NCLC is governed by an executive board that includes chief state school officers, district superintendents and representatives from policy and community-based organizations.

Executive Committee:

William Cirone, NCLC chair, Superintendent of Schools, Santa Barbara County, California

Elizabeth "Libby" Burmaster, past chair, State Superintendent of Public Instruction, Wisconsin

Randall Collins, past chair, Superintendent of Schools, Waterford, Connecticut

Executive Board Members:

Sheldon Berman, Superintendent of Schools, Hudson, Massachusetts

Delaine Eastin, Distinguished Visiting Professor of Educational Leadership, Mills College

Barbara Grohe, Superintendent, Kent School District, Washington

Doug Hart, former Representative, Michigan House of Representatives

Steve Hefner, Superintendent, Richland School District Two, South Carolina

Marilyn Howard, Superintendent of Public Instruction, Idaho

Glenys Hill, Superintendent, Kelso School District, Washington

William Hughes, Superintendent, Greendale School District, Wisconsin

Dale Kinsley, Superintendent of Schools, Bellingham, Washington

Roger Rada, Superintendent , Oregon City School District, Oregon

Suellen Reed, Superintendent of Public Instruction, Indiana

Timothy P. Shriver, Chairman of the Board, Special Olympics International, Washington, DC

Anthony Welch, Education Consultant, Piscataway, New Jersey

Sue Windels, Senator, Colorado State Senate, Colorado