Meet Our Advisory Council

Alan Arkatov
President
Changing.edu

Norman Atkins
Founder and CEO, UKA Teacher U
Founder and Board Chair, Uncommon
Schools

Arnetha Ball
Professor of Education
Stanford University

Deborah Loewenberg Ball
Dean, School of Education
University of Michigan

Steve Barr
Founder and Chairman
Green Dot Public Schools

Katherine Brittain Bradley
President
CityBridge Foundation

Milton Chen
Executive Director
The George Lucas Educational Foundation

Gail Connelly
Executive Director
National Association of Elementary School
Principals (NAESP)

Sarah Heine
Vice President, Training and Certification
The New Teacher Project

Gary Huggins
Director
Commission on No Child Left Behind
The Aspen Institute

Jason Kamras
Director, Human Capital Strategy for
Teachers
District of Columbia Public Schools

Lisa Graham Keegan
Principal Partner
The Keegan Company

William R. Kurtz
Head of School
Denver School of Science and
Technology

Arthur Levine
President
Woodrow Wilson Fellowship Foundation

Julie Mikuta
Partner
NewSchools Venture Fund

Ellen Moir
Executive Director
New Teacher Center, University of
California Santa Cruz

Paul Peterson
Professor of Government
Kennedy School of Government
Harvard University

Ted Quinn
Vice President, Strategy, Research, University
Partnerships
Teach for America

David Steiner
Dean, School of Education
Hunter College CUNY

Gerald Tirozzi
Executive Director
National Association of Secondary School
Principals (NASSP)

Paul Vallas
Superintendent of Schools
Recovery School District of New Orleans, Louisiana

Kenneth M. Zeichner
Associate Dean, School of Education
School of Education, University of Wisconsin