- Thomas C. Boysen, Ed.D. Senior Vice President, K12 Inc and a former Kentucky Commissioner of Education, Los Angeles COO, SVP of the Milken Family Foundation, a school superintendent in three states and a high school teacher in Kenya. (Chair).
- Barbara Byrd-Bennett, Ed.D. Executive -In-Residence at Cleveland State University, former CEO of the Cleveland Municipal School District, former Supervising Superintendent for the Chancellor's District in New York City and the former Superintendent for the Crown Heights/Flatbush School District in New York City.
- Benjamin Canada, Ph.D., is an Associate Executive Director, Texas Association of School Boards and formerly school superintendent in Portland, Atlanta and Jackson, MS and Past President of the American Association of School Administrators (AASA).
- Jo Lynne DeMary, Ed.D. Professor of Education and Director of Center for School Improvement, Virginia Commonwealth University and former VA State Superintendent.
- David Driscoll, Ed.D. Education Consultant and former President of the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO) and former MA Commissioner of Education and school district superintendent. Dr. Driscoll currently serves on the board of the National Assessment Governing Board (NAGB).
- Chester Finn, Ed.D. President, Fordham Foundation and former Asst Secretary for USDO Office of Education and Research.
- Charles Fowler Ed.D. Executive Director Suburban School Superintendents, formerly Nassau County BOCES Superintendent, a Florida County Superintendent and Fairfield, CT.
- Mary Futrell, Ed.D. Dean, Graduate School of Education and Human Development, George Washington University. Formerly President of the National Education Association (NEA), President of Education International (EI), President of the Virginia Teachers Association and a classroom teacher for many years.
- Michael Kirst, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus of Education and Business, Stanford University and a former President of the CA Board of education.
- Eliot Levinson, Ph.D. CEO and founder of the BLE Group, an educational technology consulting firm that provides planning, marketing and implementation services to the education industry and school systems, has served as a teacher and school and district administrator, a senior scientist at the Rand Corporation and an adjunct faculty member at MIT and Harvard.
- William Librera, Ed.D. Professor, Rutgers University and former New Jersey Commissioner of Education and school district superintendent.
- Dale Mann, Ph.D. President, Interactive Inc and Professor Emeritus, Columbia University Teachers College and School for International and Public Affairs.
- Thomas Payzant, Ed.D. Professor, Harvard Graduate School of Education and formerly Superintendent of Boston Schools, Assistant Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education and Superintendent of San Diego City Schools and Oklahoma City Schools.
- Betty Rosa, Ed.D., an education consultant, is formerly Superintendent of New York City Community School District #8 and before that a teacher of bilingual and special education and an assistant principal and principal in the City Schools. She was recently appointed as a member of the New York State Board of Regents. In addition, she serves on key corporate and not-for-profit advisory boards including the Alumni Council of the Harvard Graduate School of Education from which she has her doctorate.
- Robert Spillane, Ph.D. Joined the CAN Corporation March 1, 2006 as Vice President and Director of the Center for Education. He was Superintendent of Schools in Fairfax County, Virginia; Boston, Massachusetts; New Rochelle, New York; and Glassboro, New Jersey. He was the New York State Deputy Commissioner of Education for four years, and he has taught and lectured at several universities, including Columbia University, Harvard University, Fordham University, and New York University.
- Bernice Stafford, M.A. Principal Consultant, Center for Interactive Learning and Collaboration (CILC), formerly Vice President of School Strategies and Evaluation, PLATO Learning, and Co-Founder and Senior Executive, Lightspan, Inc.
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