Ted McConnell, Executive Director
Ted McConnell is the Executive Director of the Campaign for the Civic
Mission of Schools, and is responsible for all aspects of the Campaign's
operation. Prior to joining the Campaign, McConnell directed the Campaign
to Promote Civic Education, a fifty state effort to revitalize and strengthen
civic education at the state and district levels, an initiative of the Center
for Civic Education. McConnell also served as Co–Coordinator of the
Congressional Conferences on Civic Education 2003-2006. McConnell was a
founding member of the CMS Executive and Steering Committees.
McConnell has been involved in the political, governmental and non-profit
sectors for over thirty years, and has worked in the management of over thirty
other political campaigns across the country. He attended the University of Nebraska
at Lincoln
where he majored in Political Science and Business Administration.
Ted can be reached at ted@ncss.org or at 301-588-1800, extn. 123.
Jon Gould, Deputy Director
Jon Gould is the Deputy Director at the Campaign for the Civic Mission of Schools, where he works closely with the executive director on all aspects of the Campaign's work. Gould is a recent graduate of Harvard College, where he graduated magna cum laude with highest honors in Social Studies, and was elected Phi Beta Kappa. He has served as Vice President and chaired several committees at Harvard's Institute of Politics, and has worked for a variety of political campaigns, including those of John Kerry and Deval Patrick in his home state of Massachusetts. For four years, he has also taught a weekly civics course to middle school students in Boston and Cambridge public schools.
Jon can be reached at jon@ncss.org or at 857-498-1438.
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