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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
Jim Blew, Director, K-12 Education Reform, Walton Family Foundation
Phoebe Boyer, Executive Director, Tiger Foundation
Linda Childears, President and CEO, Daniels Fund
Mike Feinberg, Co-founder, Knowledge is Power Program (KIPP) Superintendent, KIPP Houston
Howard Fuller, Founder and Director, Institute for the Transformation of Learning, Marquette University
Jim Griffin, President, Colorado League of Charter Schools
Kevin Hall, CEO and President, Charter School Growth Fund
Paul T. Hill, Professor, University of Washington/ Director, Center on Reinventing Public Education
Gary Huggins, Director, Aspen Institute Commission on No Child Left Behind
Carol Lee, President, American Educational Research Association
Ebony Lee, Portfolio Manager, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Carlos Lejnieks, President & CEO, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Essex, Hudson & Union Counties (NJ)
Phyllis Lockett, President and CEO, Renaissance Schools Fund
James Merriman, Chief Executive Officer, New York City Charter School Center
Nina Rees, Vice President for Strategic Initiatives, Knowledge Universe Learning Group
Andy Rotherham, Co-founder & Co-director, Education Sector
Nancy Searle, Searle Family Consultant to the Chicago Community Trust
Tom Vander Ark, Managing Partner, Revolution Learning; Partner, Vander Ark/Ratcliff
Jed Wallace, President and CEO, California Charter Schools Association
