2018 National Forum on Education Policy Roster of Participants
JUNE 28, 2018 ALABAMA Stephanie Bell Alabama State Board of Education Dustin Jones Alabama Legislative Services Agency Rhonda Neal Waltman Scholastic Education Jack Powers Tennessee Comptroller of the Treasury Jim Purcell Alabama Commission on Higher Education Jeana Ross Alabama Department of Early Childhood Education Lisa Woodard School Superintendents of Alabama
ALASKA Deena Bishop Anchorage School District Harriet Drummond Alaska State Legislature Sana Efird Alaska Department of Education and Early Development James Fields Alaska State Board of Education Michael Johnson Alaska Department of Education and Early Development Nancy Norman Norman Consultant Services Patricia Walker Alaska Legislature
ARIZONA Natalie Alvarez Greater Phoenix Urban League Catcher Baden Arizona State Board of Education Josh Barnett National Institute for Excellence in Teaching Matt Beienburg Arizona Joint Legislative Budget Committee Janice Mak Arizona State Board of Education Josh Meibos Teacher of the Year Janice Palmer Helios Education Foundation Alexis Susdorf Arizona Department of Education Dawn Wallace State of Arizona Glenn Wike Arizona Community Foundation Alicia Williams Arizona State Board of Education
ARKANSAS Bill Gossage Office of Governor Asa Hutchinson Vicki Gray Northwest Evaluation Association Terri Hardy TNH Educational Consulting Julie Holt Arkansas General Assembly Randi House Arkansas Teacher of the Year
CALIFORNIA Estela Bensimon University of Southern California Christopher Cross ECS Debra Feinberg AVID Virginia Hamilton American Institutes for Research Erika Hughes Pearson Education Tanya Lieberman California Assembly Christopher Mathias UC Santa Cruz - Smarter Balanced Brian McDaniel Painted Hills Middle School Joshua Newman Spotlight Christian Osmena California Community Colleges Lark Park State of California Gavin Payne GPC Advisors Glen Price California Department of Education Laura Roussel NIET Leslie Schwarze Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Sawait Seyoum California State Assemblymember Shirley Weber Ilene Straus California State Board of Education Jason Willis WestEd
COLORADO Taishya Adams American Institutes for Research Robert Anderson State Higher Education Executive Officers Katy Anthes Colorado Department of Education Dan Baer Colorado Department of Higher Education Bennett Boggs National Conference of State Legislatures Andrew Carlson State Higher Education Executive Officers Charles Dukes City of Denver Morgan Ford Scholastic Joe Garcia Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education Anna Gerstle Colorado Legislative Council Jane Goff Colorado State Board of Education Patrick Lane WICHE Jo Martell ACT, Inc. Alexis Menocal Harrigan State of Colorado Jennifer Norford Marzano Research Damion Pechota Colorado Legislative Council Stephanie Perez-Carrillo Colorado Children's Campaign Brian Prescott NCHEMS Christina Randle Colorado Department of Education Bob Rankin State of Colorado Joyce Rankin Colorado State Board of Education Angelika Schroeder Colorado State Board of Education Jeff Wasden Colorado Business Roundtable Terry Whitney The College Board Robin Wisniewski RTI International
CONNECTICUT Subira Gordon Connecticut General Assembly Steven Hernandez Connecticut General Assembly Valarie Shultz-Wilson Urban League Of Southern CT
DELAWARE Madeleine Bayard Rodel Charitable Foundation of Delaware Virginia Forcucci Sussex Tech High School Luke Rhine Delaware Department of Education
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Liya Amelga Foundation for Excellence in Education Autumn Arnett Education Dive Vickie Banagan Department of Education Meina Banh Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Marina Banks United Negro College Fund Catherine Barbour American Institutes for Research Jenn Bell-Ellwanger Data Quality Campaign Goldie Blumenstyk The Chronicle of Higher Education Courtney Bollig The Education Trust Stephen Bowen Council of Chief State School Officers Javon Bracy United Negro College Fund Riley Brands Gallup Trish Brennan-Gac American Institutes for Research Brian Bridges UNCF Andrea Browning WestEd Brandon Busteed Gallup Cara Candal The Center for Education Reform Sydney Chaffee Council of Chief State School Officers Laura Checovich Council of Chief State School Officers Monique Chism American Institutes for Research Dave Clayton Strada Education Network Michael Cohen Achieve Elizabeth Dabney Data Quality Campaign John Denning Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Kamaria Downs United Negro College Fund Amy Ellen Duke-Benfield Center for Law and Social Policy Eric Duncan Council of Chief State School Officers Adam Ezring CSS Paul Ferrari Council of Chief State School Officers Jessie Gold Council of Chief State School Officers Danielle Gonzales The Aspen Institute Education and Society Program Brianna Grant United Negro College Fund Lisa Guernsey New America Gretchen Guffy ACT, Inc.
Marquez D Hall United Negro College Fund Shannon Hayes ACT, Inc. Kory Hayward College Board John-Paul Hayworth DC State Board of Education Angela Hill Scripps Washington Bureau Teri Hinds NASPA Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education Jeanette Horner-Smith U.S. Department of Education Paul Howard DC Public Schools Donna Johnson Office of the State Superintendent of Education Patricia Johnson US Department of Education Denise M. Joseph US Department of Education Matthew Joseph ExcelinEd Alexander Jue 50CAN Hanseul Kang Office of the State Superintendent of Education Shannon Kelly Wolf Trap Gregory Kienzl ACT, Inc. Emily Kinard First Book Julie Kirk NACAC Callie Kozlak UnidosUS Kevin Kruger NASPA Deja Langston United Negro College Fund Kerstin Le Floch American Institutes for Research Brandon Lewis National Urban League Tom Lindsley ACT, Inc. Shannon Litton Educational Testing Service Kelly Mack Association of American Colleges and Universities Rebecca Marek Department of Education/OESE Augustus Mays WestEd Brennan McMahon Parton Data Quality Campaign Margaret Millar Council of Chief State School Officers Angela Minnici WestEd Lesley Muldoon CenterPoint Education Solutions Niranjan Murali DC Office of the State Superintendent of Education Richard Neimand Neimand Collaborative Mario Nuñez Nuñez Jazmyne Owens National Urban League Tino Pania American Institutes for Research Dimple Patel National Indian Education Association Carolyn Phenicie The74 Carrie Phillips Council of Chief State School Officers Julia Rafal-Baer Chiefs for Change Matt Repka DC State Board of Education Liz Ross HCM Strategists Jennifer Sattem Achieve Ryan Saunders Learning Policy Institute Melody Schopp Education Testing Service
Sarah Silverman Whiteboard Advisors Samaura Stone American Youth Policy Forum Rebecca Thiess The Pew Charitable Trusts Carolyn Trager Kliman City Year, Inc. Janet Tran Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute Mario Villafranca The College Board Matt Walker Teach For America Saroja Warner Council of Chief State School Officers Jeff Weld White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Zoe Whitehorn WidmeyerEd Amanda Winters National Governors Association Margery Yeager Chiefs for Change Emily Zevely Council of Chief State School Officers
FLORIDA Mat Bari Edmentum, Inc Kathy Hebda Florida Department of Education Laura Mazyck Florida Department of Education Shayna Servillas U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
GEORGIA Kenneth Bergman AdvancED Wes Cantrell Georgia House of Representatives Mark Elgart AdvancED Cortney George Georgia House of Representatives Erin Hames ReformEd Georgia Fiona Hinds AdvancED Heather Kinsey AdvancED Dianne Lassai Barker Technical College System of Georgia Alexis Oberg Office of Governor Nathan Deal Scott Smith AdvancED John Tibbetts Worth County High School
HAWAII Scott Fuji Hawaii Senate Joan Husted EIH Michelle Kidani Hawaii Senate Carmielita Minami University of Hawaii at Manoa Takashi Ohno Hawaii State House of Representatives Alan Oshima Hawaiian Electric Company Roy Takumi Hawaii House of Representatives
IDAHO Matt Freeman Idaho State Board of Education Rod Gramer Idaho Business for Education Wendy Horman Idaho House of Representatives
Janet Jessup Idaho Legislative Services Office Robyn Lockett Idaho Legislative Services Office Garry Lough Education Networks of America Rebecca Mitchell Council of Chief State School Officers Dean Mortimer Idaho Senate Duncan Robb Idaho State Department of Education Marilyn Whitney State of Idaho Luci Willits Curriculum Associates
ILLINOIS Jim Applegate Illinois State University Alicia Garcia American Institutes for Research Libia Gil Illinois State Board of Education Jason Helfer Illinois State Board of Education Lindsey Jensen Illinois State Board of Education Stephanie Jones Illinois State Board of Education Michael Lach University of Chicago Kimberly A. Lightford Illinois Senate Lisa Shimmel American Institutes for Research Tony Smith Illinois State Board of Education Jonathan VanderBrug Arts Alliance Illinois
INDIANA Robert Behning Indiana House of Representatives Caitlin Bell Institute for Quality Education Matt Bergman University of Louisville Andrew Bernlohr Indiana Dept of Education Michael Chartier EdChoice Carol D'Amico Strada Education Network Niki DaSilva Indiana State Senate David Dimmett Project Lead The Way Tyler Ewigleben Project Lead The Way Jerome Flewelling Indiana Department of Education Cosette Grant-Overton Fort Wayne Urban League Merle Gruesser Education Networks of America Lauren Hodge EdChoice Chris Hogerty Project Lead The Way Dennis Kruse Indiana Senate Lee Ann Kwiatkowski State of Indiana Anthony Mason Indianapolis Urban League Jennifer McCormick Indiana Department of Education Carolyn Mock Northwest Evaluation Association Sam Snideman Ball State University Holly Stachler Indiana Department of Education Ginger Teague Project Lead The Way Sean Tierney Indiana Commission for Higher Education
Michelle Weise Strada Education Network
IOWA Linda Fandel State of Iowa Kathleen Hanlon Iowa General Assembly Michelle Helt South Sioux City Community School District Karen Misjak Iowa College Student Aid Commission Aileen Sullivan Council of Chief State School Officers Cindy Winckler State of Iowa Ryan Wise Iowa Department of Education
KANSAS John Barnshaw Ad Astra Information Systems Diane DeBacker Kansas Department of Commerce Blake Flanders Kansas Board of Regents Matt Frankenbery Pitsco Education John Hess Kansas Legislative Research Department Will Krebs Project Lead The Way Samantha Neill Buhler High School
KENTUCKY Gary Houchens Western Kentucky University Dawn Offutt KY Council on Postsecondary Education Aaron Thompson Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education Wayne Young Kentucky Association of School Administrators
LOUISIANA Erin Bendily Louisiana Department of Education Shan Davis Louisiana BESE Kimberly Eckert Louisiana Department of Education Anna Gatlin Schilling Strada Education Network Patrice Pujol NIET Susana Schowen LED FastStart Donald Songy State of Louisiana
MAINE Sue Gendron Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Kaitlin Young SeDoMoCha Elementary School
MARYLAND Sharnice Barnett Greater Baltimore Urban League Garrett Bauman Teaching Strategies Sara Fidler Maryland General Assembly Matthew Gandal Education Strategy Group Rachel Gwaltney National Summer Learning Association Kathleen Hetherington Howard Community College
Adrienne Jones Maryland House of Delegates Michele Lambert Maryland General Assembly Andy Plattner Plattner Communications & Public Affairs Jeffrey Richmond University of Maryland University College Karen Salmon Maryland State Department of Education Gregory Schuckman University of Central Florida Jenna Scott Westat Miya Simpson Office of the Maryland State Board of Education Shiree Slade Optimum Curriculum Builders
MASSACHUSETTS David Altstadt Jobs for the Future Maura Banta IBM Helene Bettencourt Massachusetts Dept. of Elementary & Secondary Education Erica Champagne Massachusetts Dept. of Elementary & Secondary Education David Driscoll Driscoll Consulting Sam Howe Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Bob LaRocca Transforming Education Susan Lusi Mass Insight Education & Research Cara Pekarcik North Quincy High School John Schneider Mass Insight Education & Research Rozi Smith Curriculum Associates Susan Therriault American Institutes for Research Paul Toner Teach Plus
MICHIGAN Philip Laffey Michigan Legislative Service Bureau Nathan Leaman Michigan Senate Fiscal Agency William Moses The Kresge Foundation Tyler Sawher State of Michigan Megan Schrauben Michigan Department of Education Eileen Weiser Michigan State Board of Education
MINNESOTA Brad Baumgartner Questar Assessments, Inc. Corey Bulman Minnesota Teacher of the Year Tricia Elite Minnesota Senate Sondra Erickson Minnesota House of Representatives Aimee Guidera Guidera Strategy Ryan Hagedorn Edmentum Patrick Hockey Edmentum Aaron Horn MHEC Todd Iverson The College Board Marcus Lingenfelter Edmentum Jeff Peterson Questar Chuck Wiger Minnesota Senate
MISSISSIPPI Phil Bryant State of Mississippi Kufere Laing Southern Poverty Law Center Laurie Smith State of Mississippi
MISSOURI Angie Besendorfer Western Governors University Beth Davey Missouri Dept. of Elementary & Secondary Education Samantha Dickey Missouri Department of Higher Education Patrick Gadell Attorney at Law Joel Jennings Saint Louis University Stacey Preis Missouri Dept. of Elementary & Secondary Education Margie Vandeven SAS Institute Software Company
MONTANA Shauna Albrecht Montana Legislative Fiscal Division Elsie Arntzen Montana Office of Public Instruction Pete Donovan Montana Board of Public Education Elly Driggers State of Montana Alison Harmon Montana State University Melissa Romano Helena School District Siri Smillie State of Montana Jule Walker Montana Office of Public Instruction Amy Williams Montana University System
NEBRASKA Mike Baumgartner Nebraska Coordinating Commission for Postsecondary Ed. John Bonaiuto Nebraska Association of School Boards Ryan Foor Nebraska Department of Education W. LaMont Rainey Nebraska Legislature
NEVADA Pilar Biller Nevada Department of Education Adam Drost Nevada Legislature Carolyn Edwards Clark County School District Brad Keating Clark County School District Brian Mitchell Nevada Governor's Office Jen Sturm Nevada Legislative Counsel Bureau Michael Wixom Smith Larsen & Wixom
NEW HAMPSHIRE Kathryn Dodge Dodge Advisory Group Jay Kahn New Hampshire Senate Scott Marion Center for Assessment
NEW JERSEY Amy T. Andersen Council of Chief State School Officers Beth Auerswald New Jersey State Board of Education Jill Hulnick WestEd
NEW MEXICO Tim Bedeaux New Mexico Legislative Education Study Committee Pamela Blackwell New Mexico First Barbara Damron New Mexico Higher Education Department Kevin Force New Mexico Legislative Education Study Committee Sunny Liu New Mexico Legislative Finance Committee Alan Morgan High Desert Government Relations, Inc. Matthew Pahl New Mexico Coalition for Charter Schools Dennis Roch New Mexico House of Representatives Bill Soules New Mexico State Senate
NEW YORK Christopher Albrecht Brockport Central Schools Jenn Beideman Common Ground Health Brian Bennett New York State United Teachers Caroline Bobick New York State School Boards Association Kenya Bradshaw TNTP Adina Chapman Cambridge Assessment International Education Johanna Duncan-Poitier The State University of New York Nathan Estel Evaluation Systems Adenike Huggins National Urban League Jill Lansing State University of New York Brenda McDuffie Buffalo Urban League Annette Minoso The College Board Nicholas Pelzer The Wallace Foundation Hal Smith National Urban League
NORTH CAROLINA Laura Bailet Kaplan Early Learning Company Kara Ball DoDEA John Chaffee NCEast Alliance Alisa Chapman Education Consultant Geoffrey Coltrane State of North Carolina Ray Covington The Hunt Institute Terry Holliday Metametrics Jim Johnson Kenan Institute Diana Lys University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Katrina Miller SAS Institute Inc. Molly Osborne EducationNC Brittany Slagle Maxwell Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools
Malbert Smith MetaMetrics, Inc. Deanna Townsend-Smith North Carolina State Board of Education John Turcotte North Carolina Legislative Program Evaluation Division Mike Ward The MEWs Education Consulting Kevin Wilkinson North Carolina Department of Public Instruction
NORTH DAKOTA Levi Bachmeier North Dakota Governor's Office Kirsten Baesler North Dakota Dept. of Public Instruction Mike Bitz Mandan Public School District Travis Jordan Beulah School District 27 Donald Schaible North Dakota Senate
NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS Gerard van Gils Teacher of the Year
OHIO Tyler Barnett KnowledgeWorks Branford Brown Urban League of Greater Soutwestern Ohio Paolo DeMaria Ohio Department of Education Michael DiMaggio KnowledgeWorks Jason Glover Ohio Legislative Service Commission Alex Goodman Ohio Department of Education Sarah Jenkins KnowledgeWorks Jonathan Juravich Olentangy Local Schools Marsha Mockabee Urban League of Greater Cleveland Ricardo Moena University of Cincinnati Kenneth Trump National School Safety and Security Services Matthew Williams KnowledgeWorks
OKLAHOMA Belinda Biscoe South Central Comprehensive Center Sarah Hall South Central Comprehensive Center at OU Arthur Hazell Teacher of the Year Erin Kennedy Oklahoma House of Representatives Mary LeFebvre ACT, Inc. Gary Stanislawski Oklahoma Senate Kerri White University of Oklahoma Outreach Jake Yunker State of Oklahoma
OREGON Michael Connor Oregon Early Learning Division Patrick Crane Oregon Higher Education Coordinating Commission Drew Cummins Oregon State Legislature Richard Donovan Oregon School Boards Association Colt Gill Oregon Department of Education
Nkenge Harmon Urban League of Portland Shalee Hodgson Office of Governor Kate Brown Dave Jarrat InsideTrack Zoe Larmer Oregon Department of Education Alethia Miller Legislative Policy and Research Office Danette Parsley Education Northwest Elana Pirtle-Guiney Governor Kate Brown's Office Sherrie Sprenger State of Oregon House of Representatives Ana Tilton Grantmakers for Education
PENNSYLVANIA Elizabeth Bolden Pennsylvania Commission for Community Colleges Andrea Custis The Urban League of Philadelphia Bobbi Newman University of Pennsylvania, CPRE Stanley Saylor Pennsylvania House of Representatives Michael Soskil Wallenpaupack Area School District David Volkman Pennsylvania Department of Education Doug Wessels Pennsylvania Virtual Charter School
RHODE ISLAND Elizabeth Burke Bryant Rhode Island KIDS COUNT Anna Cano Morales Rhode Island College Brenda Dann-Messier Rhode Island Council on Postsecondary Education
SOUTH CAROLINA Erin Fox CERRA Beth Howard-Brown American Institutes for Research Pierce McNair South Carolina House of Representatives Julian Reed ActivEd
SOUTH DAKOTA Jim Bolin South Dakota Senate Megan Reder-Schopp South Dakota School of Mines / Johns Hopkins Rachel Schaefer Elkton Public School
TENNESSEE Tara Bergfeld Tennessee Comptroller of the Treasury Patrick Boggs Tennessee General Assembly Charlie Bufalino TennesseeCAN Robert Denn The College System of Tennessee Elizabeth Fiveash Tennessee Department of Education Paul Fleming Tennessee Department of Education Annie Freeland Tennessee Department of Education Matthew Fye Tennessee General Assembly Joe Galante CMA Foundation Tammy Grissom Tennessee School Boards Association
Aleah Guthrie Tennessee Department of Education Victoria Harpool Tennessee Higher Education Commission Nathan James State Board of Education Tiffany Kerns CMA Foundation Mike Krause Tennessee Higher Education Commission Candice McQueen Tennessee Department of Education Danielle Mezera DCM Consulting Grant Minchew Tennesseans for Student Success Sara Morrison Tennessee State Board of Education Jayme Simmons Tennessee Governor's Office Scott Sloan Tennessee Higher Education Commission Peter Tang Tennessee SCORE Sarah Trahern CMA Foundation Kasey Washburn Tennessee General Assembly Bonnie Wood Tennessee General Assembly Cicely Woodard Council of Chief State School Officers
TEXAS Don Barfield Westat Kara Belew Texas Public Policy Foundation Lesli Cathey Texas Legislative Budget Board John Colyandro Office of the Governor of Texas Cary Cuiccio American Institutes for Research Cathleen Eady Texas Legislative Council Ryan Franklin Texas Education Agency Jason LaTurner American Institutes for Research Jeremy Martin The Charles A. Dana Center, University of Texas Elizabeth Mayer UT System Kathleen ONeill The University of Texas at Austin Raymund Paredes Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Jason Rohloff The College Board David Saba Teachers of Tomorrow Laura Shankland American Institutes for Research Angie Shook Northwest Evaluation Association Ron Simmons ECS- Texas Delegation Uri Treisman The University of Texas at Austin Jeff Webster Trellis Company
UTAH Aaryn Birchell Uintah High School Michelle Boulter Utah State Board of Education Nathan Brady State of Utah David Buhler Utah System of Higher Education Sydnee Dickson Utah State Board of Education Deborah Eldridge Western Governors University Tamara Goetz State of Utah
Tracy Gruber DWS Eric Hafen Imagine Learning Linda Hansen Utah State Board of Education Benjamin Heuston Waterford Institute Carol Lear Utah State Board of Education Ann Millner Utah Senate Tami Pyfer State of Utah Emily Robertson Imagine Learning James Sheppard Western Governors University Angie Stallings Utah State Board of Education Tiffany Stanley Utah State Board of Education Rich Stombres Waterford Institute Jeff Van Hulten State Board of Education Dave R. Woolstenhulme Utah System of Technical Colleges Kellie Yates STEM Action Center
VERMONT Linda Cloutier-Namdar Teacher of the Year
VIRGINIA Jonathan Alger James Madison University Kristen Amundson National Association of State Boards of Education Peter Blake State Council of Higher Education for Virginia Richard Blake Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Fran Bradford Commonwealth of Virginia Jessica Brisson iNACOL Danny Carlson NAESP Jim Cowen Collaborative for Student Success Janelle Duray Jobs for America's Graduates Heather Durosko National Association for College Admission Counseling Laura Fornash McGuireWoods Consulting Earl Franks NAESP Scott Frein McGuireWoods Consulting LLC David Griffith ASCD Kathy Hurley Girls Thinking Global James Lane Virginia Department of Education Tracy Locklin National Student Clearinghouse Tiffany Miller Communities in Schools, Inc Scott Oppler Society for Human Resource Management Victor Powell Matthew Maury Elementary School David Schmidt ISTE Natalie Truong iNACOL Kristan Van Hook NIET Ben Wermund Politico Joan Wodiska National Conference of State Legislatures
WASHINGTON John Fischer Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Katie Hagan Edunomics Lab at Georgetown University Kaaren Heikes Washington State Board of Education Lindsay Hunsicker Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Mary Kenfield Washington Legislature Carlin Llorente Washington STEM Mandy Manning Council of Chief State School Officers Paula O'Gorman Renaissance Rahim Rajan Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Maddy Thompson State of Washington Joe Timmons Western Washington University Cameron Wilson Code.org Patty Wood Washington State Board of Education
WEST VIRGINIA Katlin Thorsell West Virginia Department of Education or WVDE Melissa White WV House of Delegates, Committee on Education
WISCONSIN Emilie Amundson Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction Eve Hall Milwaukee Urban League Amy Kerwin Great Lakes Higher Education Corporation Fern Knepp Wisconsin Legislative Reference Bureau Matthew Miller Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction Luther Olsen Wisconsin Senate Nathan Schwanz Rep. John Nygren Laura Shtaida Renaissance Learning, Inc.
WYOMING Jillian Balow Wyoming Department of Education Dicky Shanor Wyoming Department of Education Matthew Willmarth Wyoming Legislative Service Office