2019-2020
GOVERNING BOARD MEMBERSHIP
(2019-2020)
Haley Barbour, Chair
BGR Group, Founding Partner
Yazoo City, Mississippi
Tonya Matthews, Vice Chair
Director of STEM Learning Innovation
Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan
Dana K. Boyd
Principal
East Point Elementary School
El Paso, Texas
Alberto M. Carvalho
Superintendent
Miami-Dade County Public Schools
Miami, Florida
Gregory J. Cizek
Guy B. Phillips
Distinguished Professor of Educational
Measurement and Evaluation
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Tyler W. Cramer
CEO and Executive Manager
Remarc Associates LLC
San Diego, California
Honorable James E. Geringer
Former Governor of Wyoming
Cheyenne, Wyoming
Eric Hanushek
Hanna Senior Fellow
Hoover Institution
Stanford, California
Andrew Dean Ho
Charles William Eliot Professor
of Education
Harvard Graduate School of Education
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Patrick L. Kelly
Coordinator of Professional Learning
Twelfth-Grade Teacher
Richland School District Two
Columbia, South Carolina
Terry Mazany
Senior Vice President
Community Foundation for Greater
Atlanta
Atlanta, Georgia
Reginald McGregor
Manager, Engineering Employee
Development & STEM Outreach
Rolls Royce Corporation
Indianapolis, Indiana
Mark Miller
Eigth Grade Mathematics Teacher and
Department Chair
Cheyenne Mountain Junior High
Colorado Springs, CO
Joseph M. O'Keefe, S.J.
Visiting Professor and Fellow
Fordham University Graduate School
of Education
New York, New York
Christine Cunningham
Professor of Education and
Engineering
College of Education
The Pennsylvania State University
University Park, Pennsylvania
Frank Edelblut
Commissioner
New Hampshire Department of
Education
Concord, New Hampshire
Rebecca Gagnon
Former Director
Minneapolis Board of Education
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Paul Gasparini
Secondary School Principal
Jamesville-DeWitt High School
DeWitt, New York
Honorable Alice H. Peisch
State Legislator
Massachusetts House of
Representatives
Wellesley, Massachusetts
Honorable Beverly Perdue
Former Governor of North Caroline
New Bern, North Carolina
Nardi Routten
Fourth-Grade Teacher
Chester A. Moore Elementary School
Fort Pierce, Florida
Martin R. West
Massachusetts Board of Elementary
and Secondary Education
Professor of Education
Harvard Graduate School of Education
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Grover J. "Russ" Whitehurst
Professor Emeritus
Stony Brook University
Fort Myers, Florida
Carey M. Wright
State Superintendent
Mississippi Department of Education
Jackson, Mississippi
Ex-officio Member
Mark Schneider
Director
Institute of Education Sciences