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2016 Winter Commissioners Meeting Roster

ALASKA Christopher Cross Nancy Norman Distinguished Senior Fellow Education Consultant Cross & Joftus, LLC Norman Consultant Services Debbie Feinberg Hon. Gary Stevens Senior Director of Marketing, Communications Member, Senate Education Committee and Development Alaska State Senate AVID Center

ALABAMA Erika Hughes Director of Corporate Affairs Stephanie Bell LessonLab a Pearson Education Company Member Alabama State Board of Education Leslie Schwarze Strategic Partnerships Director Sally Howell Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Executive Director Alabama Association of School Boards Steve Silberman Executive Vice President Caroline Novak AVID Center President A+ Education Partnership COLORADO

ARIZONA Rachel Christeson NCHEMS Dr. Terri Hardy President Kerrie Dallman TNH Educational Consulting, Inc. President Colorado Education Association Anthony Owen Coordinator of Computer Science Diane Duffy Arkansas Department of Education Interim Executive Director CO. Dept. of Higher Education Janice Palmer Vice President & Director of Policy Lisa Escarcega Helios Education Foundation Executive Director CASE CALIFORNIA William Cirone Joe Garcia County Superintendent of Schools President Santa Barbara County Education Office Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education

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COLORADO – cont. Kati Haycock Bryan Goodwin President Vice President Communications and Marketing Education Trust Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning (McREL) Chuck Melley Vice President, U.S. Government Relations Evy Jackson Pearson Education Education Policy Advisor State of Colorado Eric Rodriguez Vice President Sally Johnstone National Council of La Raza President NCHEMS Dr. Aaliyah Samuel Senior Policy Analyst for Early Learning Dale Lewis National Governors Association Executive Director, Client Solutions McREL International Nancy Segal Executive Director of Government and External Christopher Mullin Relations Consultant Educational Testing Service

Brian Prescott John Gooden National Center for Higher Education President Management Systems M. Davis & Sons, Inc.

Christopher Scolari Policy Advisor Donna Johnson Western Governors' Association Executive Director State Board of Education Dana Smith Chief Communications Officer Hon. Colorado Department of Education Chair, Senate Education Committee Matthew Weyer Policy Specialist FLORIDA National Conference of State Legislatures Lizzette Reynolds Vice President, Policy DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Foundation for Excellence in Education Chad Aldeman Principal GEORGIA Bellwether Education Partners Kenneth Bergman Chief Legal Officer Colleen Campbell AdvancED Senior Policy Analyst Association of Community College Trustees Erin Hames President Dr. Elliott Asp ReformEd Georgia Senior Fellow Achieve, Inc.

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HAWAII KANSAS Hon. Lyla Berg Sally Cauble Founder/CEO Member, District 5 Kids Voting Hawaii Kansas State Board of Education

Joan Husted Dr. Diane DeBacker Board of Directors Director Education Research Education Institute of Hawaii RTI International Hon. Michelle Kidani Chair, Senate Education Committee KENTUCKY Kevin C. Brown Associate Commissioner/General Counsel Hon. Roy Takumi Kentucky Department of Education Chair, House Education Committee Hawaii House of Representatives Dr. Blake Haselton Associate Professor IOWA University of Louisville Hon. Tod Bowman Member, Senate Education Committee MASSACHUSETTS Sheldon Berman Superintendent of Schools IDAHO Andover Public Schools Hon. Wendy Horman State Representative Dr. Mitchell Chester Idaho State Legislature Commissioner of Education Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Hon. Julie VanOrden Secondary Education Representative Idaho House of Representatives Hon. Richard Moore President Marilyn Whitney Massachusetts Assisted Living Facilities Governor's Education Policy Advisor Association Office of the Governor State of Idaho Jim Stanton ILLINOIS Executive Director Dr. James Applegate Education Development Center, Inc. Executive Director Illinois Board of Higher Education MARYLAND Hon. Adrienne Jones Dr. Tony Smith Speaker Pro Tem State Superintendent Maryland House of Delegates Illinois State Board of Education MICHIGAN INDIANA Eileen Weiser Alison Griffin Board Member Senior Vice President, External & Government Michigan State Board of Education Relations USA Funds Brian Whiston State Superintendent

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MINNESOTA Dr. Malbert Smith Hon. Sondra Erickson President and co-founder Chair, House Education Innovation Policy MetaMetrics, Inc. Committee Minnesota House of Representatives Nadja Young Education and Child Well-Being Specialist Sen. Charles Wiger SAS Institute Inc. Chair, Senate Education ad Senate Finance K-12 Budget Division Committeen NORTH DAKOTA Dr. Aimee Copas Executive Director MISSOURI North Dakota Council of Educational Leaders Patrick Gadell Attorney at Law Hon. Donald Schaible Senate Education Committee Hon. David Pearce Chair, Senate Education Committee NEBRASKA Dr. Mike Baumgartner MISSISSIPPI Executive Director Laurie Smith Nebraska Coordinating Commission for Education and Workforce Policy Advisor Postsecondary Education State of Mississippi Dr. John Bonaiuto Government Relations Hon. Debra Lamm Nebraska Association of School Boards Vice Chair, House Education Committee NEW JERSEY Lucille Davy Siri Smillie Senior Advisor Education Policy Advisor James B. Hunt, Jr. Institute for Educational State of Montana Leadership & Policy

NORTH CAROLINA Hon. Shirley Turner Maurice Green Vice Chair, Senate Education Committee Executive Director Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation NEW MEXICO Hon. Craig Horn Gayle Dean Co-Chair, House Appropriations Committee on Executive Director Education San Juan College Foundation North Carolina House of Representatives Dr. Alan Morgan Dr. Don Martin President Professor Renaissance Learning High Point University Hon. John Sapien Chair, Senate Education Committee

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NEVADA PENNSYLVANIA Hon. Barbara Cegavske Dr. Bobbi Newman Secretary of State Director, Strategic Partnerships & Knowledge State of Nevada Hub Consortium for Policy Research in Education Carolyn Edwards (CPRE) Member, Board of School Trustees Clark County School District John Phillips Content Manager Hon. Randy Kirner CPRE Knowledge Hub Assemblyman Dr. Jonathan Supovitz Professor of Education Brian Mitchell CPRE/UPenn Director State of Nevada David Volkman Executive Deputy Secretary NEW YORK Pennsylvania Department of Education Larry Malu CEO SOUTH CAROLINA Malu Art Gallery Dr. Stephen Hefner Superintendent Anne Schiano District 5 of Lexington and Richland Counties SVP, Government Relations MetaMetrics, Inc. SOUTH DAKOTA Dr. Melody Schopp OHIO Secretary of Education Jesse Moyer South Dakota Department of Education Director of State Advocacy and Research KnowledgeWorks Foundation TENNESSEE John Deberry OKLAHOMA State Representative Tony Hutchison TN General Assembly Vice Chancellor for Strategic Planning & Analysis and Workforce & Economic Dev. Hon. Dolores Gresham Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education Chair, Senate Education Committee OREGON Ben Cannon Dr. Tammy Grissom Executive Director Executive Director Tennessee School Boards Association Oregon Higher Education Coordinating Commission Dr. Claude Pressnell President Dr. Roger Rada Tennessee Independent Colleges and Administrative Consultant Educational Service District 112 Universities Association

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TEXAS WEST VIRGINIA Dr. Luann Bowen Clayton Burch VP - Government Affairs Chief Academic Officer Renaissance Learning, Inc. West Virginia Department of Education

Hon. Dan Branch Dr. Michael Martirano Attorney/Shareholder State Superintendent of Schools Winstead PC West Virginia Department of Education

Rob Eissler WYOMING President Jillian Balow Eissler and Associates State Superintendent of Public Instruction Wyoming Department of Education Dean Nafziger Vice President-Associate Director Dr. James Rose Westat Executive Director Wyoming Community College Commission UTAH Tami Pyfer Dicky Shanor Education Advisor, Office of the Governor Chief of Staff State of Utah Wyoming Department of Education

Hon. Howard Stephenson Kathy Vetter Senator President Utah Senate Wyoming Education Association

VIRGINIA Hon. Jeff Wasserburger CT Turner Senator Sr. Director, State Accounts & Government WY Legislature Relations GED Testing Service Lisa Weigel Chief Policy Officer Dr. Patricia Wright Wyoming Department of Education Former Virginia Superintendent of Public Instruction

WASHINGTON Dr. Glenys Rada Director of Superintendent Preparation Program Washington State University

WISCONSIN Hon. Luther Olsen Chair, Senate Education Committee Wisconsin Senate

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