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:
Lee Arbetman, Street Law Inc.Doug Bailey, Founder, “The Hotline” Sheldon Berman, Superintendent, Jefferson County School District, Louisville, KY** Shelley Billig, RMC Research, Inc. Martin Blank, Coalition for Community Schools Brian Brady, Mikva Challenge Nelda Brown, National Service-Learning Partnership Anne Bryant, National School Boards Association Sam Chaltain, Forum for Education and Democracy Todd Clark, Constitutional Rights Foundation, Retired ** AnnMaura Connelly, City Year Jeff Curley, ‘Our Courts’ Program, Georgetown University Law Center Teri Dary, SEA-Netv Tim Davis, Close-Up Foundation Daniel Domenech, American Association of School Administrators Jonathan Estrin, Constitutional Rights Foundation David Evans, former Committee Staff Director, United States Senate Arnie Fege, Public Education Network Honorable Les Francis, Washington Media Group, former White House Deputy Chief of Staff ** Carl Glickman, University of Georgia Honorable Trey Grayson, Secretary of State of the Commonwealth of Kentucky Honorable Deborah Markowitz, Secretary of State of Vermont 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 JoAnn Henderson, NCLC, Education Commission of the States 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 Joe Kahne, Dean of the School of Education, Mills College 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 Sheilah Mann, National Alliance for Civic Education Joseph Mazzola, Character Education Partnership 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 Elson Nash, Learn and Serve America, Corporation for National & Community Service Edward O'Brien, former Executive Director, Street Law, Inc. ** Honorable Steven L. Paine, West Virginia Superintendent of Schools Carolyn Pereira, Constitutional Rights Foundation – Chicago Mike Petro, Committee for Economic Development ** Patrick Phillips, Superintendent of Schools, MSAD #61, Maine Terry Pickeral, Cascade Educational Consultants Richard Prosser, Junior Statesman Foundation Charles Quigley, Center for Civic Education Honorable Suellen Reed, former Superintendent of Public Instruction, Indiana Sharon Robinson, American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education David Schroeter, Partnership for 21st Century Skills Honorable David Skaggs, former member, United States House of Representatives David Smith, National Conference on Citizenship Heather Smith, Rock the Vote Susan Stroud, Innovations in Civic Participation Charles Tampio, Retired, Close Up & Earth Force Nancy Tate, League of Women Voters of the United States 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 Rachel Willis, Kid’s Voting USA Honorable James Ziglar, former Sergeant At Arms, US Senate, Senior Fellow Migration Policy Institute ** = Member, Campaign Executive Committee
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