Campaign National Advisory Council
Co-Chairs
Honorable Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, United States Supreme Court, retired
Honorable Lee Hamilton, Former Member of the United States House of Representatives
Campaign Steering Committee
The Campaign is guided by a Steering Committee that represents a coalition of more than 60 advocates, educators, practitioners, and officials dedicated to promoting civic education in America's schools.
Member Organizations
American Association of Colleges and Universities
American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education
American Association of School Administrators
American Bar Association, Division of Public Education
American Enterprise Institute
American Federation of Teachers
American Historical Association
Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD)
Bill of Rights Institute
Center for Civic Education
Center for Information & Research on Civic Learning & Engagement (CIRCLE)
Center for the Study of the American Electorate
Cesar Chavez School for Public Policy
Character Education Partnership
Choices Program
City Year
Civic Education Project (Massachusetts)
Close-Up Foundation
Coalition for Community Schools
Committee for Economic Development
Constitutional Rights Foundation
Constitutional Rights Foundation-Chicago
Corporation for National & Community Service
Council of Chief State School Officers
Discovering Justice
Earth Force, Inc.
Facing History – Facing Ourselves
Forum for Education and Democracy
Future Civic Leaders
First Amendment Center
Generation Citizen
‘iCivics’
Innovations in Civic Participation
Junior Statesman Foundation
Kid’s Voting USA
League of Women Voters of the United States
Lou Frey Institute for Politics and Government, Florida Joint Center for Citizenship
Mikva Challenge
National Alliance for Civic Education
National Association of Secondary Principals
National Association of State Boards of Education
National Catholic Educational Association
National Center for Learning & Citizenship, Education Commission of the States
National Conference on Citizenship
National Conference of State Legislatures
National Council for the Social Studies
National Constitution Center
National Education Association
National Education Knowledge Industry Association
National History Day
National Service-Learning Partnership
National School Boards Association
Netter Center for Community Partnerships, University of Pennsylvania
Partnership for 21st Century Skills
Public Education Network
RMC Research, Inc.
Rock the Vote
Rural School and Community Trust
Southern Poverty Law Center
Street Law Inc.
State Education Agencies Service Learning Provider Network (SEA-Net)
The Forum for Youth Investment
Individual, Non-Institution Members
Doug Bailey, Founder, “The Hotline”
Todd Clark, Constitutional Rights Foundation, Retired
David Evans, former Committee Staff Director, United States Senate
Honorable Les Francis, Washington Media Group, former White House Deputy Chief of Staff
Honorable Trey Grayson, former Secretary of State of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, Director, Institute of Politics, Harvard University
Diana Hess, Professor of Education, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Spencer Foundation
Jon Gould, Harvard Law School
Honorable Marilyn Howard, Former Superintendent of Public Instruction of Idaho
Joe Kahne, Dean of the School of Education, Mills College
Meira Levinson, Harvard University, Graduate School of Education
Honorable Richard Moore, Massachusetts Senate
Honorable Deborah Markowitz, former Secretary of State of Vermont
Edward O’Brien, Street Law, Retired
Carolyn Pereira, Constitutional Rights Foundation – Chicago, Retired
Patrick Phillips, Superintendent of Schools, MSAD #61, Maine
Terry Pickeral, Cascade Educational Consultants
Honorable Suellen Reed, former Superintendent of Public Instruction, Indiana
Honorable David Skaggs, former member, United States House of Representatives
Honorable Jeri Thomson, former Secretary of the United States Senate
Judith Torney-Purta, University of Maryland
Joseph Viteritti, Hunter College
Honorable James Ziglar, former Sergeant At Arms, US Senate, Senior Fellow
Migration Policy Institute
For more information please contact Ted McConnell, Executive Director of the Campaign at ted@ncss.org
