The Campaign is guided by a Steering Committee that represents a coalition of more than 60 advocates, educators, practitioners, officials, and organizations dedicated to promoting civic education in America’s schools.

Steering Committee Members

Doug Bailey, Founder, “The Hotline” Washington, DC
Jack Barse, Kids Voting USA
Sheldon Berman, Superintendent, Jefferson County School District, Louisville, KY
Nelda Brown, National Service-Learning Partnership
Anne Bryant, National School Boards Association
Sam Chaltain, Five Freedoms Network
Todd Clark, Constitutional Rights Foundation, Retired
AnnMaura Connolly, City Year
Tim Davis, Close-Up Foundation
Daniel Domenech, American Association of School Administrators
Donald Ernst, Office of the Mayor, San Francisco, CA
Jonathan Estrin, Constitutional Rights Foundation
David Evans, former Staff Director, United States Senate
Arnie Fege, Public Education Network
Moisesa Flores, Cesar Chavez School for Public Policy
Les Francis, Goddard Claussen Strategy Advocacy
Carl Glickman, University of Georgia
Honorable Trey Grayson, Secretary of State of the Commonwealth of Kentucky
Susan Griffin, National Council for the Social Studies
Ira Harkavy, Nutter Center for Community Partnerships, University of Pennsylvania
Julie Harris, Cesar Chavez School for Public Policy
Charles Haynes, First Amendment Center
Diana Hess, Professor of Education, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Honorable Marilyn Howard, Former Superintendent of Public Instruction of Idaho
Merita Irby, The Forum for Youth Investment
Honorable Ron Jelinek, Michigan Senate
Barb Kapinus, National Education Association
Jim Kohlmoos, National Education Knowledge Industry Association
Karl Kurtz, National Conference of State Legislatures
Peter Levine, Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning & Engagement
Meira Levinson, Harvard University, Graduate School of Education
Lee MacVaugh, Character Education Partnership
Sheilah Mann, National Alliance for Civic Education
Rocco Marano, National Association of Secondary School Principals
Molly McCloskey, Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
Ted McConnell, Executive Director, Campaign for the Civic Mission of Schools
Mabel McKinney-Browning, American Bar Association
Vince Meldrum, Earth Force, Inc.
Gary Meyerl, National Catholic Educational Association
Honorable Richard Moore, Massachusetts Senate
Edward O'Brien, Street Law, Inc.
Carolyn Pereira, Constitutional Rights Foundation – Chicago
Mike Petro, Committee for Economic Development
Patrick Phillips, Superintendent of Schools, MSAD #61, Maine
Terry Pickeral, Education Commission of the States
Charles Quigley, Center for Civic Education
Sharon Robinson, American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education
Elizabeth Sherman, Presidential Classroom
David Skaggs, Colorado Department of Higher Education
David Smith, National Conference on Citizenship
Charles Tampio, Retired
Nancy Tate, League of Women Voters
Honorable Jeri Thomson, former Secretary of the United States Senate
Rachel Tompkins, Rural School and Community Trust
Judith Torney-Purta, University of Maryland
Joseph Viteritti, Hunter College
Ruth Wattenberg, American Federation of Teachers
Brenda Welburn, National Association of State Boards of Education
James Ziglar, Senior Fellow, Migration Policy Institute