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2016 Winter Commissioners Meeting Roster

ALASKA Nancy Norman Christopher Cross Education Consultant Distinguished Senior Fellow Norman Consultant Services Cross & Joftus, LLC

Hon. Gary Stevens Debbie Feinberg Member, Senate Education Committee Senior Director of Marketing, Communications Alaska State Senate and Development AVID Center ALABAMA Erika Hughes Stephanie Bell Director of Corporate Affairs Member LessonLab a Pearson Education Company Alabama State Board of Education Leslie Schwarze Sally Howell Strategic Partnerships Director Executive Director Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Alabama Association of School Boards Steve Silberman Caroline Novak Executive Vice President President AVID Center A+ Education Partnership COLORADO ARIZONA Rachel Christeson Dr. Terri Hardy NCHEMS President TNH Educational Consulting, Inc. Kerrie Dallman President Janice Palmer Colorado Education Association Vice President & Director of Policy Helios Education Foundation Diane Duffy Interim Executive Director ARKANSAS CO. Dept. of Higher Education

Anthony Owen Lisa Escarcega Coordinator of Computer Science Executive Director Arkansas Department of Education CASE

CALIFORNIA Joe Garcia William Cirone President County Superintendent of Schools Western Interstate Commission for Higher Santa Barbara County Education Office 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 DELAWARE 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 INDIANA Hon. Lyla Berg Alison Griffin Founder/CEO Senior Vice President, External & Government Kids Voting Relations USA Funds Joan Husted Board of Directors KANSAS Education Institute of Hawaii Sally Cauble Hon. Member, District 5 Chair, Senate Education Committee Kansas State Board of Education Dr. Diane DeBacker Hon. Michelle Kidani Director Education Research Senate District 18 RTI International Hawaii Senate KENTUCKY Hon. Kevin C. Brown Chair, House Education Committee Associate Commissioner/General Counsel Hawaii House of Representatives Kentucky Department of Education

IOWA Dr. Blake Haselton Hon. Tod Bowman Associate Professor Member, Senate Education Committee University of Louisville MASSACHUSETTS IDAHO Sheldon Berman Hon. Wendy Horman Superintendent of Schools State Representative Andover Public Schools Idaho State Legislature Dr. Mitchell Chester Hon. Julie VanOrden Commissioner of Education Representative Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Idaho House of Representatives Secondary Education

Marilyn Whitney Hon. Richard Moore Governor's Education Policy Advisor President Office of the Governor State of Idaho Massachusetts Assisted Living Facilities Association ILLINOIS Dr. James Applegate Jim Stanton Executive Director Executive Director Illinois Board of Higher Education Education Development Center, Inc.

Dr. Tony Smith MARYLAND State Superintendent Hon. Adrienne Jones Illinois State Board of Education Speaker Pro Tem Maryland House of Delegates

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MICHIGAN Hon. Craig Horn Eileen Weiser Co-Chair, House Appropriations Committee on Board Member Education Michigan State Board of Education North Carolina House of Representatives

Brian Whiston Dr. Don Martin State Superintendent Professor High Point University MINNESOTA Dr. Malbert Smith Hon. Sondra Erickson Chair, House Education Innovation Policy President and co-founder MetaMetrics, Inc. Committee

Minnesota House of Representatives Nadja Young Sen. Charles Wiger Education and Child Well-Being Specialist SAS Institute Inc. Chair, Senate Education ad Senate Finance K-12 Budget Division Committeen Dr. Aimee Copas Executive Director Patrick Gadell North Dakota Council of Educational Leaders Attorney at Law Hon. Hon. David Pearce Senate Education Committee Chair, Senate Education Committee NEBRASKA MISSISSIPPI Dr. Mike Baumgartner Laurie Smith Executive Director Education and Workforce Policy Advisor Nebraska Coordinating Commission for State of Mississippi Postsecondary Education

MONTANA Dr. John Bonaiuto Hon. Debra Lamm Government Relations Vice Chair, House Education Committee Nebraska Association of School Boards

Montana Legislature Siri Smillie Lucille Davy Education Policy Advisor Senior Advisor State of Montana James B. Hunt, Jr. Institute for Educational Leadership & Policy NORTH CAROLINA Maurice Green Hon. Vice Chair, Senate Education Committee Executive Director Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation

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NEW MEXICO OREGON Gayle Dean Ben Cannon Executive Director Executive Director San Juan College Foundation Oregon Higher Education Coordinating Commission Dr. Alan Morgan President Dr. Roger Rada Renaissance Learning Administrative Consultant Educational Service District 112 Hon. Chair, Senate Education Committee PENNSYLVANIA Senate Dr. Bobbi Newman

Director, Strategic Partnerships & Knowledge NEVADA Hub Hon. Barbara Cegavske Consortium for Policy Research in Education Secretary of State (CPRE) State of Nevada John Phillips Carolyn Edwards Content Manager Member, Board of School Trustees CPRE Knowledge Hub Clark County School District Dr. Jonathan Supovitz Hon. Randy Kirner Professor of Education Assemblyman CPRE/UPenn David Volkman Brian Mitchell Executive Deputy Secretary Director Pennsylvania Department of Education State of Nevada SOUTH CAROLINA NEW YORK Dr. Stephen Hefner Larry Malu Superintendent CEO District 5 of Lexington and Richland Counties Malu Art Gallery SOUTH DAKOTA Anne Schiano Dr. Melody Schopp SVP, Government Relations Secretary of Education MetaMetrics, Inc. South Dakota Department of Education

OHIO TENNESSEE Jesse Moyer John Deberry Director of State Advocacy and Research State Representative KnowledgeWorks Foundation TN General Assembly

OKLAHOMA Hon. Dolores Gresham Tony Hutchison Chair, Senate Education Committee Vice Chancellor for Strategic Planning & Analysis and Workforce & Economic Dev. Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education

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TENNESSEE – cont. WASHINGTON Dr. Tammy Grissom Dr. Glenys Rada Executive Director Director of Superintendent Preparation Program Tennessee School Boards Association Washington State University

Dr. Claude Pressnell WISCONSIN President Hon. Luther Olsen Tennessee Independent Colleges and Chair, Senate Education Committee Universities Association Wisconsin Senate

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

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