she has fostered the creation of courses in robotics and pre-engineering. In addition, Ms. King is currently working with the district vertical math team to create a seamless mathematics curriculum including an online mathematics program capitalizing on the Maine Laptop Initiative.
Kim Kozbial-Hess
Kim Kozbial-Hess is a fourth grade teacher on special assignment working in two schools in the Toledo, Ohio city school district. As an Educational Technology Trainer, she trains teachers on acquiring and analyzing state testing data for their schools and classrooms. She also is responsible for professional development with instructional technology.
Kim Kozbial-Hess is a fourth grade teacher on special assignment working in two schools in the Toledo, Ohio city school district. As an Educational Technology Trainer, she trains teachers on acquiring and analyzing state testing data for their schools and classrooms. She also is responsible for professional development with instructional technology.
Henry Kranendonk
Henry Kranendonk is a Mathematics Curriculum Specialist for the Milwaukee Public Schools, and Co-Principal Investigator for the Milwaukee Mathematics Partnership, a project funded by the National Science Foundation. He has spent more than 37 years with Milwaukee Public Schools, initially serving as a mathematics and computer science teacher. Mr. Kranendonk’s publications include high school mathematics textbooks, statistics books for professional development, and mathematics journal articles. He has served for over 20 years as a computer science teacher leader and assistant examiner for the International Baccalaureate (IB) Program, having conducted IB workshops in the U.S., Europe, and Africa.
Henry Kranendonk is a Mathematics Curriculum Specialist for the Milwaukee Public Schools, and Co-Principal Investigator for the Milwaukee Mathematics Partnership, a project funded by the National Science Foundation. He has spent more than 37 years with Milwaukee Public Schools, initially serving as a mathematics and computer science teacher. Mr. Kranendonk’s publications include high school mathematics textbooks, statistics books for professional development, and mathematics journal articles. He has served for over 20 years as a computer science teacher leader and assistant examiner for the International Baccalaureate (IB) Program, having conducted IB workshops in the U.S., Europe, and Africa.
Tonya Miles
Tonya Miles is the Chief Departmental Administrator in the Office of the General Counsel for the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission. A parent of three children who are Maryland public school students, Ms. Miles is a former member of the Maryland State Board of Education and a long-time PTA member and officer. Ms. Miles also worked for the Association of American Medical Colleges as an administrator for the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT). She also is a former central office administrator for both the Prince George’s County and the Baltimore City public school districts.
Tonya Miles is the Chief Departmental Administrator in the Office of the General Counsel for the Maryland-National Capital Park and Planning Commission. A parent of three children who are Maryland public school students, Ms. Miles is a former member of the Maryland State Board of Education and a long-time PTA member and officer. Ms. Miles also worked for the Association of American Medical Colleges as an administrator for the Medical College Admission Test (MCAT). She also is a former central office administrator for both the Prince George’s County and the Baltimore City public school districts.
Honorable Steven L. Paine
Steven Paine is the West Virginia State Superintendent of Schools. He joined the state Department of Education in 2003 as Deputy Superintendent of Schools after serving as county superintendent in Morgan County, West Virginia. Under the leadership of Dr. Paine, West Virginia has been internationally and nationally recognized for its 21st Century Learning and Teaching program, Pre-K programs, school technology implementation, school leadership development programs, reading initiatives and teacher quality efforts. In addition to his role with the National Assessment Governing Board, Dr. Paine is active in national education policy discussions as a member of the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) Board of Directors.
Steven Paine is the West Virginia State Superintendent of Schools. He joined the state Department of Education in 2003 as Deputy Superintendent of Schools after serving as county superintendent in Morgan County, West Virginia. Under the leadership of Dr. Paine, West Virginia has been internationally and nationally recognized for its 21st Century Learning and Teaching program, Pre-K programs, school technology implementation, school leadership development programs, reading initiatives and teacher quality efforts. In addition to his role with the National Assessment Governing Board, Dr. Paine is active in national education policy discussions as a member of the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) Board of Directors.
Honorable Sonny Perdue
Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue has invested in long-term school reforms by bringing a new level of accountability to education in Georgia and working to increase the high school graduation rate and students’ preparedness for college and careers. Governor Perdue has also pushed for the development of a comprehensive longitudinal data system and supported measures to enhance the comparability of student achievement at national and international levels. A former state senator, he was elected in November 2002 as the first Republican to serve as Georgia’s governor since 1872.
Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue has invested in long-term school reforms by bringing a new level of accountability to education in Georgia and working to increase the high school graduation rate and students’ preparedness for college and careers. Governor Perdue has also pushed for the development of a comprehensive longitudinal data system and supported measures to enhance the comparability of student achievement at national and international levels. A former state senator, he was elected in November 2002 as the first Republican to serve as Georgia’s governor since 1872.
Susan Pimentel
Susan Pimentel is an education analyst and standards and curriculum specialist with established credentials in building consensus among diverse constituents. For close to three decades, Dr. Pimentel’s work has focused on helping communities, districts and states work together to advance enduring education reform and champion proven tools for increasing academic rigor, including standard setting, curriculum building, assessment alignment, and teacher development and evaluation systems. Since 2001, Dr. Pimentel has served as Senior Policy Consultant to the American Diploma Project (ADP) – designed to close the gap between high school demands and postsecondary expectations. The ADP Network has grown to serve 33 states that are responsible for educating almost 80 percent of our nation’s public high school students.
Susan Pimentel is an education analyst and standards and curriculum specialist with established credentials in building consensus among diverse constituents. For close to three decades, Dr. Pimentel’s work has focused on helping communities, districts and states work together to advance enduring education reform and champion proven tools for increasing academic rigor, including standard setting, curriculum building, assessment alignment, and teacher development and evaluation systems. Since 2001, Dr. Pimentel has served as Senior Policy Consultant to the American Diploma Project (ADP) – designed to close the gap between high school demands and postsecondary expectations. The ADP Network has grown to serve 33 states that are responsible for educating almost 80 percent of our nation’s public high school students.
W. James Popham
Since 1991, Dr. Popham has served as Professor Emeritus of the Graduate School of Education and Information Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles. Before this appointment, he served more than 30 years as a teacher and a professor. A prolific author of hundreds of books, reports, and journal articles related to instruction and assessment, Dr. Popham has been a professor at UCLA since 1962. He has won numerous accolades, including recognition by UCLA Today as one of the top 20 professors of the 20th century, and the Award for Career Contributions to Educational Measurement presented in 2002 by the National Council on Measurement in Education.
Since 1991, Dr. Popham has served as Professor Emeritus of the Graduate School of Education and Information Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles. Before this appointment, he served more than 30 years as a teacher and a professor. A prolific author of hundreds of books, reports, and journal articles related to instruction and assessment, Dr. Popham has been a professor at UCLA since 1962. He has won numerous accolades, including recognition by UCLA Today as one of the top 20 professors of the 20th century, and the Award for Career Contributions to Educational Measurement presented in 2002 by the National Council on Measurement in Education.
Andrew C. Porter
Andrew Porter is Dean and George and Diane Weiss Professor of Education at the University of Pennsylvania, Graduate School of Education. Before his current post, he was a professor at Vanderbilt University, the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Michigan State University. Dr. Porter is an educational psychologist and psychometrician who has made significant contributions in education policy. Most notably, he has published widely in journals on student assessment, accountability, standards-based curricula, and quality teaching.
Andrew Porter is Dean and George and Diane Weiss Professor of Education at the University of Pennsylvania, Graduate School of Education. Before his current post, he was a professor at Vanderbilt University, the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and Michigan State University. Dr. Porter is an educational psychologist and psychometrician who has made significant contributions in education policy. Most notably, he has published widely in journals on student assessment, accountability, standards-based curricula, and quality teaching.
Warren T. Smith, Sr.
Warren Smith is the Vice President of Washington State Board of Education, and he has served on the State Board for eight years. Mr. Smith served as the President of the Washington State Board of Education in 2004. He was the president, vice president and legislative representative for the Bethel School District from 1986 to 1999. Mr. Smith has served in various capacities with the Washington State School Directors Association’s (WSSDA) executive board, including president, president-elect and vice president. On the national level he was a delegate to the National School Board Association (NSBA). With NSBA, Mr. Smith was the Pacific Region Chair, the Federal Relations Network chair and served with the Government Relations Regional Conference. Mr. Smith has been a champion for an equitable education for all students for more than 22 years.
Warren Smith is the Vice President of Washington State Board of Education, and he has served on the State Board for eight years. Mr. Smith served as the President of the Washington State Board of Education in 2004. He was the president, vice president and legislative representative for the Bethel School District from 1986 to 1999. Mr. Smith has served in various capacities with the Washington State School Directors Association’s (WSSDA) executive board, including president, president-elect and vice president. On the national level he was a delegate to the National School Board Association (NSBA). With NSBA, Mr. Smith was the Pacific Region Chair, the Federal Relations Network chair and served with the Government Relations Regional Conference. Mr. Smith has been a champion for an equitable education for all students for more than 22 years.
Mary Frances Taymans, SND
Sister Mary Frances Taymans was formerly the Executive Director of the Secondary School Department of National Catholic Educational Association (NCEA) where she directed the comprehensive agenda of the department and works particularly in the areas of mission, research, leadership and advocacy. Sr. Taymans served as the assistant superintendent for high schools in the Archdiocese of Washington, DC, principal of Cardinal Gibbons High School in North Carolina and Clearwater Central Catholic High School in Florida. She has taught as an adjunct at The George Washington University and the University of Dayton.
Sister Mary Frances Taymans was formerly the Executive Director of the Secondary School Department of National Catholic Educational Association (NCEA) where she directed the comprehensive agenda of the department and works particularly in the areas of mission, research, leadership and advocacy. Sr. Taymans served as the assistant superintendent for high schools in the Archdiocese of Washington, DC, principal of Cardinal Gibbons High School in North Carolina and Clearwater Central Catholic High School in Florida. She has taught as an adjunct at The George Washington University and the University of Dayton.
Oscar A. Troncoso
Oscar Troncoso is the Principal at Anthony High School in El Paso, Texas. He is the former principal at Socorro High School and the Assistant Principal at Americas High School and William Slider Middle School. Mr. Troncoso was a former teacher of English and English Language Learners at Socorro High School and Riverside Middle School in El Paso, Texas. Mr. Troncoso is currently working on his Ph.D. at New Mexico State University in Las Cruces, New Mexico, majoring in Curriculum and Instruction.
Oscar Troncoso is the Principal at Anthony High School in El Paso, Texas. He is the former principal at Socorro High School and the Assistant Principal at Americas High School and William Slider Middle School. Mr. Troncoso was a former teacher of English and English Language Learners at Socorro High School and Riverside Middle School in El Paso, Texas. Mr. Troncoso is currently working on his Ph.D. at New Mexico State University in Las Cruces, New Mexico, majoring in Curriculum and Instruction.
Honorable Leticia Van de Putte
Leticia Van de Putte, a pharmacist for 30 years, is now serving her fifth term as a Texas State Senator for District 26, which represents a large portion of San Antonio. She became chair of the Texas Senate Democratic Caucus in 2003 and was nominated as co-chair of the 2008 Democratic National Convention. Sen. Van de Putte has held many leadership roles related to education issues. During her tenure as president of the National Hispanic Council of State Legislatures, she presided over a strategic partnership with the National Black Caucus of State Legislatures to address the student racial achievement gap. And during her term as president of the National Conference of State Legislatures, education became a large focus of the organization’s policy agenda.
Leticia Van de Putte, a pharmacist for 30 years, is now serving her fifth term as a Texas State Senator for District 26, which represents a large portion of San Antonio. She became chair of the Texas Senate Democratic Caucus in 2003 and was nominated as co-chair of the 2008 Democratic National Convention. Sen. Van de Putte has held many leadership roles related to education issues. During her tenure as president of the National Hispanic Council of State Legislatures, she presided over a strategic partnership with the National Black Caucus of State Legislatures to address the student racial achievement gap. And during her term as president of the National Conference of State Legislatures, education became a large focus of the organization’s policy agenda.
Eileen Weiser
Eileen Weiser is a civic leader with national and local service. Ms. Weiser previously served on the Governing Board from 2003-2007 as a state board of education representative before being newly appointed in 2008. She also served eight years as a Michigan Board of Education member, leading substantive policy decisions on such issues a state compliance for No Child Left Behind before stepping down in 2006. And from 1998-2001, Ms. Weiser was executive director of the McKinley Foundation, a nonprofit that created and managed various community projects including literacy efforts and curriculum reform.
Eileen Weiser is a civic leader with national and local service. Ms. Weiser previously served on the Governing Board from 2003-2007 as a state board of education representative before being newly appointed in 2008. She also served eight years as a Michigan Board of Education member, leading substantive policy decisions on such issues a state compliance for No Child Left Behind before stepping down in 2006. And from 1998-2001, Ms. Weiser was executive director of the McKinley Foundation, a nonprofit that created and managed various community projects including literacy efforts and curriculum reform.
Darvin M. Winick
Darvin Winick is President of Winick & Associates, and a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Texas, Austin, College of Education. Dr. Winick, a psychologist and career organizational consultant, has been active in Texas education policy since the early 1980s. He helped found the Texas Business and Education Coalition, an Austin-based group that has played an influential role in shaping and promoting education legislation in the state.
Darvin Winick is President of Winick & Associates, and a Senior Research Fellow at the University of Texas, Austin, College of Education. Dr. Winick, a psychologist and career organizational consultant, has been active in Texas education policy since the early 1980s. He helped found the Texas Business and Education Coalition, an Austin-based group that has played an influential role in shaping and promoting education legislation in the state.
Ex-officio Member
John Q. Easton
Director
Institute of Education Sciences
U.S. Department of Education
Washington, DC
John Q. Easton
Director
Institute of Education Sciences
U.S. Department of Education
Washington, DC
Former Board Members
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