Richard J. Vierk, Chair
Managing Director, Business Succession Planning
First National Bank of Omaha

Carolyn Akers
Executive Director
Mobile Area Education Foundation in Mobile, Ala.

Daniel Challener
President
Public Education Foundation in Chattanooga, Tenn.

Rudolph Crew
Former Superintendent
Miami-Dade County Public Schools

Linda Croushore
Executive Director
Mon Valley Education Consortium

Linda Darling-Hammond
Charles E. Ducommun Professor of Education
Stanford University

Luis Ricardo Fraga
Associate Vice Provost for Faculty Advancement
University of Washington

Ellen Guiney
Executive Director
Boston Plan for Excellence in the Public Schools

Ruth Holmberg
Retired Chairman
Chattanooga Times

Lee Kravitz
Former Editor-in-Chief and Senior Vice President
Parade Publications

Wendy D. Puriefoy
President
Public Education Network

Connie Rath
Vice Chair and Dean of Leadership
The Gallup Organization

Lata Reddy, Vice Chair
Director of Programs and Operations
Prudential Foundation

Jon Snare, Treasurer
Chief Principal, Division of Wealth Management
Wells Fargo Bank

Chad P. Wick, Secretary
President and CEO
KnowledgeWorks Foundation

Bob Wise
Former W.Va. Governor and President
Alliance for Excellent Education

Margaret Hiller (Ex-Officio)
Executive Director
Bridgeport Public Education Fund