ROSTER OF PARTICIPANTS

Denver Marriott City Center Denver, CO

Presented by the Education Commission of the States

Education Commision of the States

2015 National Forum on Education Policy

June 29 – July 1, 2015

Denver, CO

ALABAMA

Stephanie Bell

Member

Alabama State Board of Education

Sally Howell

Executive Director

Alabama Association of School Boards

Eric Mackey

Executive Director

School Superintendents of Alabama

Lisa Woodard

Governmental Affairs Director

School Superintendents of Alabama

ALASKA

Lynn Gattis

Representative

Alaska Legislture

Mike Hanley

Commissioner

State Department of Education

Nancy Norman

Education Consultant

Norman Consultant Services

Deena Paramo

Superintendent of Schools

Matanuska Susitna Borough School District

Gary Stevens

Senator

Alaska State Senate

ARIZONA

Elvy Barton

Senior Policy Advisor

AZ House of Representatives

Ashley Berg

Executive Director of Policy Development &

Government Relations

Arizona Department

Michael Madden

Assistant Legislative Research Analyst

Arizona House of Representatives

Janice Palmer

Director of Governmental Relations & Public

Affairs

AZ School Boards Association

Samuel Stone

Executive Director

Civics Education Initiative

Aaron Wonders

Research Analyst

AZ House of Representatives

ARKANSAS

Ginny Blankenship

Legislative Analyst

Arkansas Bureau of Legislative Research

Joyce Elliott

Senator

Arkansas Senate

Terri Hardy

President

TNH Educational Consulting, Inc.

Kenneth James

Senior Advisor

BloomBoard, Inc

Ouida Newton

2015 Arkansas Teacher of the Year

Poyen High School

ARMED FORCES EUROPE

Sarah Loomis

Instructional Technology Coach

DoDEA

CALIFORNIA

Ruth Chung Wei

Director of Assessment Research &

Development

Stanford University

Chris Cross

Chairman

Çross & Joftus

Jannelle Kubinec

Senior Program Director

WestEd

Thomas Arnett

Education Research Fellow

Clayton Christensen Institute

Becca Bracy Knight

Executive Director

The Broad Center for the Management of

School Systems

J. Kirk Brown

Director of Science and STEM

Integration/Innovation

San Joaquin County Office of Education

William Cirone

County Superintendent of Schools

Santa Barbara County Education Office

Andrew Coulson

Chief Strategist and Vice President of Data

and Evaluation

MIND Research Institute

Delaine Eastin

Former Supt. of Public Instruction

State of CA

Jane Foley

Senior Vice President, Milken Educator

Awards

Milken Family Foundation

Julia Gonzales

Director, Government Relations

Amplify

Judith Heiman

Principal Fiscal & Policy Analyst

California Legislative Analyst's Office

Gisele Huff

Executive Director

Jaquelin Hume Foundation

Erika Hughes

Director of Corporate Affairs

Pearson

Janine Ingram

Vice President of Philanthropic Partnerships

MIND Research Institute

Kenneth Kapphahn

Fiscal Analyst

Legislative Analyst's Office

Michael Kirst

President

California State Board Of Education

Kelly LaMar

Thank America's Teachers

Farmers Insurance

Jason Lange

CEO/Co-Founder

BloomBoard

Silver McDonald

Chief Commercial Officer

BrightBytes

Gavin Payne

Director, US Policy, Advocacy &

Communications

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Alejandra Rincon

Book author

Undocumented Immigrants and Higher

Education

Kristin Ruff

Director of Business Development

Metrix Advisors

Harold Stanislaw

Professor of Psychology

California State University, Stanislaus

Shirley Weber

Assemblymember

California State Legislature

Daniel Zavala

State Policy Director

StudentsFirst

Richard Zeiger

Associate Superintendent

California Department of Education

COLORADO

Josh Abram

Senior Fiscal Analyst

Legislative Council of the Colorado General

Assembly

Chris Ammons

Research Analyst

CO Department of Higher Education

Cherise Anderson

Teacher

Douglas County, Colorado School District

John Armstrong

Information Analyst

State Higher Education Executive Officers

Beth Bean

Chief Research Officer

CO Department of Higher Education

Julie Bell

Education Group Director

NCSL

Jane Best

Chief Strategy Officer

McREL International

Amanda Bickel

Chief Legislative Analyst

Joint Budget Committee, Colorado General

Assembly

Marianne Boeke

Senior Research Associate

NCHEMS

Cody Buchanan

Community Partnership Specialist

Colorado Department of Education

Lorna Candler

Director

Colorado Division of Private Occupational

Schools

Adina Chapman

Director of Higher Education Policy Analysis

The College Board

Steffanie Clothier

Senior Policy Director

Alliance for Early Success

Michael Cohen

Manager of Assessment Support

Denver Public Schools

Brita Darling

Senior Staff Attorney

Colorado Office of Legislative Legal

Services

Heather DeLange

Academic Policy Officer

Colorado Department of Higher Education

Sunny Deye

Program Principal

National Conference of State Legislatures

Marco Dorado

Rhonda Epper

Chief Student & Academic Affairs Officer

Colorado Department of Higher Education

Michelle Exstrom

Education Program Director

National Conference of State Legislatures

Alicia Garcia

Senior Policy Analyst and REL Midwest

Deputy Director

American Institutes for Research

Lisa Gezelter

Research Analyst

Colorado Legislative Council

Eric Gorski

Reporter

The Denver Post

Chelsea Henkel

Colorado Policy Analyst

Stand for Children

Marshall Hill

Executive Director

National Council for State Authorization

Reciprocity Agreements (NC-SARA)

Suzanne Hultin

Policy Specialist

National Conference of State Legislatures

Dwight Jones

Superintendent in Residence

Discovery Communications

Stephen M. Jordan, Ph.D.

President

Metropolitan State University of Denver

Rachel Kurtz-Phelan

Research Analyst

Colorado Legislative Council Staff

Jennifer Landrum

President and CEO

Denver Preschool Program

Patrick Lane

Project Manager

WICHE

Kelly Latterman

Research Analyst II

National Conference of State Legislatures

Sarah Leibrandt

Project Coordinator

Western Interstate Commission for Higher

Education

David Longanecker

President

Western Interstate Commission for Higher

Education

Chanda Lowrance

Student

Metropolitan State University of Denver

Joel Moore

Senior Legislative Editor

Colorado Office of Legislative Legal

Services

Inta Morris

Chief Advocacy and Outreach Officer

Colorado Department of Higher Education

Laura Mutton

School Accountability Committee Chair

Mountain Vista High School

John Myers

Vice President

APA Consulting

Robert Palaich

President

Augenblick, Palaich and Associates

Jeanette Patterson

Fellow

EPFP Fellow

Julie Pelegrin

Assistant Director

Colorado Office of Legislative Legal

Services

Lori Pidick

Director of Development & Communications

PEBC

Jennifer Price

Director of External Affairs

AT&T

Barth Quenzer

Instructional Curriculum Specialist

Denver Public Schools

Vanessa Quintana

Program Consultant

Colorado Department of Education

Andrew Rauch

Lead Finance Analyst

Colorado Department of Higher Education

Yesenia Robles

Staff Writer

The Denver Post

Casey Sacks

Grant Project Manager

Colorado Community College System

Ann Schimke

Reporter/Community Editor

Chalkbeat Colorado

Karen Schimke

Christina Sedney

Project Coordinator

Western Interstate Commission for Higher

Education

Sara Shelton

Director of Civic Engagement Initiatives

The Civic Canopy

Jennifer Sobanet

Chief Operating Officer

Colorado Dept. of Higher Education

Amber Tafoya

Director of External Affairs

AT&T

Christine Tharaldson

Manager, Global Accounts

HelmsBriscoe

Daniel Thatcher

Senior Policy Specialist

National Conference of State Legislatures

Kathleen Thirkell

Math Chairman

Lewis-Palmer High School

Nancy Todd

Senator

State of Colorado

Evy Valencia

Policy Advisor

Office of Governor Hickenlooper

Lauren Victor

Talent Research and Policy Analyst

CO Department of Higher Education

Ashley Wallace

Education Program Manager

National Conference of State Legislatures

Jeff Wasden

President

Colorado Business Roundtable

Madeleine Webster

Research Analyst II

National Conference of State Legislatures

Dustin Weeden

Policy Specialist

National Conference of State Legislators

Cyrus Weinberger

Principal

Red Hawk Elementary, St. Vrain Valley

School District

Matthew Weyer

Policy Specialist

National Conference of State Legislatures

Julie Whitacre

Director of Government Affairs

Colorado Education Association

Terry Whitney

Director, Government Relations

College Board

Lucinda Willits

Deputy Executive Director

Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium

Shelley Woodson

Deputy Director, Scholarship Initiative

Colorado Department of Higher Education

Simon Workman

Associate

APA Consulting

Katie Zaback

Senior Policy Analyst

SHEEO

Terrance Adams

Associate Legislative Analyst

Connecticut General Assembly, Office of

Legislative Research

CONNECTICUT

James Comer

Maurice Falk Professor of Child Psychiatry

Yale Child Study Center

John Moran

Principal Analyst

Connecticut General Assembly

Desi Nesmith

Principal

Bloomfield Public Schools

Ray Rossomando

Research and Policy Development

CEA

Kelli Wells

Executive Director

GE Foundation

Hayley Zinn Rowthorn

Director of Literacy, Assessment and

Instructional Improvement

South Windsor Public Schools

DELEWARE

Kim Anderson

Director, Benchmarking College- and

Career-Readiness Standards

SREB

Jenna Bucsak

Program Officer

Rodel Foundation of Delaware

Christopher Ruszkowski

Chief Officer, Teacher & Leader

Effectiveness Unit

Delaware Department of Education

Megan Szabo

Teacher of the Year

Delaware

FLORIDA

Christie Bassett

2015 Florida Teacher of the Year

Highlands Grove Elementary

Archie Cubarrubia

Vice Provost for Institutional Effectiveness

Miami Dade College

Ester de Jong

Professor

University of Florida

Thomas Furlong

Policy Consultant

St. Petersburg College

Emma Humphries

Civic Engagement Coordinator

Bob Graham Center for Public Service |

University of Florida

Gregroy Marshall

Alignment Director

Florida Department of Education

Jon Rogers

Director, Academic & Student Affairs

Florida Board of Governors

Gabe Sheheane

Sr. Director, Government Relations, Florida

The College Board

Kelli Stargel

Senator

Florida State Senate

David Tandberg

Associate Professor

Center for Postsecondary Success, FSU

GEORGIA

Andy Baxter

Vice President for Educator Effectiveness

Southern Regional Education Board

Cheryl Blanco

Vice President, Postsecondary Education

Southern Regional Eduction Board

Merrianne Dyer

Consultant- Coach

Scholastic

Satyn Nishon Geary

Senior Policy Analyst

Georgia State Senate

Kim Holland

Director of Early Learning and School

Readiness

Gwinnett County Public Schools

Blythe Keeler Robinson

President & CEO

Sheltering Arms Early Education & Family

Centers

Matthew Smith

Program Manager, Educator Effectiveness

Southern Regional Education Board

Arianne Weldon

Director

Get Georgia Reading Campaign

HAWAII

Lyla Berg

Founder

Kids Voting Hawaii

Risa Dickson

Vice President for Academic Affairs

University of Hawaii

Joan Husted

Executive Committee

Education Institute of Hawaii

Michelle Kidani

Chair, Senate Education Committee

Hawaii Senate

J N Musto

Executive Director

UH Professional Assembly

Linda Musto

Professor Emeritus

University of Hawaii

Alan Oshima

President and CEO

Hawaiian Electric

Jim Shon

Director

Hawaii Educational Policy Center

Roy Takumi

Representative

Hawaii House of Representative

IDAHO

Paul Headlee

Deputy Div. Manager, Budget & Policy

Idaho Legislative Services Office

Alison Henken

K-12 Accountability Manager

Idaho State Board of Education

Kim Zeydel

2015 Idaho Teacher of the Year

Meridian Academy

ILLINOIS

James Applegate

Executive Director

Illinois Board of Higher Education

Stephanie Bernoteit

Assoc. Dir., Academic Affairs

Illinois Board of Higher Education

Vicki Cyrulik

Philanthropist

State Farm

Alison Douglas

Dir. College Readiness

Elgin Community College

Steven Elza

2015 Illinois Teacher of the Year

Fremd High School

Amanda Fenton

Director of State and Federal Policy

National Association of Charter School

Authorizers

Craig Lindvahl

Executive Director

Midland Institute for Entrepreneurship

Kimberly Nelson

Executive Director of Early Childhood

Rockford Public School District 205

Elliot Regenstein

Senior Vice President, Advocacy and Policy

Ounce of Prevention Fund

William Sanders

M.D. Emergency Medicine

Community First Medical Center

Julie Schaid

Assoc. Dean, College Readiness & School

Partnerships

Elgin Community College

Ellen Sherratt

Senior Policy Associate

Center on Great Teachers and Leaders

Lisa Shimmel

Senior Policy Analyst

American Institutes for Research

Tony Smith

State Superintendent of Education

Illinois State Board of Education

INDIANA

Brittany Corona

State Program and Government Relations

Director

The Friedman Foundation for Educational

Choice

Alison Griffin

Senior Vice President, External &

Government Relations

USA Funds

Jon Gubera

Senior Director, Government Affairs

The College Board

Dennis Kruse

Senator

Indiana State Senate

Kathy Nimmer

2015 Indiana Teacher of the Year

Tippecanoe School Corporation, Harrison

High School

Beth Stull

Grassroots Specialist

State Farm

Kelly Wilber

5th grade mentor teacher

Southport Elementary School

Holly Zanville

Strategy Director

Lumina Foundation

IOWA

Tod Bowman

Senator

Iowa Senate

Kurt Burkum

Senior Director, Research

ACT

Timothy Crellin

Legislative Fiscal Analyst

Iowa Legislative Services Agency

Amy Sinclair

Senator

Iowa General Assembly

Cindy Winckler

Representative

Iowa Legislature

KANSAS

Sally Cauble

Member

Kansas State Board of Education

Lauren Douglass

Principal Research Analyst

Kansas Legislative Research Department

Therese Edgecomb

Educator

USD 497 Lawrence Schoo District

William Elliott

Director

Center on Assets, Education, and Inclusion

Frank Henderson, Jr.

Past President

Kansas Association of School Boards

Matt Jordan

Business Development Officer

Kansas Leadership Center

Patrick Kelly

Director of Career and Technical Education

Lawrence Public Schools

Shannon Ralph

Biology Teacher

Dodge City High School

Sharon Wenger

Principal Fiscal Analyst

Kansas Legislative Research Department

KENTUCKY

Bennett Boggs

Legislative Analyst

Kentucky Legislative Research Commission

Rhonda Caldwell

Deputy Director

Kentucky Association of School

Administrators

Deno Curris

Regent, Murray State University

State of Kentucky

Kelly Foster

Associate Commissioner

Kentucky Department of Education

Terry Holliday

Commissioner of Education

Kentucky Department of Education

Verna Lowe

VP for Compliance and Assistant to the

President

University of the Cumberlands

Sarah Reed

3rd Grade Teacher, NBTC-Literacy

Jefferson County Public Schools/Field

Elementary

David Wickersham

Policy Advisor

Kentucky Department of Education

Marcus Williams

Executive Director

National Association for Regulatory

Administration

Wayne Young

Executive Director

Kentucky Association of School

Administrators

Pam Goins

Director of Education Policy

The Council of State Governments

Roger Marcum

Chair

Kentucky Board of Education

Mary Ann Miller

Executive Director

Kentucky Department of Education

LOUISIANA

Vicky Condalary

Senior Program Specialist

National Institute for Excellence in Teaching

Anna Gatlin

Director of State Engagement

USA Funds

MAINE

Jennifer Dorman

2015 Maine Teacher of the Year

Skowhegan Area Middle School

MARYLAND

Caroline Boice

Policy Analyst

Maryland Department of Legislative

Services

Garret Halbach

Policy Analyst

Maryland Department of Legislative

Services

Kathleen Hetherington

President

Howard Community College

Adrienne Jones

Speaker Pro Tempore

Maryland General Assembly

Pat Laystrom

SVP, State Policy

Connections Education

Sean McComb

2014 National Teacher of the Year

Baltimore County Public Schools

Ted McConnell

Executive Director

Campaign for the Civic Mission of Schools

Michele McNeil

Federal Policy Reporter

Education Week

Beth Parker

SVP

VOX Global

Darcy Pietryka

Senior Study Director

Westat

Andy Plattner

President

Plattner Communications

Andrew Ujifusa

Staff Writer

Education Week

Judith Walker

Early Learning Branch Chief

MD State Department of Education

Matthew Wicks

VP Policy and Data Analysis

Connections Education

MASSACHUSETTS

Monnica Chan

Director, Policy & Research

New England Board of Higher Education

Mitchell Chester

Commissioner

Dept. of Elementary and Secondary

Education

Brooke Clenchy

Sr. Associate Commissioner

Mass. Department of Elementary and

Secondary Education

Joy Coates

Senior Program Manager

Jobs For the Future

David Driscoll

Former Commissioner

Massachusetts Department of Education

Kei Kawashima-Ginsberg

Director of CIRCLE

Tisch College at Tufts University

Richard Moore

Senator

Massachusetts

Paul Toner

President

New Voice Strategies

Martin West

Associate Professor

Harvard Graduate School of Education

MICHIGAN

Melody Arabo

2015 Michigan Teacher of the Year

Keith Elementary

Brian Barber

Curriculum Consultant

Michigan Department of Education

Mary-Dean Barringer

Director

Council of Chief State School Officers

Amanda Price

Representative

Michigan House of Representatives

MINNESOTA

Dean Aamodt

Teacher

Wahpeton Public Schools North Dakota

Kelita Bak

CEO

National Youth Leadership Council

Brad Baumgartner

EVP Sales

Questar Assessments, Inc.

Jamie Candee

CEO

Questar Assessments, Inc.

Kevin Dahle

Senator

Minnesota Senate

Todd Iverson

Director, Government Relations

The College Board

Alice Johnson

Senator

Minnesota State Senate

Gary Mainor

Vice President

Pearson

Canda Mueller

VP Assessment Design and Psychometrics

Questar Assessments, Inc.

Jeff Peterson

Executive Director - State Gov't Relations

The College Board

Valeria Silva

Superintendent

Saint Paul Public Schools

Chuck Wiger

Senator

MN State Senator

MISSISSIPPI

John Polk

Senator

Mississippi

Laurie Smith

Education Policy Advisor

Office of the Governor

Carey Wright

State Superintendent

Mississippi Department of Education

MISSOURI

Harold Briscoe

President

Cosmic Signal Media

Patrick Gadell

Attorney at Law

Chris Holmes

Missouri Teacher of the Year 2015

Hazelwood West High School

Joel Jennings

Assistant Professor

Saint Louis University

Julee Koncak

Director of Community Relations

Burns & McDonnell

Art McCoy

Superintendent-in-Residence/CAO

MIND Research Institute

Rusty Monhollon

Assistant Commissioner for Academic

Affairs

Missouri Department of Higher Education

Mike Nietzel

Senior Policy Advisor

State of Missouri

David Pearce

Missouri State Senator

Missouri State Senate

Mike Talboy

Director of Government Affairs

Burns & McDonnell

Margie Vandeven

Commissioner of Education

Missouri Department of Elementary and

Secondary Education

MONTANA

Elsie Arntzen

Montana Senator

Steve Bullock

Governor

State of Montana

Elly Driggers

Teacher

Helena School District #1

Debra Lamm

Representative

State of Montana

Pad McCracken

Research Analyst

Montana Legislative Services

Siri Smillie

Education Policy Advisor

Montana Governor's Office

Carmen Taylor

Dean of Academic Affairs

Aaniiih Nakoda College

NEBRASKA

Shelby Aaberg

2015 Nebraska Teacher of the Year

Scottsbluff High School

Roy Baker

Senator

Nebraska Unicameral Legislature

Tammy Barry

Education Committee Legal Counsel

Nebraska Legislature

Michael Baumgartner

Executive Director

Nebraska's Coordinating Commission for

Postsecondary Education

Wilbert L. Rainey

Education Committee, Legal Counsel

Nebraska Legislature

Jay Sears

Program Director

Nebraska State Education Association

NEVADA

Todd Butterworth

Senior Policy Analyst

Nevada Legislative Counsel Bureau

Barbara Cegavske

Secretary of State

State of Nevada

Carolyn Edwards

Member, Board of School Trustees

Clark County School District

Dale Erquiaga

Superintendent of Public Instruction

Nevada Department of Education

Brian Mitchell

Education Fellow

Office of Governor Brian Sandoval

Ian Salzman

2015 Nevada Teacher of the Year

Spring Valley High School

Brian Sandoval

Governor

Nevada

Patrice Tew

Trustee

Clark County School District

Michael Wixom

Regent

Nevada System of Higher Education

NEW HAMPSHIRE

Kathryn Dodge

Principal

Dodge Advisory Group, LLC

Stuart Kahl

Founding Principal

Measured Progress

Elizabeth Lichtenberg

Teacher

Alton Central School

Mel Myler

Representative

State of New Hampshire

Nancy Stiles

Senator

NH Senate

Mark Vattes

Director, Government Relations

The College Board

NEW JERSEY

Kristine Beisel

Director, Global Affiliate Strategy

Destination Imagination, Inc.

Debra Bradley

Director of Government Relations

NJ Principals and Supervisors Association

Mark Mautone

2015 NJ State Teacher of the Year/Lead

Teacher

Hoboken Public School District

Peter Renwick

Principal

Westfield High School

Shirley Turner

Senator

New Jersey Senate

NEW MEXICO

Travis Dulany

Senior Research Analyst

New Mexico Legislative Education Study

Committee

Nathan Eckberg

Program Evaluator

NM Legislative Finance Committee

Clint Elkins

Fiscal Analyst

New Mexico Legislative Finance Committee

Yann Lussiez

Progam Evaluator

New Mexico Legislative Finance Committee

Debra Minyard

2015 New Mexico Teacher of the Year

Pojoaque Valley High School

Alan Morgan

Owner

High Dessert Government Relations

Frances Ramirez-Maestas

Director

Legislative Education Study Committee,

New Mexico

Dennis Roch

Representative

NM Legislature

Hanna Skandera

Secretary of Education

New Mexico Public Education Department

NEW YORK

Karen Baicker

Director of Community Affairs

Scholastic

Charles Basch

Professor

Columbia University Teachers College

Mary Blanusa

Program Officer

The Leona M and Harry B Helmsley

Charitable Trust

Janelle Cherrington

Sue Cui

Associate Program Officer

Helmsley Charitable Trust

Kathleen Digan

Governmental Relations Representative

New York State School Boards Association

Johanna Duncan-Poitier

Sr. Vice Chancellor,Community Colleges

and the Education Pipeline

The State University of New York

Bethaida Gonzalez

Dean

Syracuse University, University College

Gerry House

President, ISA and Senior Vice President,

ETS

ISA, a Division of ETS

Juan Martinez

Chief Communications & Advocacy Officer

GLSEN

Richard McKeon

Program Director

Helmsley Charitable Trust

Anne Schiano

SVP, Government Relations

MetaMetrics

Paul Shiffman

Chief Executive Officer

Presidents' Forum

Ruby Takanishi

Senior Research Fellow

New America Foundation

Liz Willen

Editor-in-Chief

The Hechinger Report

Renée Wilson-Simmons

Director

National Center for Children in Poverty,

Columbia University

Nancy Zimpher

Chancellor

State University of New York

NORTH CAROLINA

Jennifer Facciolini

Educations Specialist

SAS Institute Inc.

James E. Ford

North Carolina Teacher of the Year

NC Dept of Public Instruction

Maurice Green

Superintendent

Guilford County Schools

Carolyn Jefferson-Jenkins

Director-Program & Communications

The Hunt Institute

Robert Landry

Retired Superintendent

North Carolina

Don Martin

Professor

High Point University

Catherine Scott-Little

Associate Professor

UNC-Greensboro

Malbert Smith

President

MetaMetrics

Mike Ward

Owner

The MEWs Educational Consulting, Inc.

Nadja Young

Education Specialist - SAS® EVAAS® for

K-12

SAS

NORTH DAKOTA

Mike Bitz

Superintendent

Mandan Public Schools

Aimee Copas

Executive Director

North Dakota Council of Educational

Leaders

Kayla Effertz

Sr. Policy Advisor

North Dakota

Rae Ann Kelsch

President

RA Kelsch Consulting LLC

Jack Maus

Superintendent

Grafton Public School #3

Donald Schaible

Senator

ND Senate

Anita Thomas

Senior Counsel

ND Legislative Council

NORTHERN MARIANA ISLANDS

Marvin Tamangided

Northern Mariana Islands Teacher of the

Year

CNMI PSS

OHIO

Colleen Grady

Senior Policy Advisor

Ohio House of Representatives

Lori Michalec

2015 Ohio Teacher of the Year

Tallmadge High School

Brian Page

Manager, Outreach and Education

Budget Challenge

Katherine Prince

Senior Director, Strategic Foresight

KnowledgeWorks

OKLAHOMA

Belinda Biscoe Boni

Associate VP for Outreach; South Central

Comprehensive Center Director

University of Oklahoma

Ann Coody

Representative

Oklahoma House of Representatives

Jose Dela Cruz

Coordinator for Academic Affairs Projects

Oklahoma State Regents for Higher

Education (OSRHE)

Bryce Fair

Associate Vice Chancellor for Scholarships

and Grants

Oklahoma State Regents for Higher

Education

Kevin Fortenberry

Reinspector, Risk & Compliance - Claims

State Farm Insurance

Sarah Hall

Associate Direcotr

South Central COmprehensive Cernter at

OU

Jeff Hickman

Speaker of the House

Oklahoma House of Representatives

Andrea Kearney

Senior Fiscal Policy Analyst

Oklahoma House of Representatives

Kyle Lankford

Communications Coordinator for the Central

and South Central Comprehensive Centers

University of Oklahoma Comprehensive

Centers

Angela Michael

Staff Attorney

Oklahoma House of Representatives

Jason Proctor

2015 Oklahoma Teacher of the Year

Tahlequah High School

Donna Richardson

Director

Central Comprehensive Center at OU

Michael Rogers

State Representative

Oklahoma House of Representatives

Scott Tohlen

Research Analyst

Oklahoma House of Representatives

Kerri White

Technical Assistance Coordinator

South Central Comprehenisve Center at OU

Jake Yunker

Deputy Policy Director and Education Policy

Advisor

Office of Governor Mary Fallin

OREGON

Kirsten Aspengren

Senior Director

Educational Policy Improvement Center

Bob Brew

Executive Director

Oregon Office of Student Access &

Completion

Rajendra Kumar Chetty

Founder President

Teach for Odisha

Matt Coleman

Executive Director and Chief Academic

Officer

Educational Policy Improvement Center

Victoria Cox

Committee Administrator

Oregon State Legislature

Richard Donovan

Committee Administrator

Oregon Legislature

Nancy Golden

Chief Education Officer

Oregon Education Investment Board

Cassandra Hayt

Chief of Staff

Oregon State Legislature

Mark Johnson

State Representative

State Of Oregon

Michael Lindblad

2015 Oregon Teacher of the Year

Gresham Barlow School District/Gresham

H.S.

Salam Noor

Dorothy Spence

Deputy Legislative Director

Office of Oregon Speaker of the House

PENNSYLVANIA

Anthony Grisillo

2014 Pennsylvania Teacher of the Year

Glenwood Elementary School, RTMSD

Jonathan Supovitz

Co-Director

Consortium for Policy Research in

Education, University of Pennsylvania

RHODE ISLAND

Heather Hudson

Policy Advisor

Office of the Governor of Rhode Island

SOUTH CAROLINA

Jennifer Ainsworth

South Carolina Teacher of the Year

South Carolina Teacher of the Year

Megan Carolan

Associate Director for Policy Research

Institute for Child Success

Rainey Knight

Director of Special Projects

SC Education Oversight Committee

Jay Ragley

Vice President, State Relations

Connections Education

Ann Shaw

Director of Higher Ed.

NIET

Dana Yow

Director of Public Engagement and

Communications

SC Education Oversight Committee

SOUTH DAKOTA

Allen Hogie

2015 SD Teacher of the Year

Brandon Valley School District

Melody Schopp

Cabinet Secretary

South Dakota Department of Education

Jacqueline Sly

Representative

SD House of Representatives

TENNESSEE

Michelle Gaskin

Legislative Attorney

Tennessee General Assembly

Dolores Gresham

Chair, Senate Education Committee

Tennessee Senate

Helen James

Legislative Attorney

Tennessee General Assembly

Nathan James

Deputy Exec. Director for Leg. Affairs

Tennessee State Board of Education

Amanda Klafehn

Legislative Research Analyst

State of TN - Offices of Research and

Education Accountability

Michael Maren

Research Analyst

Tennessee General Assembly

Candice McQueen

Commissioner

Tennessee Department of Education

Rachel Militana

Legislative Attorney

Tennessee General Assembly

Lori Paisley

Executive Director, Coordinated School

Health

Tennessee Department of Education

Claude Pressnell

President

Tennessee Independent Colleges and

Universities Association

June Rivers

SAS Institute Inc (Retired)

Sarah Teague

Senior Vice President

Pinnacle Financial Partners

Jennie Verner

Director of Advocacy

TN SCORE

Karen Vogelsang

Teacher - 4th Grade

STOY Tennessee/Shelby County Schools

TEXAS

Michelle Arnold

Senior Director, Government Relations

The College Board

Mike Belcher

Education Startegist- Americas

HP, Inc

Daniel Branch

Attorney

Winstead PC

Rob Eissler

Legislative Consultant

The Schlueter Group

David Gardner

Deputy Commisioner for Academic Planning

and Policy

Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board

Marcus Lingenfelter

Vice President, State and Federal Programs

National Math and Science Initiative

Kerry Moll

Vice President of Policy and Advocacy

Stand for Children

Dean Nafziger

CEO

Edvance Research, Inc.

Raymund Paredes

Commissioner

Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board

Kimberly Reeves

Reporter

Quorum Report

Lizzette Reynolds

Chief Deputy Commissioner

Texas Education Agency

Philip Uri Treisman

Director, Charles. A Dana Center

The University of TX at Austin, Charles A.

Dana Center

Justin Yancy

Executive Director

Texas Business Leadership Council

UTAH

Victoria Ashby

Associate General Counsel

Utah Office of Legislative Research

Jared Brueckner

Regional Sales Manager

Truenorthlogic

Mohsen Ghaffari

Teacher

North Star Elementary

Allyson Goldstein

Policy Analyst

Utah State Legislature

Joel Lathrop

Sales Director, State Education Agencies

Truenorthlogic

Marlon Lindsay

Executive Director of Government Affairs

Imagine Learning

Michael Melendez

Legislative Liaison

Waterford Research Institute

Claudia Miner

VP of Development and UPSTART Director

Waterford Institute

Allison Nicholson

Research Associate

Utah Education Policy Center

Spencer Pratt

Fiscal Manager

Utah Legislative Fiscal Analyst's Office

Tiffany Stanley

Policy Analyst

Office of Legislative Research and General

Counsel

Howard Stephenson

Senator

Utah State Senate

VIRGINIA

Thomas Brady

Director

DoDEA

Janelle Duray

Vice President

Jobs for America's Graduates

Heather Durosko

Policy and Research Analyst

NACAC

Suhail Farooqui

CEO

K12 Insight

Dale Frost

State Policy Director

iNACOL

Susan Gentz

State Policy Associate

iNACOL

Sarah Herzog

Legislative Fiscal Analyst

Virginia Senate Finance Committee

Kathy Hurley

Consultant

K12 Insight

Jim Kohlmoos

Advisor/Partner

WT Grant Foundation/ EDGE

Melissa Mellor

Manager, Public Policy Outreach

ASCD

Marjorie Myers

Principal

Key School ~ Escuela Key - Arlington Public

Schools, Virginia

Chris Stolle

Member, 83rd House District

Virginia House of Delegates

CT Turner

Sr. Director, State Accounts & Government

Relations

GED Testing Service

Patricia Wright

Former Virginia Superintendent of Public

Instruction

WASHINGTON

Twyla Barnes

Chair

NCLCE Board

Sarah Bolton

Education Policy Director

Senate HELP Committee

Nathan Bowling

AP Government & Politics and AP Human

Geography Teacher

Lincoln HS, Tacoma Public Schools

Jeff Charbonneau

2013 National Teacher of the Year

Zillah High School

Randy Dorn

State Superintendent

Office of Superintendent of Public

Instruction

Riley Gervais

Governmental Relations Specialist

WA Office of Superintendent of Public

Instruction

Kristie Kauerz

Research Assistant Professor, P-3 Policy &

Leadership

University of Washington

Noreen Light

Associate Director, Academic Affairs and

Policy

Washington Student Achievement Council

Les McCallum

Associate

Evaluation Systems Group of Pearson

Lyon Terry

4th Grade Teacher

Seattle Public Schools

Tom Vander Ark

CEO

Getting Smart

WASHINGTON DC

Susan Abravanel

President

Susan Abravanel Consulting, LLC

Michael Allen

Partner

Teacher Preparation Analytics

Monica Almond

Policy & Advocacy Associate

Alliance for Excellent Education

Emily Alvarez

State Engagement and Outreach

Parcc, Inc

Saroja Barnes

Director, Educator Preparation

CCSSO

Katherine Bassett

Executive Director and CEO

National Network of State Teachers

Brian Bridges

Vice President, Research and Member

Engagement

UNCF

Alyssa Chudnofsky

Policy Analyst

College Board

Marjorie Cohen

Senior Policy Analyst

National Governors Association

Michael Cohen

President

Achieve

Kristin Conklin

Partner

HCM Strategists

John Denning

Senior Program Officer, College Ready

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Michael DiMaggio

Director, Strategic Partnerships

Council of Chief State School Officers

Andy Drewlinger

Program Assistant

CCSSO/National Teacher of the Year

Program

Amy Ellen Duke-Benfield

Senior Policy Analyst

Center for Law and Social Policy (CLASP)

Elizabeth Emery

Policy Project Manager

Foundation for Excellence in Education

Rhian Evans Allvin

Executive Director

National Association for the Education of

Young Children

Paul Ferrari

Director of Educator Engagement and

Outreach

CCSSO

Jasmine Gary

Senior Associate

American Federation of Teachers

Aaron Goldstein

Manager of State Policy and Relations

American Association of Colleges for

Teacher Education

Loretta Goodwin

Senior Director

American Youth Policy Forum

Kati Haycock

President

The Education Trust

Margaret Horn

VP for State Engagement and Outreach

Parcc, Inc

Sandi Jacobs

Vice President and Managing Director,

State Policy

National Council on Teacher Quality

Scott Jenkins

Education Program Director

National Governors Association

Scott Jones

Senior Associate for Research & Policy

Arts Education Partnership

Gregory Kienzl

Senior Research Associate

ACT

Christopher Kingsley

Associate Director, Local Policy & Advocacy

Data Quality Campaign

Paige Kowalski

Vice President, Policy and Advocacy

Data Quality Campaign

Chuck Melley

Vice President, U.S. Government Relations

Pearson

Angela Minnici

Director (Center on Great Teachers and

Leaders)

American Institutes for Research

Carissa Moffat Miller

Deputy Executive Director

Council of Chief State School Officers

Brennan Parton

Associate Director, State Policy and

Advocacy

Data Quality Campaign

Shanna Peeples

2015 National Teacher of the Year

CCSSO/National Teacher of the Year

Program

Jon Quam

Directory, National Teacher of the Year

Program

Council of Chief State School Officers

Jennifer Ramacciotti

Algebra Teacher

KIPP DC College Prep

Donique Reid

Policy and Research Associate

Alliance for Excellent Education

Travis Reindl

Senior Program Officer, Postsecondary

Policy

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

D. Wayne Robinson

President & CEO

Student Veterans of America

Elizabeth Ross

Associate

HCM Strategists

Sandra Ruppert

Director

Arts Education Partnership/Council of Chief

State School Officers

Lizanne Sadlier

Senior VP

VOX Global

Deborah Santiago

COO & VP for Policy

Excelencia in Education

José Luis Santos

Vice President, Higher Education Policy &

Practice

The Education Trust

Nancy Segal

Executive Director of Government and

External Relations

Educational Testing Service (ETS)

Gene Sharratt

Executive Director

WA Student Achievement Council

Sarah Silverman

Program Director

National Governors Association

Nathan Smith

Director of Public Policy

GLSEN

Troy Smith

Public Policy Intern

The College Board

Dave Stevenson

VP, Government Relations

Amplify

Michael Usdan

Senior Fellow

Institute for Educational Leadership

Robin Vitucci

Associate

AFT

Alex Wirth

Cofounder

Quorum

Kate Walsh

President

NCTQ

WEST VIRGINIA

Gail Adams

2015 WV Teacher of the Year

Wheeling Park High School

Amelia Courts

President/CEO

The Education Alliance

Paul Hill

Chancellor

WV Higher Education Policy Commission

Lawrence Malone

Policy Director

West Virginia Governor's Office

Michael Martirano

WV - State Superintendent of Schools

West Virginia Department of Education

Dave Sypolt

Senator

WV State Senate

Melissa White

Counsel

WV Senate Education Committee

WISCONSIN

Luann Bowen

VP - Government Affairs

Renaissance Learning, Inc.

Diana Callope

8th grade mathematics teacher

Whitewater Middle School

Nick Hillman

Assistant Professor

University of Wisconsin-Madison

Christopher Lohse

VP - Government Affairs

Renaissance Learning, Inc.

Paula O'Gorman

Senior Vice President of Government Affairs

Renaissance Learning

Jason Sutch

VP - Government Affairs

Renaissance Learning, Inc.

WYOMING

Jillian Balow

State Superintendent of Public Instruction

Wyoming Department of Education

William Pannell

Supervisor, Standards, Learning &

Accountability

Wyoming Department of Education

James Rose

Executive Director

Wyoming Community College Commission

Rachel Rubino

Special Education Case Manager

Albany County School District

Dicky Shanor

Chief of Staff

Wyoming Department of Education

Brent Young

Wyoming Department of Education

Mark McNeil

Measured Progress