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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, Vice President, Alabama State Board of Education
Alaska
Mike Hanley, Commissioner of Education
Arkansas
Terri Hardy, Consultant, TNH Educational Consulting, Inc.
Colorado
John Hickenlooper, Governor
Connecticut
Betty Sternberg, Professor, Central Connecticut State University
Delaware
David Sokola, Chair, Senate Education Committee
Georgia
John Foster, Owner, Habersham Broadcasting Co.
Hawaii
Roy Takumi, Chair, House Education Committee
Idaho
John Goedde, Chair, Senate Education Committee
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, former Secretary of Education and Workforce Development
Maryland
Adrienne Jones, House Speaker Pro Tem
Massachusetts
Mitchell Chester, Commissioner of Education
Michigan
Michael Flanagan, Superintendent of Public Instruction
Minnesota
Charles Wiger, Chair, Senate Finance E-12 Division
Mississippi
Phil Bryant, Governor
Missouri
Patrick Gadell, Attorney at Law
Montana
Linda McCulloch, Secretary of State
Nebraska
John Bonaiuto, Government Relations Consultant
Nevada
Barbara Cegavske, State Senator
Brian Sandoval, Governor
New Hampshire
Thomas Horgan, President & CEO, New Hampshire College and University Council
New Jersey
Shirley Turner, State Senator
New Mexico
Rick Miera, State Representative
New York
Barbara Clark, Assemblywoman
North Dakota
Rae Ann Kelsch, former State Representative
Ohio
Deborah Delisle, former Superintendent of Public Instruction
Oklahoma
Phyllis Hudecki, Executive Director, Oklahoma Business and Education Coalition
Oregon
George Pernsteiner, former 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 Education Foundation
South Dakota
Melody Schopp, Secretary of Education
Texas
Florence Shapiro, former State Senator
Utah
Christine Kearl, Education Deputy, Office of the Governor
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, Professor Emeritus, University of Wyoming
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