Our Advisory Board

Marina Aleman, Que Pasa Media Network

Bruce Beasley, The Beasley Group

Amanda Bell, Rockingham County Board of Education

Chris Bell, SunTrust Bank

Rep. Hugh Blackwell, NC General Assembly

Matthew Bristow-Smith, NC Principal of the Year

Evelyn Bulluck, NCSBA, Nash/Rocky Mount Public Schools

Sue Burgess, Retired Superintendent, Dare County Schools

J.B. Buxton, Durham Technical Community College

Dennis Carroll, High Point University

Alisa Chapman, Education Policy Consultant

Gina Chung, Empowered Parents in Community (Board)

Sandra Wilcox Conway, Conway and Associates

Jeni Corn, myFutureNC

Courtney Crowder, Crowder Consulting

Dick Daugherty, IBM (Retired)

Eric Davis, State Board of Education, Chair

John Denning, New Educational Ventures, LLC

Ed Dunlap, NC School Boards Association

Bob Eaves, Business Owner, Investor

Catherine Edmonds, Elizabeth City-Pasquotank Public Schools System

Lou Fabrizio, Fabrizio Education Consulting

Cristal Figueroa, Access Family Services

Jayne Fleener, College of Education at NC State

Patti Gillenwater, Elinvar

Barbara Goodmon, 2019 Jay Robinson Education Leadership Award Recipient

Jim Goodmon, 2019 Jay Robinson Education Leadership Award Recipient

Ann Goodnight, SAS

Jessica Holmes, Wake County Board of Commissioners

Sen. Rick Horner, NC Senate

Anthony Jackson, NC Superintendent of the Year

Mark Johnson, State Superintendent of Public Instruction

Katherine Joyce, NC Association of School Administrators

Graham Lewis, Schneider Electric

Shanta Lightfoot, Wake County Public School System

Matt Liles, NC Department of Justice

Kaye Bernard McGarry, Educational Consultant, Community Leader

Bill McNeal , Wake County Public School System (Retired)

Bill Medlin, Professional Educators of NC

Rep. Graig Meyer, NC House

Mariah Morris, NC Teacher of the Year

Catherine Otto, SAS

Tom Oxholm, Wake Stone Corporation

LaTanya Pattillo, Teacher Advisor to Governor Roy Cooper

Scott Penland, Clay County Schools (Retired)

Justin Perry, Perry Counseling Healing and Recovery

Jim Phillips, Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard

Mari Pokornowski, NC PTA

Philip Price, NC Department of Public Instruction (Retired)

Shirley Prince, NC Principals & Assistant Principals’ Association

Karl Rectanus, LearnPlatform

Sen. Gladys Robinson, NC Senate

Marion Robinson, State Employees Credit Union

Katie Rosanbalm, Center for Child and Family Policy, Duke University

Art Rouse, East Carolina University College of Education

Peggy Smith, Campbell University

Mark Sorrells, Fayettville Technical Community College

Julie Spencer, NC Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development

Maurenn Stover, NC Teacher of the Year – 2020

Caroline Sullivan, NC Business Committee for Education

Erin Swanson, Edgecombe County Public Schools

Sen. Jerry Tillman, NC Senate

Tamika Walker Kelly, NC Association of Educators

Hope Williams NC Independent Colleges & Universities

Blount Williams, Alfred Williams & Company

Marco Zarate, NC Society of Hispanic Professionals