Defining Alignment and Achieving College Readiness:
The Roles of Higher Education Organizations and Leaders
in the Implementation of the Common Core State Standards
May 9-10
Attendee List
June Atkinson
Superintendent
North Carolina Public Schools
NC Education Building
6301 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-6301
(919) 807-3432
jatkinson@dpi.state.nc.us
Tony Bennett
Superintendent of Public Instruction
Indiana Department of Education
Room 228 Statehouse
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204
(317) 232-6619
amiller@doe.in.gov
Peter Blake
Interim Director
State Council of Higher Education for Virginia
James Monroe Building, 9th Floor
101 North 14th St
Richmond, Virginia 23219
(804) 225-2611
peterblake@schev.edu
Frank T. Brogan
Chancellor
State University System of Florida, Board of Governors
325 West Gaines Street, Suite 1614
Tallahassee, Florida 32399-1950
(850) 245-0466
frank.brogan@flbog.edu
Kathleen Brown
Professor
UNC Chapel Hill
CB#3500, 120 Peabody Hall
UNC School of Education
Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599
(919) 966-1354
brownk@email.unc.edu
Julie Davis Bell
Education Program Director
National Conference of State Legislatures
7700 East First Place
Denver, Colorado 80206
(303) 364-7700
julie.bell@ncsl.org
Judith Bilsky
Executive Vice Chancellor for Student & Academic
Success
Florida Department of Education, Div of Florida Colleges
325 West Gaines Street, Suite 1544
Tallahassee, Florida 32399
(850) 245-9452
Judith.Bilsky@fldoe.org
Molly Corbett Broad
President
American Council on Education
One Dupont Circle, NW
Washington, District of Columbia 20036-1193
(202) 939-9310
BroadM@ace.nche.edu
Melanie Brown
Vice President for Open Campus & Program Innovation
St. Johns River State College
5001 St. Johns Avenue
Palatka, Florida 32177-3807
(386) 312-4211
melaniebrown@sjrstate.edu
Noah Brown
President & CEO
Association of Community College Trustees
1233 20th Street, NW, Suite 301
Washington, District of Columbia 20036
(202) 775-4667
nbrown@acct.org
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Julie Carnahan
Senior Associate
SHEEO
3035 Center Green Drive, Suite 100
Boulder, Colorado 80301-2205
(303) 449-7624
jcarnahan@sheeo.org
Mitchell Chester
Commissioner
Massachusetts Department of Elementary and
Secondary Education
75 Pleasant Street
Malden, Massachusetts 2148
(781) 338-3118
lcauley@doe.mass.edu
Arthur L. Coleman
Co-Managing Partner
EducationCounsel
101 Constitution Ave NW, Suite 900
Washington, District of Columbia 20001
(202) 545-2912
art.coleman@educationcounsel.com
Alisa Chapman
Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs and
University-School Programs
University of North Carolina General Administration
910 Raleigh Road, PO Box 2688
Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514-2688
(919) 843-8929
chapman@northcarolina.edu
James G. Cibulka
President
National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education
(NCATE)
2010 Massachusetts Ave NW, Suite 500
Washington, District of Columbia 20036-1023
(202) 466-7496
jim@ncate.org
David Coleman
Founder
Student Achievement Partners, LLC
1 Union Square South, 22E
New York, New Y ork 10003
(212) 204-9861
dcoleman@studentsachieve.net
Geoff Coltrane
Director of Program and Policy
James B. Hunt, Jr. Institute for Educational Leadership
and Policy
1000 Park Forty Plaza, Suite 280
Durham, North Carolina 27713
(919) 425-4162
gcoltrane@hunt-institute.org
Sharmila Basu Conger
Senior Policy Analyst
SHEEO
3035 Center Green Drive, Suite 100
Boulder, Colorado 80301-2205
(303) 541-1602
sbconger@sheeo.org
Lucille E. Davy
Senior Advisor
James B. Hunt, Jr. Institute for Educational Leadership
and Policy
1 Mallard Place
Pennington, New Jersey 08534-2909
(609) 818-1004
lucille.davy@gmail.com
Stephanie Dean
Director of Research and Evaluation
James B. Hunt, Jr. Institute for Educational Leadership
and Policy
1000 Park Forty Plaza, Suite 280
Durham, North Carolina 27713
(919) 425-4181
sdean@hunt-institute.org
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Jason C. DeRousie
Program Coordinator
James B. Hunt, Jr. Institute for Educational Leadership
and Policy
1000 Park Forty Plaza, Suite 280
Durham, North Carolina 27713
(919) 425-4163
jderousie@hunt-institute.org
Tracie Ford
Communications Specialist
James B. Hunt, Jr. Institute for Educational Leadership
and Policy
1000 Park Forty Plaza, Suite 280
Durham, North Carolina 27713
(919) 425-4169
tford@hunt-institute.org
Susan A. Gendron
Policy Director
SMARTER Balanced Assessment Consortium
27 Spiller Hill Road
Raymond, Maine 4071
(207) 712-9299
susangendron1@gmail.com
Pam Goins
Director of Education Policy
Council of State Governments
2760 Research Park Drive
P.O. Box 11910
Lexington, Kentucky 40578-1910
(859) 244-8142
pgoins@csg.org
Danielle Gonzales
Senior Policy Officer
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
PO Box 6176
Ben Franklin Station
Washington, District of Columbia 20044
danielle.gonzales@gatesfoundation.org
William Harrison
Chairman
North Carolina State Board of Education
6302 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-6302
(919) 807-3441
wharrison@dpi.state.nc.us
Joni E. Finney
Vice President
National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education
3700 Walnut Street, Room 423A
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104
(215) 279-4960
jonif@gse.upenn.edu
Francesca Forzani
Associate Director
Teacher Education Institute, University of Michigan
610 East University, Suite 530
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109
(662) 428-2512
fforzani@umich.edu
Michael Gilligan
Finance & Development Director
James B. Hunt, Jr. Institute for Educational Leadership
and Policy
1000 Park Forty Plaza, Suite 280
Durham, North Carolina 27713
(919) 425-4172
mjgillig@hunt-institute.org
Lawrence N. Gold
Director, AFT Higher Education
American Federation of Teachers
555 New Jersey Avenue, NW
Washington, District of Columbia 20001
(202) 879-4426
lgold@aft.org
Sidney Hacker
Senior Policy Officer
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
PO Box 23350
Seattle, Washington 98102
(206) 770-1811
Sidney.Hacker@gatesfoundation.org
Muriel A. Howard
President
American Association of State Colleges and Universities
1307 New York Ave, NW, 5th Floor
Washington, District of Columbia 20005
(202) 478-4647
howardm@aascu.org
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Bibb Hubbard
Federal Communications & Advocacy
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
PO Box 6176
Ben Franklin Station
Washington, District of Columbia 20044
(202) 286-9819
Bibb.Hubbard@gatesfoundation.org
James Hunt, Jr.
Chairman, Hunt Institute Foundation Board
James B. Hunt, Jr. Institute for Educational Leadership
and Policy
1000 Park Forty Plaza, Suite 280
Durham, North Carolina 27713
(919) 755-2105
jimhunt@hunt-institute.org
Allison G. Jones
Senior Fellow for Postsecondary Engagement
Achieve, Inc.
1400 16th St. NW, Suite 510
Washington, District of Columbia 20036
(202) 419-1575
Ajones@achieve.org
Michele Jordan
Events Coordinator
James B. Hunt, Jr. Institute for Educational Leadership
and Policy
1000 Park Forty Plaza, Suite 280
Durham, North Carolina 27713
(919) 425-4168
mjordan@hunt-institute.org
Martha Kanter
Under Secretary of Education
U.S. Department of Education
400 Maryland Ave, SW
Washington, District of Columbia 20202
(202) 401-2616
martha.kanter@ed.gov
Robert L. King
President
Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education
1024 Capital Center Drive, Suite 320
Frankfort, Kentucky 40601
(502) 573-1652
Robert.king@ky.gov
David Laurence
Director, Office of Research
Modern Language Association
26 Broadway, Third floor
New York, New York 10004-1789
(646) 576-5130
dlaurence@mla.org
Richard D. Legon
President
Association of Governing Boards of Universities &
Colleges
1133 20th Street NW Ste 300
Washington, District of Columbia 20036
(202) 296-8400
rickl@agb.org
Aundrea Kelley
Deputy Commissioner, P-16 Policy and Collaborative
Initiatives
Massachusetts Department of Higher Education
One Ashburton Place, Room 140a
Boston, Massachusetts 02108-1696
(617) 994-6979
akelley@bhe.mass.edu
Ken Krehbiel
Associate Executive Director for Communications
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
1906 Association Drive
Reston, Virginia 20191-1502
(703) 620-9840
kkrehbiel@nctm.org
Howard Lee
Executive Director
North Carolina Education Cabinet
3021 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-0301
(919) 733-3044
howard.lee@nc.gov
Charlie Lenth
Vice President for Policy Analysis and Academic Affairs
SHEEO
3035 Center Green Drive, Suite 100
Boulder, Colorado 80301-2205
(303) 541-1601
clenth@sheeo.org
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Paul E. Lingenfelter
President
SHEEO
3035 Center Green Drive, Suite 100
Boulder, Colorado 80301-2205
(303) 541-1605
plingenfelter@sheeo.org
Emily Loney
Program Coordinator
James B. Hunt, Jr. Institute for Educational Leadership
and Policy
1000 Park Forty Plaza, Suite 280
Durham, North Carolina 27713
(919) 425-4165
eloney@hunt-institute.org
Teresa Lubbers
Commissioner
Indiana Commission for Higher Education
101 West Ohio Street, Suite 550
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204-1971
(317) 464-4400
teresal@che.in.gov
Amy Mast
Director
Georgia Alliance of Education Agency Heads, P20
Council
1554 Twin Towers East
205 Jesse Hill Jr Dr SE
Atlanta, Georgia 30334
(404) 657-4122
amy.mast@gaeducationalliance.org
Bill McDiarmid
Dean and Alumni Distinguished Professor of Education
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School
of Education
101B Peabody Hall
CB 3500 Peabody Hall
Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-3500
(919) 966-1356
bmcd@unc.edu
Dane Linn
Director, Education Policy Studies
National Governors Association
444 North Capitol Street
Hall of the States, Suite 267
Washington, District of Columbia 20001-1512
(202) 624-7801
dlinn@nga.org
David A. Longanecker
President
Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education
3035 Center Green Drive, Suite 200
Boulder, Colorado 80301-2204
(303) 541-0201
dlonganecker@wiche.edu
Christi Martin
Deputy Director, Policy Development, US Program
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
PO Box 23350
Ben Franklin Station
Seattle, Washington 98102
(206) 709-3639
christi.martin@gatesfoundation.org
William G. McCallum
Distinguished Professor of Mathematics and Head of
the Department of Mathematics
The University of Arizona
Department of Mathematics
617 N. Santa Rita Ave
Tucson, Arizona 85721-0089
(520) 621-2713
wmc@math.arizona.edu
M. Peter McPherson
President
Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities
1307 New York Avenue, NW, Suite 400
Washington, District of Columbia 20005-4722
(202) 478-6040
pmcpherson@aplu.org
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Michael P. Meotti
Commissioner
Connecticut Department of Higher Education
61 Woodland Street
Hartford, Connecticut 06105-2326
(860) 947-1801
meotti@ctdhe.org
Sylvia Moore
Deputy Commissioner, Academic and Student Affairs
Montana University System
2500 Broadway Street, PO Box 203201
Helena, Montana 59620-3201
(406) 444-0312
smoore@montana.edu
Robert Newsome
Director of Outreach and State Relations
National Association of Independent Colleges &
Universities
1025 Connecticut Avenue NW, Suite 700
Washington, District of Columbia 20036
(202) 785-8866
bo@naicu.edu
Brian Noland
Chancellor
West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission
1018 Kanawha Blvd E, Suite 700
Charleston, West Virginia 25301
(304) 558-0699
noland@hepc.wvnet.edu
Eduardo M. Ochoa
Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education
U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary
Education
1990 K. Street NW, Room 7115
Washington, District of Columbia 20006
(202) 502-7750
eduardo.ochoa@ed.gov
Kathleen Paliokas
Program Director
Interstate Teacher Assessment and Support Consortium
(InTASC)
Council of Chief State School Officers
One Massachusetts Avenue NW Suite 700
Washington, District of Columbia 20001-1431
(202) 336-7058
KathyP@ccsso.org
Hilary Pennington
Director of Education, Postsecondary Success & Special
Initiatives, U.S. Program
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
P.O. Box 23350
Seattle, Washington 98006
(206) 709-3149
Hilary.Pennington@gatesfoundation.org
Lana Oleen
Interim President
Midwestern Higher Education Compact
1300 South Second Street, Suite 130
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55454-1079
(612) 626-8292
lanao@mhec.org
Kathy Havens Payne
Director, Education Leadership
State Farm Insurance
One State Farm Plaza
Bloomington, Illinois 61704
(309) 766-9274
kathy.h.payne.jda2@statefarm.com
George Pernsteiner
Chancellor
Oregon University System
158 Susan Campbell Hall
P. O. Box 3175,1431 Johnson Lane
Eugene, Oregon 97403-0175
(541) 346-5703
george_pernsteiner@ous.edu
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Ashley Perry
Research Coordinator
James B. Hunt, Jr. Institute for Educational Leadership
and Policy
1000 Park Forty Plaza, Suite 280
Durham, North Carolina 27713
(919) 425-4177
aperry@hunt-institute.org
Andrea Prejean
Associate Director
National Education Association, Education Policy and
Practice
1201 16th Street NW
Washington, District of Columbia 20036-3290
(202) 822-7891
aprejean@nea.org
Sheri Ranis
Program Director
Lumina Foundation for Education
30 South Meridian Street
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204-3503
(317) 951-5755
sranis@luminafoundation.org
Judith Rizzo
Executive Director and CEO
James B. Hunt, Jr. Institute for Educational Leadership
and Policy
1000 Park Forty Plaza, Suite 280
Durham, North Carolina 27713
(919) 425-4160
jrizzo@hunt-institute.org
Roger Sampson
President
Education Commission of the States
700 Broadway, Suite 810
Denver, Colorado 80203-3442
(303) 299-3600
rsampson@ecs.org
Carol Geary Schneider
President
Association of American Colleges & Universities
1818 R Street, NW
Washington, District of Columbia 20009
(202) 884-0810
cgs@aacu.org
Joe H. Pickens
President
St. Johns River State College
5001 St. Johns Avenue
Palatka, Florida 32177
(386) 312-4113
joepickens@sjrstate.edu
Scott Ralls
President
North Carolina Community College System
5001 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, North Carolina 27699-5001
(919) 807-6950
rallss@nccommunitycolleges.edu
Casey Remer
Program Coordinator
James B. Hunt, Jr. Institute for Educational Leadership
and Policy
1000 Park Forty Plaza, Suite 280
Durham, North Carolina 27713
(919) 425-4164
cremer@hunt-institute.org
Thomas W. Ross
President
University of North Carolina
910 Raleigh Road, PO Box 2688
Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27514-2688
(919) 962-4622
tomross@northcarolina.edu
Elizabeth Schneider
Vice President, State Advocacy and Outreach
Alliance for Excellent Education
1201 Connecticut Avenue NW, Suite 901
Washington, District of Columbia 20036
(202) 828-0828
eschneider@all4ed.org
David S. Spence
President
Southern Regional Education Board
592 10th Street NW
Atlanta, Georgia 30318-5776
(404) 875-9211
dave.spence@sreb.org
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Michael K. Thomas
President & CEO
New England Board of Higher Education
45 Temple Place
Boston, Massachusetts 2111
(617) 357-9620
mthomas@nebhe.org
Denis Udall
Program Officer
The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
2121 Sand Hill Road
Menlo Park, California 94025
(650) 234-4500
dudall@hewlett.org
Garrison Walters
Executive Director
South Carolina Commission on Higher Education
1333 Main Street, Suite 200
Columbia, South Carolina 29201
(803) 737-2275
gwalters@che.sc.gov
Jack R. Warner
Executive Director & CEO
South Dakota Board of Regents
306 East Capitol Avenue, Suite 200
Pierre, South Dakota 57501-2545
(605) 773-3455
JackW@sdbor.edu
Jane V. Wellman
Executive Director
National Association of System Heads
1250 H Street NW, Suite 700
Washington, District of Columbia 20005
(202) 248-5149
jane@nash-dc.org
Blakely Elizabeth Whilden
Assistant Director of Federal Relations & Policy Analysis
American Association of State Colleges and Universities
1307 New York Avenue NW 5th Floor
Washington, District of Columbia 20005
(202) 478-4652
whildenb@aascu.org
April D. White
Director of Communications
James B. Hunt, Jr. Institute for Educational Leadership
and Policy
1000 Park Forty Plaza, Suite 280
Durham, North Carolina 27713
(919) 425-4167
awhite@hunt-institute.org
Gene Wilhoit
Executive Director
Council of Chief State School Officers
One Massachusetts Ave NW, Suite 700
Washington, District of Columbia 20001-1431
(202) 336-7015
genew@ccsso.org
Joe Willhoft
Executive Director
SMARTER Balanced Assessment Consortium
600 Washington St SE
Olympia, Washington 98501
(253) 381-1954
Joe.Willhoft@k12.wa.us
Donna Wiseman
Board Chair, AACTE and Dean, College of Education
American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education
University of Maryland
3119 Benjamin Building
College Park, Maryland 20742-1121
(301) 405-2336
dlwise@umd.edu
A. Hope Williams
President
North Carolina Independent Colleges & Universities
530 North Blount Street
Raleigh, North Carolina 27604
(919) 832-5817
williams@ncicu.org
Sheila Wright
Director
Minnesota Office of Higher Education
1450 Energy Park Drive, Suite 350
St. Paul, Minnesota 55108-5227
(651) 259-3900
Sheila.wright@state.mn.us
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Hung-Hsi Wu
Professor of Mathematics, Emeritus
University of California, Berkeley
Department of Mathematics, #3840
733 Evans Hall
Berkeley, California 94720-3840
(510) 848-3281
wu@math.berkeley.edu
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