ROSTER OF PARTICIPANTS

Denver Marriott City Center Denver, CO

Presented by the Education Commission of the States

Education Commision of the States 2015 National Forum on Education Policy June 29 – July 1, 2015 Denver, CO

ALABAMA ARIZONA Stephanie Bell Elvy Barton Member Senior Policy Advisor Alabama State Board of Education AZ House of Representatives Sally Howell Ashley Berg Executive Director Executive Director of Policy Development & Alabama Association of School Boards Government Relations Arizona Department Eric Mackey Executive Director Michael Madden School Superintendents of Alabama Assistant Legislative Research Analyst Arizona House of Representatives Lisa Woodard Governmental Affairs Director Janice Palmer School Superintendents of Alabama Director of Governmental Relations & Public Affairs ALASKA AZ School Boards Association Lynn Gattis Samuel Stone Representative Executive Director Alaska Legislture Civics Education Initiative Mike Hanley Aaron Wonders Commissioner Research Analyst State Department of Education AZ House of Representatives Nancy Norman ARKANSAS Education Consultant Norman Consultant Services Ginny Blankenship Legislative Analyst Deena Paramo Arkansas Bureau of Legislative Research Superintendent of Schools Matanuska Susitna Borough School District Joyce Elliott Senator Gary Stevens Senator Alaska State Senate Terri Hardy President TNH Educational Consulting, Inc.

Kenneth James Delaine Eastin Senior Advisor Former Supt. of Public Instruction BloomBoard, Inc State of CA Ouida Newton Jane Foley 2015 Arkansas Teacher of the Year Senior Vice President, Milken Educator Poyen High School Awards Milken Family Foundation ARMED FORCES EUROPE Julia Gonzales Sarah Loomis Director, Government Relations Instructional Technology Coach Amplify DoDEA Judith Heiman Principal Fiscal & Policy Analyst Ruth Chung Wei California Legislative Analyst's Office Director of Assessment Research & Gisele Huff Development Executive Director Stanford University Jaquelin Hume Foundation Chris Cross Erika Hughes Chairman Director of Corporate Affairs Çross & Joftus Pearson Jannelle Kubinec Janine Ingram Senior Program Director Vice President of Philanthropic Partnerships WestEd MIND Research Institute Thomas Arnett Kenneth Kapphahn Education Research Fellow Fiscal Analyst Clayton Christensen Institute Legislative Analyst's Office Becca Bracy Knight Michael Kirst Executive Director President The Broad Center for the Management of California State Board Of Education School Systems Kelly LaMar J. Kirk Brown Thank America's Teachers Director of Science and STEM Farmers Insurance Integration/Innovation San Joaquin County Office of Education Jason Lange CEO/Co-Founder William Cirone BloomBoard County Superintendent of Schools Santa Barbara County Education Office Silver McDonald Chief Commercial Officer Andrew Coulson BrightBytes Chief Strategist and Vice President of Data and Evaluation Gavin Payne MIND Research Institute Director, US Policy, Advocacy & Communications Julie Bell Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Education Group Director NCSL Alejandra Rincon Book author Jane Best Undocumented Immigrants and Higher Chief Strategy Officer Education McREL International Kristin Ruff Amanda Bickel Director of Business Development Chief Legislative Analyst Metrix Advisors Joint Budget Committee, Colorado General Assembly Harold Stanislaw Professor of Psychology Marianne Boeke California State University, Stanislaus Senior Research Associate NCHEMS Shirley Weber Assemblymember Cody Buchanan California State Legislature Community Partnership Specialist Colorado Department of Education Daniel Zavala State Policy Director Lorna Candler StudentsFirst Director Colorado Division of Private Occupational Richard Zeiger Schools Associate Superintendent California Department of Education Adina Chapman Director of Higher Education Policy Analysis COLORADO The College Board Josh Abram Steffanie Clothier Senior Fiscal Analyst Senior Policy Director Legislative Council of the Colorado General Alliance for Early Success Assembly Michael Cohen Chris Ammons Manager of Assessment Support Research Analyst Denver Public Schools CO Department of Higher Education Brita Darling Cherise Anderson Senior Staff Attorney Teacher Colorado Office of Legislative Legal Douglas County, Colorado School District Services John Armstrong Heather DeLange Information Analyst Academic Policy Officer State Higher Education Executive Officers Colorado Department of Higher Education Beth Bean Sunny Deye Chief Research Officer Program Principal CO Department of Higher Education National Conference of State Legislatures Marco Dorado Patrick Lane Project Manager Rhonda Epper WICHE Chief Student & Academic Affairs Officer Kelly Latterman Colorado Department of Higher Education Research Analyst II Michelle Exstrom National Conference of State Legislatures Education Program Director Sarah Leibrandt National Conference of State Legislatures Project Coordinator Alicia Garcia Western Interstate Commission for Higher Senior Policy Analyst and REL Midwest Education Deputy Director David Longanecker American Institutes for Research President Lisa Gezelter Western Interstate Commission for Higher Research Analyst Education Colorado Legislative Council Chanda Lowrance Eric Gorski Student Reporter Metropolitan State University of Denver The Denver Post Joel Moore Chelsea Henkel Senior Legislative Editor Colorado Policy Analyst Colorado Office of Legislative Legal Stand for Children Services Marshall Hill Inta Morris Executive Director Chief Advocacy and Outreach Officer National Council for State Authorization Colorado Department of Higher Education Reciprocity Agreements (NC-SARA) Laura Mutton Suzanne Hultin School Accountability Committee Chair Policy Specialist Mountain Vista High School National Conference of State Legislatures John Myers Dwight Jones Vice President Superintendent in Residence APA Consulting Discovery Communications Robert Palaich Stephen M. Jordan, Ph.D. President President Augenblick, Palaich and Associates Metropolitan State University of Denver Jeanette Patterson Rachel Kurtz-Phelan Fellow Research Analyst EPFP Fellow Colorado Legislative Council Staff Julie Pelegrin Jennifer Landrum Assistant Director President and CEO Colorado Office of Legislative Legal Denver Preschool Program Services Lori Pidick Christine Tharaldson Director of Development & Communications Manager, Global Accounts PEBC HelmsBriscoe Jennifer Price Director of External Affairs Senior Policy Specialist AT&T National Conference of State Legislatures Barth Quenzer Kathleen Thirkell Instructional Curriculum Specialist Math Chairman Denver Public Schools Lewis-Palmer High School Vanessa Quintana Nancy Todd Program Consultant Senator Colorado Department of Education State of Colorado Andrew Rauch Evy Valencia Lead Finance Analyst Policy Advisor Colorado Department of Higher Education Office of Governor Hickenlooper Yesenia Robles Lauren Victor Staff Writer Talent Research and Policy Analyst The Denver Post CO Department of Higher Education Casey Sacks Ashley Wallace Grant Project Manager Education Program Manager Colorado Community College System National Conference of State Legislatures Ann Schimke Jeff Wasden Reporter/Community Editor President Chalkbeat Colorado Colorado Business Roundtable Karen Schimke Madeleine Webster Research Analyst II Christina Sedney National Conference of State Legislatures Project Coordinator Western Interstate Commission for Higher Dustin Weeden Education Policy Specialist National Conference of State Legislators Sara Shelton Director of Civic Engagement Initiatives Cyrus Weinberger The Civic Canopy Principal Red Hawk Elementary, St. Vrain Valley Jennifer Sobanet School District Chief Operating Officer Colorado Dept. of Higher Education Matthew Weyer Policy Specialist Amber Tafoya National Conference of State Legislatures Director of External Affairs AT&T Julie Whitacre Director of Government Affairs Colorado Education Association Terry Whitney DELEWARE Director, Government Relations College Board Kim Anderson Director, Benchmarking College- and Lucinda Willits Career-Readiness Standards Deputy Executive Director SREB Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium Jenna Bucsak Shelley Woodson Program Officer Deputy Director, Scholarship Initiative Rodel Foundation of Delaware Colorado Department of Higher Education Christopher Ruszkowski Simon Workman Chief Officer, Teacher & Leader Associate Effectiveness Unit APA Consulting Delaware Department of Education Katie Zaback Megan Szabo Senior Policy Analyst Teacher of the Year SHEEO Delaware Terrance Adams FLORIDA Associate Legislative Analyst Connecticut General Assembly, Office of Christie Bassett Legislative Research 2015 Florida Teacher of the Year Highlands Grove Elementary CONNECTICUT Archie Cubarrubia James Comer Vice Provost for Institutional Effectiveness Maurice Falk Professor of Child Psychiatry Miami Dade College Yale Child Study Center Ester de Jong John Moran Professor Principal Analyst University of Florida Connecticut General Assembly Thomas Furlong Desi Nesmith Policy Consultant Principal St. Petersburg College Bloomfield Public Schools Emma Humphries Ray Rossomando Civic Engagement Coordinator Research and Policy Development Bob Graham Center for Public Service | CEA University of Florida Kelli Wells Gregroy Marshall Executive Director Alignment Director GE Foundation Florida Department of Education Hayley Zinn Rowthorn Jon Rogers Director of Literacy, Assessment and Director, Academic & Student Affairs Instructional Improvement Florida Board of Governors South Windsor Public Schools Gabe Sheheane HAWAII Sr. Director, Government Relations, Florida The College Board Lyla Berg Founder Kelli Stargel Kids Voting Hawaii Senator Florida State Senate Risa Dickson Vice President for Academic Affairs David Tandberg University of Hawaii Associate Professor Center for Postsecondary Success, FSU Joan Husted Executive Committee GEORGIA Education Institute of Hawaii Andy Baxter Michelle Kidani Vice President for Educator Effectiveness Chair, Senate Education Committee Southern Regional Education Board Cheryl Blanco J N Musto Vice President, Postsecondary Education Executive Director Southern Regional Eduction Board UH Professional Assembly Merrianne Dyer Linda Musto Consultant- Coach Professor Emeritus Scholastic University of Hawaii Satyn Nishon Geary Alan Oshima Senior Policy Analyst President and CEO Hawaiian Electric Kim Holland Jim Shon Director of Early Learning and School Director Readiness Hawaii Educational Policy Center Gwinnett County Public Schools Roy Takumi Blythe Keeler Robinson Representative President & CEO Hawaii House of Representative Sheltering Arms Early Education & Family Centers IDAHO Matthew Smith Paul Headlee Program Manager, Educator Effectiveness Deputy Div. Manager, Budget & Policy Southern Regional Education Board Idaho Legislative Services Office Arianne Weldon Alison Henken Director K-12 Accountability Manager Get Georgia Reading Campaign Idaho State Board of Education Kim Zeydel 2015 Idaho Teacher of the Year Meridian Academy

ILLINOIS Lisa Shimmel Senior Policy Analyst James Applegate American Institutes for Research Executive Director Illinois Board of Higher Education Tony Smith State Superintendent of Education Stephanie Bernoteit Illinois State Board of Education Assoc. Dir., Academic Affairs Illinois Board of Higher Education INDIANA Vicki Cyrulik Brittany Corona Philanthropist State Program and Government Relations State Farm Director The Friedman Foundation for Educational Alison Douglas Choice Dir. College Readiness Elgin Community College Alison Griffin Senior Vice President, External & Steven Elza Government Relations 2015 Illinois Teacher of the Year USA Funds Fremd High School Jon Gubera Amanda Fenton Senior Director, Government Affairs Director of State and Federal Policy The College Board National Association of Charter School Authorizers Dennis Kruse Senator Craig Lindvahl Indiana State Senate Executive Director Midland Institute for Entrepreneurship Kathy Nimmer 2015 Indiana Teacher of the Year Kimberly Nelson Tippecanoe School Corporation, Harrison Executive Director of Early Childhood High School Rockford Public School District 205 Beth Stull Elliot Regenstein Grassroots Specialist Senior Vice President, Advocacy and Policy State Farm Ounce of Prevention Fund Kelly Wilber William Sanders 5th grade mentor teacher M.D. Emergency Medicine Southport Elementary School Community First Medical Center Holly Zanville Julie Schaid Strategy Director Assoc. Dean, College Readiness & School Lumina Foundation Partnerships Elgin Community College Ellen Sherratt Tod Bowman Senior Policy Associate Senator Center on Great Teachers and Leaders Kurt Burkum Sharon Wenger Senior Director, Research Principal Fiscal Analyst ACT Kansas Legislative Research Department Timothy Crellin KENTUCKY Legislative Fiscal Analyst Iowa Legislative Services Agency Bennett Boggs Legislative Analyst Kentucky Legislative Research Commission Senator Rhonda Caldwell Deputy Director Cindy Winckler Kentucky Association of School Representative Administrators Iowa Legislature Deno Curris KANSAS Regent, Murray State University State of Kentucky Sally Cauble Member Kelly Foster Kansas State Board of Education Associate Commissioner Kentucky Department of Education Lauren Douglass Principal Research Analyst Terry Holliday Kansas Legislative Research Department Commissioner of Education Kentucky Department of Education Therese Edgecomb Educator Verna Lowe USD 497 Lawrence Schoo District VP for Compliance and Assistant to the President William Elliott University of the Cumberlands Director Center on Assets, Education, and Inclusion Sarah Reed 3rd Grade Teacher, NBTC-Literacy Frank Henderson, Jr. Jefferson County Public Schools/Field Past President Elementary Kansas Association of School Boards David Wickersham Matt Jordan Policy Advisor Business Development Officer Kentucky Department of Education Kansas Leadership Center Marcus Williams Patrick Kelly Executive Director Director of Career and Technical Education National Association for Regulatory Lawrence Public Schools Administration Shannon Ralph Wayne Young Biology Teacher Executive Director Dodge City High School Kentucky Association of School Administrators

Pam Goins Sean McComb Director of Education Policy 2014 National Teacher of the Year The Council of State Governments Baltimore County Public Schools Roger Marcum Ted McConnell Chair Executive Director Kentucky Board of Education Campaign for the Civic Mission of Schools Mary Ann Miller Michele McNeil Executive Director Federal Policy Reporter Kentucky Department of Education Education Week LOUISIANA Beth Parker SVP Vicky Condalary VOX Global Senior Program Specialist National Institute for Excellence in Teaching Darcy Pietryka Senior Study Director Anna Gatlin Westat Director of State Engagement USA Funds Andy Plattner President MAINE Plattner Communications Jennifer Dorman Andrew Ujifusa 2015 Maine Teacher of the Year Staff Writer Skowhegan Area Middle School Education Week MARYLAND Judith Walker Early Learning Branch Chief Caroline Boice MD State Department of Education Policy Analyst Maryland Department of Legislative Matthew Wicks Services VP Policy and Data Analysis Connections Education Garret Halbach Policy Analyst MASSACHUSETTS Maryland Department of Legislative Services Monnica Chan Director, Policy & Research Kathleen Hetherington New England Board of Higher Education President Howard Community College Mitchell Chester Commissioner Adrienne Jones Dept. of Elementary and Secondary Pro Tempore Education Maryland General Assembly Brooke Clenchy Pat Laystrom Sr. Associate Commissioner SVP, State Policy Mass. Department of Elementary and Connections Education Secondary Education Joy Coates Brad Baumgartner Senior Program Manager EVP Sales Jobs For the Future Questar Assessments, Inc. David Driscoll Jamie Candee Former Commissioner CEO Massachusetts Department of Education Questar Assessments, Inc. Kei Kawashima-Ginsberg Kevin Dahle Director of CIRCLE Senator Tisch College at Tufts University Richard Moore Todd Iverson Senator Director, Government Relations Massachusetts The College Board Paul Toner Alice Johnson President Senator New Voice Strategies Minnesota State Senate Martin West Gary Mainor Associate Professor Vice President Harvard Graduate School of Education Pearson MICHIGAN Canda Mueller VP Assessment Design and Psychometrics Melody Arabo Questar Assessments, Inc. 2015 Michigan Teacher of the Year Keith Elementary Jeff Peterson Executive Director - State Gov't Relations Brian Barber The College Board Curriculum Consultant Michigan Department of Education Valeria Silva Superintendent Mary-Dean Barringer Saint Paul Public Schools Director Council of Chief State School Officers Chuck Wiger Senator Amanda Price MN State Senator Representative Michigan House of Representatives MISSISSIPPI MINNESOTA John Polk Senator Dean Aamodt Mississippi Teacher Wahpeton Public Schools North Dakota Laurie Smith Education Policy Advisor Kelita Bak Office of the Governor CEO National Youth Leadership Council Carey Wright MONTANA State Superintendent Mississippi Department of Education Elsie Arntzen Montana Senator MISSOURI Steve Bullock Harold Briscoe Governor President State of Montana Cosmic Signal Media Elly Driggers Patrick Gadell Teacher Attorney at Law Helena School District #1 Chris Holmes Debra Lamm Missouri Teacher of the Year 2015 Representative Hazelwood West High School State of Montana Joel Jennings Pad McCracken Assistant Professor Research Analyst Saint Louis University Montana Legislative Services Julee Koncak Siri Smillie Director of Community Relations Education Policy Advisor Burns & McDonnell Montana Governor's Office Art McCoy Carmen Taylor Superintendent-in-Residence/CAO Dean of Academic Affairs MIND Research Institute Aaniiih Nakoda College Rusty Monhollon Assistant Commissioner for Academic Affairs Shelby Aaberg Missouri Department of Higher Education 2015 Nebraska Teacher of the Year Scottsbluff High School Mike Nietzel Senior Policy Advisor Roy Baker State of Missouri Senator Nebraska Unicameral Legislature David Pearce Missouri State Senator Tammy Barry Missouri State Senate Education Committee Legal Counsel Mike Talboy Director of Government Affairs Michael Baumgartner Burns & McDonnell Executive Director Nebraska's Coordinating Commission for Margie Vandeven Postsecondary Education Commissioner of Education Missouri Department of Elementary and Wilbert L. Rainey Secondary Education Education Committee, Legal Counsel Nebraska Legislature

Jay Sears Elizabeth Lichtenberg Program Director Teacher Nebraska State Education Association Alton Central School Mel Myler Representative Todd Butterworth State of New Hampshire Senior Policy Analyst Nevada Legislative Counsel Bureau Nancy Stiles Senator NH Senate Secretary of State State of Nevada Mark Vattes Director, Government Relations Carolyn Edwards The College Board Member, Board of School Trustees Clark County School District NEW JERSEY Dale Erquiaga Kristine Beisel Superintendent of Public Instruction Director, Global Affiliate Strategy Nevada Department of Education Destination Imagination, Inc. Brian Mitchell Debra Bradley Education Fellow Director of Government Relations Office of Governor Brian Sandoval NJ Principals and Supervisors Association Ian Salzman Mark Mautone 2015 Nevada Teacher of the Year 2015 NJ State Teacher of the Year/Lead Spring Valley High School Teacher Hoboken Public School District Brian Sandoval Governor Peter Renwick Nevada Principal Westfield High School Patrice Tew Trustee Shirley Turner Clark County School District Senator Michael Wixom Regent NEW MEXICO Nevada System of Higher Education Travis Dulany NEW HAMPSHIRE Senior Research Analyst New Mexico Legislative Education Study Kathryn Dodge Committee Principal Dodge Advisory Group, LLC Nathan Eckberg Program Evaluator Stuart Kahl NM Legislative Finance Committee Founding Principal Measured Progress Clint Elkins Kathleen Digan Fiscal Analyst Governmental Relations Representative New Mexico Legislative Finance Committee New York State School Boards Association Yann Lussiez Johanna Duncan-Poitier Progam Evaluator Sr. Vice Chancellor,Community Colleges New Mexico Legislative Finance Committee and the Education Pipeline The State University of New York Debra Minyard 2015 New Mexico Teacher of the Year Bethaida Gonzalez Pojoaque Valley High School Dean Syracuse University, University College Alan Morgan Owner Gerry House High Dessert Government Relations President, ISA and Senior Vice President, ETS Frances Ramirez-Maestas ISA, a Division of ETS Director Legislative Education Study Committee, Juan Martinez New Mexico Chief Communications & Advocacy Officer GLSEN Dennis Roch Representative Richard McKeon NM Legislature Program Director Helmsley Charitable Trust Hanna Skandera Secretary of Education Anne Schiano New Mexico Public Education Department SVP, Government Relations MetaMetrics NEW YORK Paul Shiffman Karen Baicker Chief Executive Officer Director of Community Affairs Presidents' Forum Scholastic Ruby Takanishi Charles Basch Senior Research Fellow Professor New America Foundation Columbia University Teachers College Liz Willen Mary Blanusa Editor-in-Chief Program Officer The Hechinger Report The Leona M and Harry B Helmsley Charitable Trust Renée Wilson-Simmons Director Janelle Cherrington National Center for Children in Poverty, Columbia University Sue Cui Associate Program Officer Nancy Zimpher Helmsley Charitable Trust Chancellor State University of New York

NORTH CAROLINA Aimee Copas Executive Director Jennifer Facciolini North Dakota Council of Educational Educations Specialist Leaders SAS Institute Inc. Kayla Effertz James E. Ford Sr. Policy Advisor North Carolina Teacher of the Year North Dakota NC Dept of Public Instruction Rae Ann Kelsch Maurice Green President Superintendent RA Kelsch Consulting LLC Guilford County Schools Jack Maus Carolyn Jefferson-Jenkins Superintendent Director-Program & Communications Grafton Public School #3 The Hunt Institute Donald Schaible Robert Landry Senator Retired Superintendent ND Senate North Carolina Anita Thomas Don Martin Senior Counsel Professor ND Legislative Council High Point University NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS Catherine Scott-Little Associate Professor Marvin Tamangided UNC-Greensboro Northern Mariana Islands Teacher of the Year Malbert Smith CNMI PSS President MetaMetrics OHIO Mike Ward Colleen Grady Owner Senior Policy Advisor The MEWs Educational Consulting, Inc. Ohio House of Representatives Nadja Young Lori Michalec Education Specialist - SAS® EVAAS® for 2015 Ohio Teacher of the Year K-12 Tallmadge High School SAS Brian Page NORTH DAKOTA Manager, Outreach and Education Budget Challenge Mike Bitz Superintendent Katherine Prince Mandan Public Schools Senior Director, Strategic Foresight KnowledgeWorks

OKLAHOMA Donna Richardson Director Belinda Biscoe Boni Central Comprehensive Center at OU Associate VP for Outreach; South Central Comprehensive Center Director Michael Rogers University of Oklahoma State Representative Oklahoma House of Representatives Ann Coody Representative Scott Tohlen Oklahoma House of Representatives Research Analyst Oklahoma House of Representatives Jose Dela Cruz Coordinator for Academic Affairs Projects Kerri White Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Technical Assistance Coordinator Education (OSRHE) South Central Comprehenisve Center at OU Bryce Fair Jake Yunker Associate Vice Chancellor for Scholarships Deputy Policy Director and Education Policy and Grants Advisor Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Office of Governor Mary Fallin Education OREGON Kevin Fortenberry Kirsten Aspengren Reinspector, Risk & Compliance - Claims Senior Director State Farm Insurance Educational Policy Improvement Center Sarah Hall Bob Brew Associate Direcotr Executive Director South Central COmprehensive Cernter at Oregon Office of Student Access & OU Completion Jeff Hickman Rajendra Kumar Chetty Speaker of the House Founder President Oklahoma House of Representatives Teach for Odisha Andrea Kearney Matt Coleman Senior Fiscal Policy Analyst Executive Director and Chief Academic Oklahoma House of Representatives Officer Kyle Lankford Educational Policy Improvement Center Communications Coordinator for the Central Victoria Cox and South Central Comprehensive Centers Committee Administrator University of Oklahoma Comprehensive Oregon State Legislature Centers Richard Donovan Angela Michael Committee Administrator Staff Attorney Oregon Legislature Oklahoma House of Representatives Jason Proctor 2015 Oklahoma Teacher of the Year Tahlequah High School Nancy Golden Rainey Knight Chief Education Officer Director of Special Projects Oregon Education Investment Board SC Education Oversight Committee Cassandra Hayt Jay Ragley Chief of Staff Vice President, State Relations Oregon State Legislature Connections Education Mark Johnson Ann Shaw State Representative Director of Higher Ed. State Of Oregon NIET Michael Lindblad Dana Yow 2015 Oregon Teacher of the Year Director of Public Engagement and Gresham Barlow School District/Gresham Communications H.S. SC Education Oversight Committee Salam Noor SOUTH DAKOTA

Dorothy Spence Allen Hogie Deputy Legislative Director 2015 SD Teacher of the Year Office of Oregon Speaker of the House Brandon Valley School District PENNSYLVANIA Melody Schopp Cabinet Secretary Anthony Grisillo South Dakota Department of Education 2014 Pennsylvania Teacher of the Year Jacqueline Sly Glenwood Elementary School, RTMSD Representative Jonathan Supovitz SD House of Representatives Co-Director Consortium for Policy Research in Education, University of Pennsylvania Michelle Gaskin RHODE ISLAND Legislative Attorney Tennessee General Assembly Heather Hudson Policy Advisor Chair, Senate Education Committee Office of the Governor of Rhode Island SOUTH CAROLINA Helen James Jennifer Ainsworth Legislative Attorney South Carolina Teacher of the Year Tennessee General Assembly South Carolina Teacher of the Year Nathan James Megan Carolan Deputy Exec. Director for Leg. Affairs Associate Director for Policy Research Tennessee State Board of Education Institute for Child Success

Amanda Klafehn Daniel Branch Legislative Research Analyst Attorney State of TN - Offices of Research and Winstead PC Education Accountability Rob Eissler Michael Maren Legislative Consultant Research Analyst The Schlueter Group Tennessee General Assembly David Gardner Candice McQueen Deputy Commisioner for Academic Planning Commissioner and Policy Tennessee Department of Education Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Rachel Militana Marcus Lingenfelter Legislative Attorney Vice President, State and Federal Programs Tennessee General Assembly National Math and Science Initiative Lori Paisley Kerry Moll Executive Director, Coordinated School Vice President of Policy and Advocacy Health Stand for Children Tennessee Department of Education Dean Nafziger Claude Pressnell CEO President Edvance Research, Inc. Tennessee Independent Colleges and Raymund Paredes Universities Association Commissioner June Rivers Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board SAS Institute Inc (Retired) Kimberly Reeves Sarah Teague Reporter Senior Vice President Quorum Report Pinnacle Financial Partners Lizzette Reynolds Jennie Verner Chief Deputy Commissioner Director of Advocacy Texas Education Agency TN SCORE Philip Uri Treisman Karen Vogelsang Director, Charles. A Dana Center Teacher - 4th Grade The University of TX at Austin, Charles A. STOY Tennessee/Shelby County Schools Dana Center TEXAS Justin Yancy Executive Director Michelle Arnold Texas Business Leadership Council Senior Director, Government Relations The College Board Mike Belcher Victoria Ashby Education Startegist- Americas Associate General Counsel HP, Inc Utah Office of Legislative Research Jared Brueckner Janelle Duray Regional Sales Manager Vice President Truenorthlogic Jobs for America's Graduates Mohsen Ghaffari Heather Durosko Teacher Policy and Research Analyst North Star Elementary NACAC Allyson Goldstein Suhail Farooqui Policy Analyst CEO K12 Insight Joel Lathrop Dale Frost Sales Director, State Education Agencies State Policy Director Truenorthlogic iNACOL Marlon Lindsay Susan Gentz Executive Director of Government Affairs State Policy Associate Imagine Learning iNACOL Michael Melendez Sarah Herzog Legislative Liaison Legislative Fiscal Analyst Waterford Research Institute Virginia Senate Finance Committee Claudia Miner Kathy Hurley VP of Development and UPSTART Director Consultant Waterford Institute K12 Insight Allison Nicholson Jim Kohlmoos Research Associate Advisor/Partner Utah Education Policy Center WT Grant Foundation/ EDGE Spencer Pratt Melissa Mellor Fiscal Manager Manager, Public Policy Outreach Utah Legislative Fiscal Analyst's Office ASCD Tiffany Stanley Marjorie Myers Policy Analyst Principal Office of Legislative Research and General Key School ~ Escuela Key - Arlington Public Counsel Schools, Virginia Howard Stephenson Chris Stolle Senator Member, 83rd House District Virginia House of Delegates VIRGINIA CT Turner Sr. Director, State Accounts & Government Thomas Brady Relations Director GED Testing Service DoDEA

Patricia Wright Tom Vander Ark Former Virginia Superintendent of Public CEO Instruction Getting Smart

WASHINGTON DC WASHINGTON Susan Abravanel Twyla Barnes President Chair Susan Abravanel Consulting, LLC NCLCE Board Michael Allen Sarah Bolton Partner Education Policy Director Teacher Preparation Analytics Senate HELP Committee Monica Almond Nathan Bowling Policy & Advocacy Associate AP Government & Politics and AP Human Alliance for Excellent Education Geography Teacher Emily Alvarez Lincoln HS, Tacoma Public Schools State Engagement and Outreach Jeff Charbonneau Parcc, Inc 2013 National Teacher of the Year Saroja Barnes Zillah High School Director, Educator Preparation Randy Dorn CCSSO State Superintendent Katherine Bassett Office of Superintendent of Public Executive Director and CEO Instruction National Network of State Teachers Riley Gervais Brian Bridges Governmental Relations Specialist Vice President, Research and Member WA Office of Superintendent of Public Engagement Instruction UNCF Kristie Kauerz Alyssa Chudnofsky Research Assistant Professor, P-3 Policy & Policy Analyst Leadership College Board University of Washington Marjorie Cohen Noreen Light Senior Policy Analyst Associate Director, Academic Affairs and National Governors Association Policy Washington Student Achievement Council Michael Cohen President Les McCallum Achieve Associate Evaluation Systems Group of Pearson Kristin Conklin Partner Lyon Terry HCM Strategists 4th Grade Teacher Seattle Public Schools John Denning Sandi Jacobs Senior Program Officer, College Ready Vice President and Managing Director, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation State Policy National Council on Teacher Quality Michael DiMaggio Director, Strategic Partnerships Scott Jenkins Council of Chief State School Officers Education Program Director National Governors Association Andy Drewlinger Program Assistant Scott Jones CCSSO/National Teacher of the Year Senior Associate for Research & Policy Program Arts Education Partnership Amy Ellen Duke-Benfield Gregory Kienzl Senior Policy Analyst Senior Research Associate Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP) ACT Elizabeth Emery Christopher Kingsley Policy Project Manager Associate Director, Local Policy & Advocacy Foundation for Excellence in Education Data Quality Campaign Rhian Evans Allvin Paige Kowalski Executive Director Vice President, Policy and Advocacy National Association for the Education of Data Quality Campaign Young Children Chuck Melley Paul Ferrari Vice President, U.S. Government Relations Director of Educator Engagement and Pearson Outreach Angela Minnici CCSSO Director (Center on Great Teachers and Jasmine Gary Leaders) Senior Associate American Institutes for Research American Federation of Teachers Carissa Moffat Miller Aaron Goldstein Deputy Executive Director Manager of State Policy and Relations Council of Chief State School Officers American Association of Colleges for

Teacher Education Brennan Parton Loretta Goodwin Associate Director, State Policy and Senior Director Advocacy American Youth Policy Forum Data Quality Campaign Kati Haycock Shanna Peeples President 2015 National Teacher of the Year The Education Trust CCSSO/National Teacher of the Year Margaret Horn Program VP for State Engagement and Outreach Jon Quam Parcc, Inc Directory, National Teacher of the Year Program Sarah Silverman Council of Chief State School Officers Program Director National Governors Association Jennifer Ramacciotti Algebra Teacher Nathan Smith KIPP DC College Prep Director of Public Policy GLSEN Donique Reid Policy and Research Associate Troy Smith Alliance for Excellent Education Public Policy Intern The College Board Travis Reindl Senior Program Officer, Postsecondary Dave Stevenson Policy VP, Government Relations Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Amplify D. Wayne Robinson Michael Usdan President & CEO Senior Fellow Student Veterans of America Institute for Educational Leadership Elizabeth Ross Robin Vitucci Associate Associate HCM Strategists AFT Sandra Ruppert Alex Wirth Director Cofounder Arts Education Partnership/Council of Chief Quorum State School Officers Kate Walsh Lizanne Sadlier President Senior VP NCTQ VOX Global WEST VIRGINIA Deborah Santiago COO & VP for Policy Gail Adams Excelencia in Education 2015 WV Teacher of the Year Wheeling Park High School José Luis Santos Vice President, Higher Education Policy & Amelia Courts Practice President/CEO The Education Trust The Education Alliance Nancy Segal Paul Hill Executive Director of Government and Chancellor External Relations WV Higher Education Policy Commission Educational Testing Service (ETS) Lawrence Malone Gene Sharratt Policy Director Executive Director West Virginia Governor's Office WA Student Achievement Council Michael Martirano Rachel Rubino WV - State Superintendent of Schools Special Education Case Manager West Virginia Department of Education Albany County School District Dave Sypolt Dicky Shanor Senator Chief of Staff WV State Senate Wyoming Department of Education Melissa White Brent Young Counsel Wyoming Department of Education WV Senate Education Committee

WISCONSIN

Luann Bowen Mark McNeil VP - Government Affairs Measured Progress Renaissance Learning, Inc.

Diana Callope 8th grade mathematics teacher Whitewater Middle School Nick Hillman Assistant Professor University of Wisconsin-Madison Christopher Lohse VP - Government Affairs Renaissance Learning, Inc. Paula O'Gorman Senior Vice President of Government Affairs Renaissance Learning Jason Sutch VP - Government Affairs Renaissance Learning, Inc. WYOMING Jillian Balow State Superintendent of Public Instruction Wyoming Department of Education William Pannell Supervisor, Standards, Learning & Accountability Wyoming Department of Education James Rose Executive Director Wyoming Community College Commission