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Board of Advisors

 

United States Senators
Daniel Akaka
Max Baucus
Robert F. Bennett
Joseph R. Biden, Jr.
Jeff Bingaman
Barbara Boxer
Robert C. Byrd
Benjamin Cardin
Thomas Carper
Thad Cochran
Susan M. Collins
Kent Conrad
Christopher J. Dodd
Pete V. Domenici
Byron L. Dorgan
John Ensign
Dianne Feinstein
Lindsey Graham
Charles Grassley
Judd Gregg
Tom Harkin
Orrin G. Hatch
James Inhofe
Daniel K. Inouye

Tim Johnson
Edward M. Kennedy
John F. Kerry
Herb Kohl
Jon Kyl
Mary L. Landrieu
Patrick J. Leahy
Joseph I. Lieberman
Trent Lott
Richard G. Lugar
John McCain
Mitch McConnell
Ben Nelson
Harry Reid
Pat Roberts
John D. Rockefeller IV
Charles E. Schumer
Jeff Sessions
Richard Shelby
Olympia J. Snowe
Debbie Stabenow
Ted Stevens
Craig Thomas
David Vitter
Ron Wyden
In Memoriam
Senator Allen J. Ellender
United States Representatives

Neil Abercrombie
Gary L. Ackerman
Joe Baca
Brian Baird
Richard Baker
Joe Barton
Xavier Becerra
Howard L. Berman
Rob Bishop
John A. Boehner
Madeleine Z. Bordallo
Dan Boren
Steve Buyer
Dave Camp
Chris Cannon
Donna M. Christensen
James E. Clyburn
Howard Coble
John Conyers, Jr.
Barbara Cubin
Tom Davis
Peter A. DeFazio
Rosa DeLauro
Lincoln Diaz-Balart
Norman D. Dicks
John D. Dingell
Lloyd Doggett
John Doolittle
Vernon J. Ehlers
Jo Ann Emerson
Phil English
Anna Eshoo
Bob Etheridge
Terry Everett
Eni F.H. Faleomavaega
Sam Farr
Mike Ferguson
Bart Gordon
Samuel B. Graves
Ralph M. Hall
Kenny Hulshof
Eddie Bernice Johnson
Nancy Johnson
Paul E. Kanjorski
Mark Kennedy
Patrick Kennedy
Dale Kildee
Mark Steven Kirk
Dennis J. Kucinich
Ray LaHood
Jim Langevin
Rick Larsen

Sander M. Levin
Jerry Lewis
John Lewis
Ron Lewis
Zoe Lofgren
Nita M. Lowey
Carolyn B. Maloney
Betty McCollum
Jim McCrery
Jim McDermott
James P. McGovern
Howard P. (Buck) McKeon
Martin T. Meehan
Gregory Meeks
George Miller
Dennis Moore
James P. Moran
Eleanor Holmes Norton
James L. Oberstar
Ed Pastor
Donald M. Payne
Nancy Pelosi
Earl Pomeroy
David E. Price
Deborah Pryce
Nick Rahall
Jim Ramstad
Ralph Regula
Denny Rehberg
Silvestre Reyes
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
Mike Ross
Loretta Sanchez
José E. Serrano
John Shadegg
Brad Sherman
Louise Slaughter
Adam Smith
John M. Spratt, Jr.
Pete Stark
Bart Stupak
John Tanner
Ellen O. Tauscher
Lee Terry
Edolphus Towns
Mark Udall
Fred Upton
Melvin L. Watt
Henry Waxman
Dave Weldon
Robert Wexler
Lynn Woolsey
Don Young

Former Members of Congress

Senators
Conrad Burns
Jon Corzine
Mark Dayton
Dennis DeConcini
Mike DeWine
Dave Durenberger
Wendell H. Ford
John Glenn
Mark O. Hatfield
James M. Jeffords
J. Bennett Johnston

Don Nickles
Donald W. Riegle, Jr.
Paul S. Sarbanes
Malcolm Wallop

Representatives
Beryl Anthony
Dick Armey
Doug Bereuter
Sherwood L. Boehlert
Lindy Boggs
David Bonior
John Buchanan
Wm. Lacy Clay
Dennis E. Eckart
Mickey Edwards
Glenn English
Lane Evans
Vic Fazio
Bill Frenzel
Newt Gingrich
Joel Hefley
Ernest J. Istook
Sam Johnson
James R. Jones
Jim Kolbe
Jim Leach
Joseph P. Kennedy II
Steve Largent
Dave McCurdy
Lloyd Meeds
Carrie Meek
Robert Michel
Susan Molinari
Connie Morella
Martin Olav Sabo
Major Owens
Michael G. Oxley
Richard Pombo
Carl D. Pursell
Tim Roemer
Marge Roukema
Thomas C. Sawyer
Claudine Schneider
David Skaggs
Louis Stokes
Wes Watkins
Curt Weldon

 

 

Governors


John Baldacci, Maine
James H. Douglas, Vt.
Brad Henry, Okla.
Frank H. Murkowski, Alaska (Fmr.)
Bill Richardson, N.Mex.
Togiola T.A. Tulafono, Am. Samoa


Secretaries of State


J. Kenneth Blackwell, Ohio (Fmr.)
Susan Bysiewicz, Conn.
Cathy Cox, Ga. (Fmr)
Chester J. Culver, Iowa (Fmr.)
Mary Kiffmeyer, Minn.
Doug La Follette, Wis.
Joseph B. Meyer, Wyo. (Fmr)
Rebecca Vigil-Giron, N.Mex. (Fmr.)

 

Chief State School Officers


Dr. Teresa Bergeson, Wash.
Dr. Douglas D. Christensen, Nebr.
Sandy Garrett, Okla.
Dr. Clifford B. Janey, D.C.
Dr. Rita Hocog Inos, CNMI
Mario Katosang, Palau
Wilfred I. Kendall, Marshall Is.
Dr. Wayne G. Sanstead, N.Dak.

 

School Superintendents


Arlene Ackerman
San Francisco, Calif.

James F. Doughty (Retired)
Bangor, Maine

Dr. James A. Fleming
Capistrano, Calif.

Dr. Beverly L. Hall
Atlanta, Ga.

James L. Kieffer (Retired)
Glendale, Ariz.

Dr. David E. Sawyer
Tulsa, Okla.

Dr. Jerry D. Weast
Montgomery County, Md.

Michael S. Weiler
Kent County, Mich.

Dr. George Woons (Retired)
Kent County, Mich.

Additional Business, Education, and Community Leaders

Nancy Barbour
Dykema Gossett

 

Dr. Thomas W. Barlow
President and Chief Executive Officer
Pacific Resources for Education and Learning

 

Max N. Berry, Esq.
Law Offices of Max N. Berry

 

Dr. Wilma F. Bonner
Assistant Superintendent for Standards and Curriculum
District of Columbia Public Schools

 

David L. Boren
President
The University of Oklahoma

 

Dr. Leonard M. Britton
Former Superintendent
Los Angeles Unified School District, Calif.

 

Dr. Gene R. Carter
Executive Director/CEO
Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development

 

Michael D. Casserly
Executive Director
Council of the Great City Schools

 

Dr. Gary W. Copeland
Former Director and Curator
The Carl Albert Congressional Research and Studies Center
The University of Oklahoma

 

Banny de Brum
Ambassador to the U.S.
Republic of the Marshall Islands

 

Horace B. Deets
Former Executive Director
AARP

 

Dr. Kathy Dewsbury-White
Director of Curriculum Development
Ingham ISD, Mich.

 

John R. Doyle
Administrative Director
Division of Social Sciences
Miami–Dade County Public Schools, Fla.

 

R. Eugene Earsom
Former Social Studies Coordinator
Oklahoma State Department of Education

 

Dr. Marsha J. Edmonds
Director of Secondary School Improvement
Tulsa Public Schools, Okla.

 

Keller George
President
United South and Eastern Tribes, Inc.

 

Fred Gipson, Esq.
Former Senior Counsel
The University of Oklahoma

 

Dan Glickman
President
Motion Picture Association of America, Inc.

 

Susan Griffin
Executive Director
National Council for the Social Studies

 

Lee H. Hamilton
President and Director
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
Director, The Center on Congress at Indiana University

 

Lester S. Hyman, Esq.
Swidler Berlin, LLP

 

Les Janka
President
Les Janka International

 

Joan M. Johnson
Former Program Director
Martha Holden Jennings Foundation

 

Dr. I. King Jordan
FormerPresident
Gallaudet University

 

Vernon E. Jordan, Esq.
Lazard Frères & Co. LLC

 

Thomas J. Kenan, Esq.
Fuller, Tubb, Pomeroy & Stokes

 

Linda Kleeman
National Advertising Director
Houston Chronicle, Tex.

 

Hersey Kyota
Ambassador to the U.S.
Republic of Palau

 

Brian Lamb
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
C-SPAN

 

William A. Lane, Jr.
President-Trustee
The Dunspaugh-Dalton Foundation, Inc.

 

Neil B. Mahrer
Former Vice President
PBS

 

Jesse B. Marehalau
Ambassador to the U.S.
Federated States of Micronesia

 

Chris Matthews
Host, Hardball
MSNBC

 

Dr. Shirley McBay
President
Quality Education for Minorities

 

Colman McCarthy
Founder and Director
The Center for Teaching Peace

 

Joyce McCloud
Executive Director
Secondary School Reform Team 5
Atlanta Public Schools, Ga.

 

Robert M. McGee
President
Occidental International Corporation

 

Harry C. McPherson, Esq.
DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary US LLP

 

Dr. Howard Mehlinger, Emeritus
School of Education
Indiana University

 

Angela Miller
Manager–Social Studies
Houston ISD, Tex.

 

A. Ralph Mollis
Mayor


North Providence, R.I.

Robert Morgan
Educator (Retired), Ga.

 

Ronald B. Natalie, Esq.
Former Chairman, Board of Directors
Close Up Foundation

 

Kessai H. Note
President
Republic of the Marshall Islands

 

Charles L. Overby
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
The Freedom Forum

 

Sally Pederson
Former Lieutenant Governor
Iowa

 

Jamin Raskin
Washington College of Law
American University

 

Tommy E. Remengesau, Jr.
President
Republic of Palau

 

Jeffrey Rosinek
Circuit Court Judge
State of Florida

 

Dr. Jill Shapiro
Director and Vice President
CH2M Hill

 

Richard J. Sideman, Esq.
Former Chairman, Board of Directors
Close Up Foundation
Sideman & Bancroft LLP

 

Dr. Kaye Stripling
Former Superintendent
Houston Independent School District, Tex.

Sue Swaim
Executive Director
National Middle School Association

 

Carmen Cornelius Taylor
Program Director
National Indian School Board Association

 

Pete A. Tenorio
Resident Representative to the U.S.
Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands

 

Dr. Gerald N. Tirozzi
Executive Director
National Association of Secondary School Principals

 

Karen R. Todorov
Social Studies Consultant
Michigan Department of Education

 

Susan Toohey
Social Studies Supervisor
Omaha Public Schools, Nebr.

 

Dr. Stephen Joel Trachtenberg
FormerPresident
The George Washington University

 

Joanne H. Urrutia
Administrative Director
Division of Bilingual Education and World Languages
Miami–Dade County Public Schools, Fla.

 

Lee C. White, Esq.
Spiegel & McDiarmid

 

Anthony A. Williams
FormerMayor
District of Columbia

 

David B. Young
Chief Operations Officer
Visiting International Faculty Program

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