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2019 National Forum on Education Policy Roster of Participants JULY 8, 2019 ALABAMA Stephanie Bell Alabama State Board of Education Elisabeth Davis Alabama State Department of Education Pamela Fossett Alabama Education Association Eric Mackey Alabama State Department of Education Arthur Orr Alabama State Senate Zestlan Simmons State Teacher of the Year, Booker T. Washington Magnet High School Subrena Simpkins Alabama Commission on Higher Education Lisa Woodard School Superintendents of Alabama ALASKA Deena Bishop Anchorage School District James Fields Alaska Board of Education and Early Development Michael Johnson Alaska Department of Education and Early Development Nancy Norman Norman Consultant Services Patrina (Danielle) Riha State Teacher of the Year, Alaska Native Culture Charter School Andi Story Alaska House of Representatives AMERICAN SAMOA Jordanna Maga State Teacher of the Year, Tafuna High School ARIZONA Ylenia Aguilar UnidosUS Sylvia Allen Arizona State Senate Catcher Baden Arizona State Board of Education Joshua Barnett National Institute for Excellence in Teaching Jill Broussard Arizona State Board of Education Christine Burton Burton Family Foundation Whitney Chapa Arizona Board of Regents Terri Clark Read On Arizona Sarah Giles Office of the Governor Kathy Hoffman Arizona Department of Education Carolyn Kozlak Arizona Deptartmentof Education Janice Mak Arizona State Board of Education Janice Palmer Helios Education Foundation Carlo Salerno CampusLogic Kimberly Tobey National Association of Community College Teacher Education Programs Lyn White Western Governors University Glenn Wike Arizona Community Foundation Alicia Williams Arizona State Board of Education Rachel Yanof Achieve60AZ ARKANSAS Adrienne Beck Arkansas Bureau of Legislative Research Lance Eads Arkansas State Senate Bill Gossage Office of the Governor Terri Hardy TNH Educational Consulting, Inc. Mike Leach Arkansas Community Colleges Taylor Loyd Arkansas Bureau of Legislative Research Maria Markham Arkansas Department of Higher Education Caleb Offley Walton Family Foundation Ivy Pfeffer Arkansas Department of Education Allison Roberts Office of the Governor Jessie Walker Arkansas Department of Higher Education Gina Windle Arkansas Department of Education CALIFORNIA Lande Ajose Office of the Governor Lupita Alcala California Department of Education Janet Auer Chevron Corporation Guy Berger LinkedIn Christopher Cross FourPoint Education Partners Mike Fee Spotlight Ken Kapphahn California Legislative Analyst’s Office Chris Mathias University of California, Santa Cruz Christian Osmena California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office Rosanne Reid Teacher of the Year, Northgate High School Ilene Straus California State Board of Education Edward Lee Vargas AVID Center Daniel Ward Language Magazine Shirley Weber California State Assembly Terry Whitney The College Board Ken Woods The College Board COLORADO Joshua Abram Colorado Legislative Council Taishya Adams American Institutes for Research Katy Anthes Colorado Department of Education Angela Baber TIES Amie Baca-Oehlert Colorado Education Association Justin Bankey Colorado Department of Education Bennett Boggs National Conference of State Legislatures Colleen Brooks National Conference of State Legislatures Carla Cariño Colorado Department of Education Carol Carter GlobalMindED Natalie Cole Colorado Education Association Meg Cypress Teacher of the Year, Bradley International School Angela De Los Santos Diligent Sunny Deye National Conference of State Legislatures Michelle Exstrom National Conference of State Legislatures Ashley Farris Colorado Department of Education Anji Gallanos Colorado Department of Education Anna Gerstle Colorado Legislative Council Eric Godin State Higher Education Executive Officers David Goldberg CSMlearn Nate Golich Colorado Education Association Bill Jaeger Colorado Children's Campaign Gina Johnson National Center for Higher Education Management Systems Melinda Karp Phase Two Advisory Kristie Kauerz National P-3 Center Allie Kimmel Office of the Governor Zac Koch National Center for Higher Education Management Systems Rachel Kurtz-Phelan Colorado Legislative Council Sophia Laderman State Higher Education Executive Officers Sarah Leibrandt Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education Meghan MacKillop Colorado Legislative Council Jo Martell ACT, Inc. Jennifer Meller Public Consulting Group John Myers J L Myers Consulting Jocelyn Nguyen-Reed Colorado Department of Education Jennifer Norford Marzano Research Laboratory Timothy ODonnell University of Denver Colleen O'Neil Colorado Department of Education Angie Paccione Colorado Department of Higher Education Danette Parsley Marzano Research Nathan Pearsall Colorado Department of Education Alli Phillips PAIRIN Jared Polis Governor of Colorado Bob Rankin Colorado House of Representatives Joyce Rankin Colorado State Board of Education Morgan Rezac Sturm Family Foundation Cynthia Rimmer Colorado Department of Education Shelby Ross Colorado Legislative Legal Services Misti Ruthven Colorado Department of Education Dan Schaller Colorado League of Charter Schools Katelyn Sedelmyer ICF Lang Sias Former, Colorado House of Representatives Emily Sirota Colorado House of Representatives Emily Sturm Sturm Family Foundation Nancy Todd Colorado State Senate Nichole Torpey-Saboe Strada Education Network Bruce Vandal Bruce Vandal Consulting Marilyn Villalobos National Conference of State Legislatures Robin Wisniewski RTI International Megan Witucki Colorado Department of Education Sarah Zauner The Ada Center CONNECTICUT Steven Hernandez Connecticut Commission On Women, Children & Seniors; Commission on Equity & Opportunity DELAWARE Jenna Ahner Delaware State Board of Education Earl Jaques Delaware House of Representatives Luke Rhine Delaware Department of Education DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Angela Adkins United Negro College Fund Jonathan Alfuth National Governors Association Hannah Bartlebaugh College Board Allison Beer Association of Community College Trustees Tori Bell ExcelinEd Jenn Bell-Ellwanger Data Quality Campaign Steve Bowen Council of Chief State School Officers Jodie Buenning bulb Digital Portfolios Morgan Bush United Negro College Fund Maia Cotelo College Board John Denning Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation David DeSchryver Whiteboard Advisors Anna Edwards Whiteboard Advisors James Edward U.S. Department of Education Janel George Learning Policy Institute Taliah Givens United Negro College Fund Alison Griffin Whiteboard Advisors John-Paul Hayworth DC State Board of Education Tamara Hill United Negro College Fund Claice Jackson United Negro College Fund Gregory Kienzl ACT, Inc. Christopher Kratzer ACT, Inc. Lisa Lachlan American Institutes for Research Richard Lee ACT, Inc. Reg Leichty Foresight Law + Policy Shannon Litton Educational Testing Service Mandy Manning 2018 National Teacher of the Year Lesley Muldoon National Assessment Governing Board Niranjan Murali DC Office of the State Superintendent of Education Jazmyne Owens National Urban League RA Patterson National Education Association Shanna Peeples Council of Chief State School Officers Michael Petrilli Thomas B. 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