Executive Committee with Author and Presidential Historian Jon Meacham

Executive Committee Officers

  • Chair: Michael O'Neill, Boston School Board

    Chair-elect: Barbara Jenkins, Orange County Superintendent

    Secretary-Treasurer: Ashley Paz, Fort Worth School Board

    Immediate Past Chair: Eric Gordon, Cleveland CEO

Board Members

    • Thomas Ahart, Superintendent, Des Moines Public Schools
    • Siad Ali, Board Member, Minneapolis Public Schools
    • Marcia Andrews, Board Member, School District of Palm Beach County
    • Richard Carranza, Chancellor, New York City Department of Education
    • Sharon Contreras, Superintendent, Guilford County Public Schools
    • Valerie Davis, Board Members, Fresno Unifed School District
    • Kelly Gonez, Board Member, Los Angeles Independent School District
    • Leslie Grant, Board Member, Atlanta Public Schools
    • Guadalupe Guerrero, Superintendent, Portland Public Schools
    • Van Henri White, Board Member, Rochester City School District
    • Michael Hinojosa, Superintendent, Dallas Independent School District
    • William Hite, Superintendent, School District of Philadelphia
    • Ashley Paz, Board Member, Ft. Worth Independent School District
    • Robert Runcie, Superintendent, Broward County Public Schools
    • Sonja Brookins Santelises, Superintendent, Baltimore City Public Schools
    • Deborah Shanley, Brooklyn College- CUNY, Professor
    • Elisa Vakalis, Board Member, Anchorage School District
    • Sylvia Wilson, Board Member, Pittsburgh Public Schools
    • Darrel Woo, Board Member, Sacramento City Unified School District