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National Advisory Board
National Advisory Board members give NACSA strategic advice to help the organization achieve the establishment and operation of quality charter schools through responsible oversight in the public interest.
Steve Barr, Founder, Chairman & CEO, Future is Now Schools; Founder, Green Dot Public Schools
Jim Blew, Director, K-12 Education Reform, Walton Family Foundation
Phoebe Boyer, Senior Advisor, Robertson Foundation
Kaleem Caire, President and CEO of the Urban League of Greater Madison (WI)
Matt Candler, Founder and CEO of 4.0 Schools
Mike Feinberg, Co-founder, Knowledge is Power Program (KIPP) Foundation
Howard Fuller, Founder and Director, Institute for the Transformation of Learning, Marquette University
Jim Griffin, President, Colorado League of Charter Schools
Jaime Guzmán, Senior Director of Outreach, Big Shoulders Fund; Member of the Illinois State Charter School Commission
Kevin Hall, CEO, Charter School Growth Fund
Robin Lake, Director, Center on Reinventing Public Education at the University of Washington
Carol Lee, President, American Educational Research Association
Ebony Lee, Senior Program Officer, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Carlos Lejnieks, CEO, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Essex, Hudson & Union Counties (NJ)
The Honorable Mary Landrieu, U.S. Senator
Phyllis Lockett, Founding President & CEO, New Schools for Chicago
James Merriman, Chief Executive Officer, New York City Charter School Center
Terence Patterson, Education Program Officer, Hyde Family Foundations
Scott Pearson, Executive Director, District of Columbia Public Charter School Board
Nina Rees, President and CEO, National Alliance for Public Charter Schools
Andy Rotherham, Co-founder and Partner, Bellwether Education
Joe Siedlecki, U.S. Education Program and Policy Officer, Michael and Susan Dell Foundation
Tom Vander Ark, Founder, Getting Smart
Jed Wallace, CEO, California Charter Schools Association
