Our Board of Directors
Dr. Bill Harrison, Chair
Retired Educator
Dr. Priscilla Maynor, Chair Elect
ImagineED Partners
LaTanya Pattillo, Immediate Past Chair
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Richard Urquhart, Secretary-Treasurer
Investors Management Corporation
Dr. Anthony Jackson, President & Executive Director
Public School Forum of North Carolina
Dr. Margaret Arbuckle
Guilford Education Alliance (Retired)
Julie Cary
Boys & Girls Club of the Coastal Plain
Dr. Van Dempsey
Public Education Advocate
Dr. Scott Elliott
Governor’s Recovery Office for Western NC
Dr. Dudley Flood
Consultant
Andrea Freile
LatinxEd
John Healy
Whrrr.work
Dr. Megan Keiser
UNC Asheville
Matty Lazo-Chadderton
Diversity Consultant
Rashidah Lopez Morgan
Education First
Dr. Alisa McLean
Granville County Schools
Cyndi Soter O’Neil
ChildTrust Foundation-Investors Management Corporation
Dr. Art Rouse
ECU College of Education (retired)
Richard Schwartz
Schwartz Law, PLLC
Dr. Saundra Wall Williams
WMS Leadership Solutions
David Young
Participate Learning
Emeritus Members
Gerry Hancock
Everett, Gaskins, Hancock, LLP
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
- Denise Adams, NC Independent Colleges and Universities
- Bruce Beasley, The Beasley Group
- Laura Bilbro-Berry, B-Squared Educational Consulting, LLC
- Donna Bledsoe, 2023 Wells Fargo NC Principal of the Year
- Evelyn Bulluck, NCSBA, Former Nash/Rocky Mount Public School Board Member
- J.B. Buxton, Durham Technical Community College
- Leah Carper, 2022 NC Teacher of the Year
- Dr. 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
- Lou Fabrizio, Fabrizio Education Consulting
- 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
- Jason Johnson, 2025 NC Prinicipal of the Year
- Dr. Bennett Jones, Roanoke Rapids Graded School District
- April Lee, Johnston County Board of Education
- Shanta Lightfoot, Wake County Public School System
- Matt Liles, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
- CeCe McGown-Dove, Truist
- Freebird McKinney, Participate Learning
- Donnell McLean, Professional Educators of NC
- Graig Meyer, NC Justice Center
- Rachel Nicholas, Poyner Spruill, LLP
- Mark Otter, Participate, Inc
- Catherine Otto, SAS
- Scott Penland, Retired Superintendent
- Adam Pridemore, NC Association of County Commissioners
- Shirley Prince, NC Principals & Assistant Principals’ Association
- Travis Reeves, NC Association of School Administrators
- Marion Robinson, State Employees Credit Union
- Dr. Katie Rosanbalm, Center for Child and Family Policy, Duke University
- Beckie Spears, 2024 NC Principal of the Year
- Bettina Umstead, Durham Public Schools
- Richard Watkins, Science Policy Action Network
- Dr. Freddie Williamson, 2025 NC Superintendent of the Year
- Leanne Winner, NC School Boards Association