2022-2023
GOVERNING BOARD MEMBERSHIP
(2022-2023)
Honorable Beverly Perdue, Chair
Former Governor – Democrat
North Carolina
New Bern, North Carolina
Representative Alice Peisch, Vice Chair
State Legislator – Democrat
Massachusetts House of Representatives
Wellesley, Massachusetts
Honorable Haley Barbour
General Public Representative
Founding Partner
BGR Group
Yazoo City, Mississippi
Alberto M. Carvalho
Local School Superintendent
Superintendent
Los Angeles Unified School District
Los Angeles, California
Tyler W. Cramer
General Public Representative
CEO and Executive Manager
Remarc Associates LLC
San Diego, California
Christine Cunningham
Curriculum Specialist
Professor of Education and Engineering
College of Education
The Pennsylvania State University
University Park, Pennsylvania
Suzanne Lane
Testing and Measurement Expert
Professor of Research Methodology
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Scott Marion
Testing and Measurement Expert
President and Executive Director
The National Center for the Improvement of
Educational Assessment, Inc.
Dover, New Hampshire
Reginald McGregor
Business Representative
Vice President – Government Relations
Rolls Royce Corporation
Indianapolis, Indiana
Michael A. Pope
Grade 8 Teacher
Zama American Middle School
Camp Zama
Dept. of Defense Education Agency
Sagamihara, Japan
Julia Rafal-Baer
General Public Representative
Managing Partner
ILO Group
Cranston, Rhode Island
Frank Edelblut
Chief State School Officer
Commissioner
New Hampshire Department of Education
Concord, New Hampshire
Viola Garcia
Local School Board Member
Aldine Independent School District
Houston, Texas
Eric Hanushek
Testing and Measurement Expert
Hanna Senior Fellow Hoover Institution
Stanford, California
Patrick L. Kelly
Grade 12 Teacher
AP U.S. Government and Politics
Richland School District 2
Columbia, South Carolina
Anna King
General Public Representative
Former President National PTA
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Ron Reynolds
Nonpublic School Administrator /
Policymaker Executive Director
California Association of Private
School Organizations
Van Nuys, California
Nardi Routten
Grade 4 Teacher
Creekside Elementary School
New Bern, North Carolina
Dilhani Uswatte
Elementary School Principal
Principal Rocky Ridge Elementary School
Hoover, Alabama
Martin R. West
State School Board Member
Member, Massachusetts Board of Elementary
and Secondary Education
Malden, Massachusetts
Representative Mark White
State Legislator – Republican
Tennessee House of Representatives
Nashville, Tennessee
Grover J. "Russ" Whitehurst
Curriculum Specialist
Professor Emeritus Stony Brook University
Fort Myers, Florida
Carey M. Wright
Chief State School Officer
Former State Superintendent
Woodstock, Maryland
Ex-officio Member
Mark Schneider
Director
Institute of Education Sciences