Our Board of Directors
Bill Harrison, Chair
Participate Learning/NC State College of Education
Amos Fodchuk, Chair-Elect
Advanced Learning Partnerships
LaTanya Pattillo, Immediate Past Chair
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Ann McColl, Interim President & Executive Director
Public School Forum of North Carolina
Richard Urquhart, Secretary-Treasurer
Investors Management Corporation
Margaret Arbuckle
Guilford Education Alliance (Retired)
Julie Cary
Boys & Girls Club of the Coastal Plain
Van Dempsey
Public Education Advocate
Maria Dozier
Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Carolinas
Dudley Flood
Consultant
John Healy
Whrrr.work
Melody Riley Johnson
Johnson & Johnson Medical Devices
Matty Lazo-Chadderton
Diversity Consultant
Rashidah Lopez Morgan
Education First
Priscilla Maynor
ImaginED Partners LLC
Dr. Alisa McLean
Granville County Schools
Cyndi Soter O’Neil
ChildTrust Foundation-Investors Management Corporation
Art Rouse
ECU College of Education (retired)
Tiece Ruffin
University of North Carolina Asheville
Richard Schwartz
Schwartz Law, PLLC
Trish Sparks
Clever
Doug Sprecher
First Citizens Bank
Beth Ulffers
Pitt County Schools
Saundra Wall Williams
WMS Leadership Solutions
David Young
Participate Learning
Emeritus Members
Gene Arnold
Former NC House Legislator
Tom Bradshaw
Tom Bradshaw & Associates
Gerry Hancock
Everett, Gaskins, Hancock, LLP
Sam Houston
NC Science, Mathematics, & Technology Education Center
Tom Lambeth
Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation
Alfred Mays
Burroughs Wellcome Fund
Michael Priddy
21st Century Leadership, LLC
Tom Williams
Strategic Educational Alliances, Inc.
Our Advisory Board
- Donnell McLean, Professional Educators of NC
- Bruce Beasley, The Beasley Group
- Amanda Bell, Rockingham County Board of Education
- Laura Bilbro-Berry, B-Squared Educational Consulting, LLC
- Evelyn Bulluck, NCSBA, Former Nash/Rocky Mount Public School Board Member
- Sue Burgess Superintendent, Dare County Schools (Retired)
- J.B. Buxton, Durham Technical Community College
- Rachel Candaso, 2025 NC Teacher of the Year
- Leah Carper, 2022 NC Teacher of the Year
- Dennis Carroll, Emeritus Provost (Retired)
- Dr. Marvin Connelly Jr., 2024 NC Superintendent of the Year
- Nicole Cush, Asheville City Schools School of Inquiry and Life Sciences
- Eric Davis, State Board of Education
- John Denning, John M. Belk Endowment
- Debra Derr, NC Chamber of Commerce
- Catherine Edmonds, North Carolina Central University
- Lou Fabrizio, Fabrizio Education Consulting
- Jayne Fleener, NC State University College of Education
- Patti Gillenwater, Elinvar
- Patrick Greene, 2022 NC Principal of the Year
- Barbara Goodmon, 2019 Jay Robinson Education Leadership Award Recipient
- Jim Goodmon, 2019 Jay Robinson Education Leadership Award Recipient
- Ann Goodnight, SAS
- Tammi Harris, NetApp
- Sen. Rick Horner, NC Senate Legislator (Former)
- Rachel Hunt, Lieutenant Governor
- Vichi Jagannathan, Rural Opportunity Institute
- Jason Johnson, 2025 NC Prinicipal of the Year
- Bennett Jones, UNC System
- Katherine Joyce, NC Association of School Administrators
- Graham Lewis, Schneider Electric
- Shanta Lightfoot, Wake County Public School System
- Matt Liles, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
- Jeff McDaris, NC Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development/Transylvania County Schools
- CeCe McGown-Dove, Truist
- Freebird McKinney, Participate Learning
- Sen. Graig Meyer, NC Senate
- Mark Otter, Participate, Inc
- Catherine Otto, SAS
- Scott Penland, Clay County Schools (Retired)
- Jim Phillips, Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard
- Eddie Price, North Carolina Education Corps
- Adam Pridemore, NC Association of County Commissioners
- Shirley Prince, NC Principals & Assistant Principals’ Association
- Rep. Amos Quick, NC General Assembly
- Karl Rectanus, LearnPlatform
- Marion Robinson, State Employees Credit Union
- Katie Rosanbalm, Center for Child and Family Policy, Duke University
- Heather Smith, 2024 NC Teacher of the Year
- Peggy Smith, Campbell University
- Beckie Spears, 2024 NC Principal of the Year
- Caroline Sullivan, NC Business Committee for Education
- Erin Swanson, Edgecombe County Public Schools
- Bettina Umstead, Durham Public Schools
- Tamika Walker Kelly, NC Association of Educators
- Richard Watkins, Science Policy Action Network
- Hope Williams, NC Independent Colleges & Universities
- Dr. Freddie Williamson, 2025 NC Superintendent of the Year
- Leanne Winner, NC School Boards Association
- Miles Wobbleton, Gen KIND, Inc.
- Summer Woodside, UNCP/Scotland County Board of Education
- Marco Zarate, NC Society of Hispanic Professionals