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Steering Committee
The Steering Committee is the primary policy-setting body of ECS. Specifically, the Steering Committee has the right to: adopt and approve statements and communications to implement, effectuate and advocate policy positions of the Commission; consider policy recommendations from any person, committee or other body; engage in discussion and debate of education issues in order to provide major program direction for the Commission; recommend bylaws changes to the Commission; and approve the ECS strategic plan, annual budget and Annual Report.
Between meetings of the Steering Committee, its policymaking authority is delegated to the Executive Committee. The Steering Committee voting members consist of one representative from each member state, as well as the Chair, Vice Chair, Treasurer and Immediate Past Chair during their terms of office. The Chair and Vice Chair of the Commission shall serve as the Chair and Vice Chair of this committee as well.
Steering Committee Members
Alabama
Stephanie Bell, Member, Alabama State Board of Education
Alaska
Mike Hanley, Commissioner of Education
American Samoa
Evelyn Godinet, Principal, Manumalo Baptist School
Arizona
Linda Gray, Vice Chair, Senate Education Accountability and Reform Committee
California
Wilmer Amina Carter, Assembly Member
Colorado
John Hickenlooper, Governor
Connecticut
Andrew Fleischmann, House Chair, Education Committee
Delaware
David Sokola, Chair, Senate Education Committee
District of Columbia
Allen Sessoms, President, University of the District of Columbia
Florida
Stephen Wise, Chair, Senate Education Pre-K-12 Committee
Georgia
Freddie Powell Sims, State Senator
Hawaii
Roy Takumi, Chair, House Education Committee
Idaho
John Andreason, State Senator
Illinois
Christopher Koch, State Superintendent of Education
Indiana
Dennis Kruse, Chair, Senate Education and Career Development Committee
Iowa
Daryl Beall, State Senator
Kansas
Diane DeBacker, Commissioner of Education
Kentucky
Joseph U. Meyer, Secretary, Kentucky Education and Workforce Development Cabinet
Maryland
Adrienne Jones, House Speaker Pro Tem
Massachusetts
Mitchell Chester, Commissioner of Education
Michigan
Michael Flanagan, Superintendent of Public Instruction
Minnesota
Gen Olson, Chair, Senate Education Committee
Mississippi
Tom Burnham, State Superintendent
Missouri
David Pearce, Chair, Senate Education Committee
Montana
Sue Malek, State Representative
Nebraska
John Bonaiuto, Executive Director, Nebraska Association of School Boards
Nevada
Barbara Cegavske, State Senator
New Hampshire
Thomas Horgan, President & CEO, New Hampshire College and University Council
New Jersey
Shirley Turner, State Senator
New Mexico
Rick Miera, Chair, House Education Committee
New York
Barbara Clark, Assemblywoman
North Carolina
Howard Lee, President, Howard N. Lee Institute for Equity and Opportunity in Education
North Dakota
Rae Ann Kelsch, Chair, House Education Committee
Ohio
Deborah Delisle
Oklahoma
Phyllis Hudecki, Secretary of Education
Oregon
George Pernsteiner, Chancellor, Oregon University System
Pennsylvania
James Roebuck, Minority Chair, House Education Committee
Puerto Rico
Lucy Arce Ferrer, State Senator
South Carolina
Garrison Walters, Executive Director, South Carolina Commission on Higher Education
South Dakota
Melody Schopp, Secretary of Education
Tennessee
Richard Rhoda, Executive Director, Tennessee Higher Education Commission
Texas
Florence Shapiro, Chair, Senate Education Committee
Utah
Christine Kearl, Education Deputy, Office of the Governor
Virgin Islands
LaVerne Terry, Commissioner of Education
Virginia
Patricia Wright, Superintendent of Public Instruction
West Virginia
Mary Poling, Chair, House Education Committee
Wisconsin
Luther Olsen, Chair, Senate Education Committee
Wyoming
Rollin Abernethy, Associate Provost and Professor, University of Wyoming

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