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Executive CommitteeECS executive committee

The Executive Committee provides strategic direction and oversight for the management, operations and financial policies of the Commission.  The President is hired by and serves at the pleasure of the Executive Committee.  Specific powers and responsibilities of the Executive Committee include reviewing the ECS annual audit, ECS annual report and President’s proposed budget before forwarding each on to the Steering Committee for final approval.

The Executive Committee is composed of the Chair, the Immediate Past Chair, the Chair-Elect, the Vice Chair, the Treasurer and not more than five additionalmembers of the Steering Committee who are broadly representative of the Commission and who are appointed by the Chair. 

2011-13 Executive Committee Members

Chair: The Honorable John Hickenlooper
Governor, State of Colorado

Immediate Past Chair: The Honorable Tim Pawlenty
former Governor, State of Minnesota

Vice Chair: The Honorable Rae Ann Kelsch
Chair, Education Committee, North Dakota House of Representatives

Treasurer: Richard Rhoda
Executive Director, Tennessee Higher Education Commission

The Honorable Barbara Clark
Assemblymember, New York Assembly

Diane DeBacker
Commissioner of Education, Kansas

Tom Horgan
President and CEO, New Hampshire College and University Council

Christopher Koch
State Superintendent of Education, Illinois

The Honorable Luther Olsen
Chair, Education Committee, Wisconsin Senate


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