El Paso, Texas – Elementary School Principal

Since 2010, Boyd has served as principal of East Point Elementary School in El Paso Texas, with the Ysleta Independent School District, where she previously served as a teacher and assistant principal. Boyd was chosen as the 2007 Texas Teacher of the Year. Her other  honors include 2016 Texas National Distinguished Principal of the Year, and a Hall of Fame inductee this year into the El Paso Commission for Women. A member and nominee of the National Association of Elementary School Principals, Boyd’s efforts at East Point include the development of professional learning communities and the use of data in implementing needed interventions and enrichment.

Chapel Hill, N.C. – Testing and Measurement Expert

Cizek is the Guy B. Phillips Distinguished Professor of Educational Measurement and Evaluation at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Cizek’s early career involved service in K-12 education as an elementary and middle school teacher, and as an elected local school board member. He was also certified as an elementary principal. His academic career has spanned 25 years in the field of applied assessment with specializations in standard setting, validity and test security. Cizek has served as President of the National Council on Measurement in Education; previously he served a partial term on the Governing Board.

San Diego, California – General Public Representative

Cramer previously served as a member of the Governing Board’s Business Policy Task Force, which lent the business perspective to the Board on policies that affected NAEP. Other significant experiences include serving as the chair of the San Diego Business Roundtable for Education, education committee chair of the San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce (where he also was director), and member of the California Longitudinal Pupil Achievement Data System Advisory Board. He has also served on, chaired or been the parent representative to various San Diego City Schools committees. Cramer, an industry counsel and executive, was a member of the University of San Diego’s Center for Education Policy and Law advisory board, which fosters better linkage between educational research, policymaking and practice.

McLean, VA – General Public Representative

Gov. Engler recently retired as president of the Business Roundtable, a group of nearly 200 chief executives of major U.S. corporations that collectively employ more than 15 million people and take in more than $6 trillion in annual revenues. Previously, he was president and CEO of the National Association of Manufacturers. Governor Engler is a former Governing Board member and a member of the NAEP 12th Grade Preparedness Task Force. He served as the 46th governor of Michigan from 1991 to 2003, and previously served in the state legislature for 20 years, including 7 years as state Senate majority leader.

Cheyenne, Wyoming – Republican Governor

Reappointee Geringer currently serves on the Board’s committee on standards, design and methodology. He was the 30th governor of Wyoming from 1995 to 2003, and previously served in the Wyoming Legislature from 1983 to 1994. Prior, Governor Geringer served in the U.S. Air Force, working on aerospace programs for the Air Force in partnership with NASA. He is one of the founding governors of Western Governors University, a private and non-profit online university, where he is currently chairman of its Board of Trustees. His leadership also includes involvement in the National Commission on Mathematics and Science Teaching for the 21st Century, the National Research Council at the National Academies, and the Education Commission of the States, which he also chaired. He joined Environmental Systems Research Institute in 2003 as director of policy and public sector strategies.

New Bern, N.C. – Democratic Governor

Governor Perdue began her career as a public school teacher and then directed geriatric services at a community hospital. She started her political career serving in the North Carolina House of Representatives and then five terms in the North Carolina Senate before she was elected as the 32nd Lieutenant Governor. She then became the 73rd governor of North Carolina from 2009 to 2013, the state’s first female chief executive. After she left office, Governor Perdue initiated many education efforts, including founding and chairing DigiLEARN, a non-profit institution designed to accelerate digital learning opportunities for all ages; serving as a Resident Fellow at the Harvard Institute of Politics and a Distinguished Visiting Fellow at Duke University's Sanford School of Public Policy; and consulting on education issues.