ECS COMMISSIONERS

Steering Committee members appear in bold.

Alabama   Stephanie Bell Member Alabama State Board of Education Larry D. Dixon Senator Alabama Senate H. Mac Gipson, Jr. Representative Alabama House of Representatives Sally Howell Executive Director Alabama Association of School Boards Albert G. Morton Caroline Novak President A+ Education Foundation Bob Riley Governor State of Alabama Alaska   Con Bunde Senator Alaska Senate Laraine Derr President Chez Alaska Cooking School Carl Gatto Representative Alaska House of Representatives Richard I. Mauer Chairman Alaska Board of Education and Early Development Sarah Palin Governor State of Alaska Carl Rose Executive Director Association of Alaska School Boards American Samoa   Viane Etuale Director Catholic Education Evelyn Godinet Principal Manumalo Baptist School Mapu Puaopea Paopao Representative American Samoa House of Representatives Tuana'itau F. Tuia Senator American Samoa Senate Togiola T.A. Tulafano Governor Territory of American Samoa Arizona   Paula Aboud Senator Arizona Senate Linda Aguirre Linda Gray Vice-Chairman, Senate Education K-12 Committee Arizona Senate Linda Lopez Representative Arizona House of Representatives Arkansas   Gilbert Baker Senator Arkansas Senate Mike Beebe Governor State of Arkansas Jared Cleveland Superintendent Lavaca School District Central Office Terri Hardy Director of the Center for Education and Public Policy Ouachita Baptist College Kaneaster Hodges, Jr. Attorney; Former U.S. Senator Mike Huckabee The Huckabee for President Exploratory Committee T. Kenneth James State Education Director Arkansas Department of Education Calvin Johnson Dean, School of Education University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff California   Elaine Alquist Senator California Senate Gene Mullin Chairman, Committee on Education California State Assembly Jack O'Connell Superintendent of Public Instruction California Department of Education Arnold Schwarzenegger Governor State of California Kent Wong Director University of California-Los Angeles Colorado   Matt Gianneschi Senior Policy Analyst State of Colorado Beverly Ingle President Colorado Education Association Dwight D. Jones Commissioner of Education Colorado State Department of Education Andrew Kerr Representative Colorado House of Representatives Barbara O'Brien Lieutenant Governor State of Colorado Bill Ritter Governor State of Colorado Sue Windels Chairman, Senate Education Committee Colorado Senate Connecticut   Francis G. Brennan Director University of Connecticut Cheryl C. Dickinson Professor Southern Connecticut State University Andrew M. Fleischmann Co-Chairman, Education Committee Connecticut House of Representatives Judith G. Freedman Senator Connecticut Senate Thomas P. Gaffey Chairman, Senate Education Committee & Chief Deputy President Pro Tempore Connecticut Senate Claudia M. Powers Representative Connecticut House of Representatives M. Jodi Rell Governor State of Connecticut Patricia Sidas Betty J. Sternberg Superintendent Greenwich Public Schools Delaware   Lisa Blunt-Bradley Sally C. Coonin Education Policy Advisor State of Delaware Ruth Ann Minner Governor State of Delaware David P. Sokola Chairman, Senate Education Committee Delaware Senate Nancy H. Wagner Vice-Chairman, House Education Committee Delaware House of Representatives James A. Wolfe President and CEO Delaware State Chamber of Commerce Valerie A. Woodruff Secretary of Education Delaware Department of Education District of Columbia   Robert Bobb President District of Columbia Board of Education Adrian Fenty Mayor District of Columbia Deborah Gist Superintendent D.C. Office of the State Superintendent of Education Vincent C. Gray Chairman Council of the District of Columbia Kathleen Patterson Former Council Member District of Columbia William Lawrence Pollard Vice President National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges Susan Tave Zelman Vice President of Education Corporation for Public Broadcasting Florida   Charlie Crist Governor State of Florida Anitere Flores Chair, House K-12 Education Committee Florida House of Representatives Frances Haithcock Florida Department of Education Evelyn J. Lynn Chair, Senate Higher Education Appropriations Committee Florida Senate Eric J. Smith Commissioner of Education Florida Department of Education Stephen R. Wise Chair, Senate Education Pre-K-12 Appropriations Committee Florida Senate Georgia   Kathy Cox State Superintendent of Schools Georgia Department of Education Erroll B. Davis, Jr. Chancellor Georgia Board of Regents University System of Georgia Jan Jones Vice-Chairman, Appropriations Committee Georgia House of Representatives Sonny Perdue Governor State of Georgia Daniel J. Weber Chairman, Education and Youth Committee Georgia Senate Hawaii   Ann R. Botticelli Kamehameha Schools Patricia Hamamoto Superintendent of Education Hawaii Department of Education Linda Lingle Governor State of Hawaii Norman Sakamoto Majority Whip & Chairman, Senate Education Committee Hawaii Senate Roy M. Takumi Chair, House Education Committee Hawaii House of Representatives Rose Tseng Chancellor University of Hawaii at Hilo Paul Vierling State of Hawaii Dale Webster Idaho   John Andreason Senator Idaho Senate John W. Goedde Chair, Senate Education Committee Idaho Senate David H. Hawk Director J.R. Simplot Company Bob Nonini Chair, House Education Committee Idaho House of Representatives C.L. Otter Governor State of Idaho Illinois   Rod Blagojevich Governor State of Illinois Anne Davis President Illinois Education Association Miguel Del Valle City Clerk City Clerk of Chicago Ed Geppert President Illinois Federation of Teachers Brenda J. Holmes Board Member Illinois State Board of Education Christopher Koch Superintendent of Education Illinois Board of Education Kevin A. McCarthy Chairman, Higher Education Committee Illinois House of Representatives Indiana   Mitch Daniels Governor State of Indiana Teresa S. Lubbers Chairperson, Senate Education and Career Dev. Committee & Asst. Majority Floor Leader - Comm. Indiana Senate Gregory W. Porter Chair, House Education Committee Indiana House of Representatives Suellen K. Reed Superintendent of Public Instruction Indiana Department of Education Earline S. Rogers Senator Indiana Senate Iowa   Daryl Beall Senator Iowa Senate Nancy Jane Boettger Senator Iowa Senate Mary Chapman Vice President United Way Community Outreach Chet Culver Governor State of Iowa Roger Wendt Chair, House Education Committee Iowa House of Representatives Kansas   Clay Aurand Chairperson, House Education Committee Kansas House of Representatives Christine Downey-Schmidt Vice Chair Kansas Board of Regents Robert McFrazier Director Kansas Alliance of Black School Educators Alexa Posny Commissioner of Education Kansas State Department of Education Jean Kurtis Schodorf Chairperson, Senate Education Committee Kansas Senate Kathleen Sebelius Governor State of Kansas Bill O. Wagnon Chairman Kansas State Board of Education Kentucky   Steven L. Beshear Governor Commonwealth of Kentucky Gary S. Cox President Association of Independent Kentucky Colleges and Universities Bonnie Lash Freeman Member Kentucky Board of Education Helen Mountjoy Secretary of Education State of Kentucky William L. Phillips Dean University of Eastern Kentucky Frank Rasche Chair, House Education Committee Kentucky House of Representatives Kenneth Winters Chair, Senate Education Committee Kentucky Senate Louisiana   Austin J. Badon Vice Chair, House Education Committee Louisiana House of Representatives Andre Coudrain Attorney At Law Cashe Lewis Coudrain & Sandage Law Firm Bobby Jindal Governor State of Louisiana Paul Pastorek State Superintendent of Education Louisiana State Department of Education Phyllis Taylor Chairman and President Patrick F. Taylor Foundation Don M. Trahan Chairman, House Education Committee Louisiana House of Representatives Paul Vallas Superintendent Recovery School District of New Orleans, Louisiana Maine   Duke Albanese Senior Policy Advisor Great Maine School Project Mitchell Institute John Baldacci Governor State of Maine John Fitzsimmons President Maine Community College System Constance Goldman Board Member Maine State Board of Education Elaine Makas Representative Maine House of Representatives H. Sawin Millett Representative Maine House of Representatives Sarah E. Redfield Professor of Law Franklin Pierce Law Center Maryland   Patricia Ann Foerster Governor's Education Policy Advisor Office of the Governor Administration Nancy S. Grasmick Superintendent of Schools Maryland Department of Education Adrienne Jones Speaker Pro Tem Maryland House of Delegates Delores G. Kelley Senator Maryland Senate James Earl Lyons, Sr. Secretary of Higher Education Maryland Higher Education Commission Martin O'Malley Governor State of Maryland Martha A. Smith President Anne Arundel Community College Massachusetts   Robert M. Costrell Professor of Education Reform and Economics University of Arkansas David Driscoll Driscoll Consulting Judith L. Gill Professor University of Massachusetts at Boston James A. Peyser Stephen A. Tocco Jack Wilson President University of Massachusetts Michigan   Sue Carnell Education Policy Advisor State of Michigan Irma Clark-Coleman Senator Michigan Senate Jennifer Granholm Governor State of Michigan Wayne Kuipers Chair, Senate Education Committee Michigan Senate John Moolenaar Minority Vice Chair, House Education Committee Michigan House of Representatives Keith A. Pretty President Northwood University in Midland Minnesota   John Berns Representative Minnesota House of Representatives Mindy Greiling Chair, House K-12 Finance Division Minnesota House of Representatives Susan Heegaard Executive Director Minnesota Office of Higher Education Gen Olson Senator Minnesota Senate Tim Pawlenty Governor State of Minnesota Alice Seagren Commissioner of Education Minnesota Department of Education Charles Wiger Chair, Education Committee Minnesota Senate Mississippi   Haley Barbour Governor State of Mississippi Hank M. Bounds Superintendent of Education Mississippi State Department of Education Cecil C. Brown Chairman, House Education Committee Mississippi House of Representatives Michael Jackson Chaney Chairman, Senate Education Committee Mississippi Senate Alice Varnado Harden Senator Mississippi Senate Charles L. Young, Sr. Chairman, Universities and Colleges Committee Mississippi House of Representatives Missouri   Matt Blunt Governor State of Missouri Karen Dawson Kathlyn Fares Chairman, Appropriations - Education Committee Missouri House of Representatives Thomas J. Kerber LUTCF - Principal Insurance & Benefits Group, LLC Jewel D. Scott Executive Director Civic Council of Greater Kansas City Stephen Stoll Tina S. Zubeck President Missouri PTA Montana   Linda McCulloch Superintendent of Public Instruction Montana Office of Public Instruction Brian Schweitzer Governor State of Montana Nebraska   John A. Bonaiuto Executive Director Nebraska Association of School Boards Douglas D. Christensen Commissioner of Education Nebraska Department of Education Annette M. Dubas Senator Nebraska Unicameral Legislature John N. Harms Senator Nebraska Unicameral Legislature David Heineman Governor State of Nebraska Ron Raikes Chairman, Legislative Education Committee Nebraska Unicameral Legislature Jess Wolf President Nebraska State Education Association Nevada   Barbara K. Cegavske Vice Chairman, Senate Human Resources and Education Committee Nevada Senate Moises Denis Assemblymember Nevada Assembly James A. Gibbons Governor State of Nevada Frank D. Meyers Professor, Emeritus University of Nevada-Reno Keith W. Rheault Superintendent of Public Instruction Nevada Department of Education Debbie Smith Vice-Chairman Assembly Education Committee Education Committee Nevada Assembly Alice Constandina Titus Senate Minority Floor Leader Nevada Senate New Hampshire   Iris W. Estabrook Chairman, Senate Education Committee New Hampshire Senate Thomas Horgan President & CEO New Hampshire College and University Council Daphne A. Kenyon Board Member New Hampshire State Board of Education Christen Lavers Special Assistant for Policy State of New Hampshire John H. Lynch Governor State of New Hampshire Emma L. Rous Chairman, House Education Committee New Hampshire House of Representatives Lyonel B. Tracy Commissioner of Education New Hampshire Department of Education New Jersey   Jon S. Corzine Governor State of New Jersey William L. Librera Rutgers University Joan M. Voss Vice Chair, Assembly Education Committee New Jersey Assembly David W. Wolfe Assemblymember New Jersey General Assembly New Mexico   Toney Anaya, Esq. Attorney Anaya Law Firm Reed Dasenbrock Cabinet Secretary New Mexico Higher Education Department Gayle Dean Executive Director San Juan College Foundation Veronica C. Garcia Secretary of Education New Mexico Public Education Department Cynthia Nava Chair, Senate Education Committee New Mexico Senate Bill Richardson Governor State of New Mexico Sheryl Williams Stapleton Representative New Mexico House of Representatives New York   Barbara M. Clark Assemblymember New York Assembly Bethaida Gonzalez Dean Syracuse University Richard P. Mills Commissioner of Education New York State Education Department David A. Paterson Governor State of New York Stephen M. Saland Chairperson, Senate Education Committee & Deputy Majority Leader St./Fed. Relations New York Senate North Carolina   Michael F. Easley Governor State of North Carolina Margaret M. Jeffus Representative North Carolina House of Representatives Howard N. Lee Chairman North Carolina State Board of Education Marvin W. Lucas Co-Chairman, House Education Committee North Carolina General Assembly Vernon Malone Co-Chairman, Senate Education/Public Instruction Committee North Carolina Senate Ann McArthur Senior Education Advisor State of North Carolina Marco Zarate President/Cofounder North Carolina Society of Hispanic Professionals North Dakota   Art Conklin Superintendent and NDASA Representative, Oakes Public Schools John Hoeven Governor State of North Dakota Doug Johnson Executive Director North Dakota Council of Educational Leaders RaeAnn G. Kelsch Chair, House Education Committee North Dakota House of Representatives Warren Larson Superintendent Williston Public School District #1 Gary A. Lee Senator North Dakota Senate Maryjane Martens 7th Grade Geography Teacher Agassiz Middle School Ohio   Michael Billirakis Member National Education Association Joy Padgett Chairman, Senate Education Committee Ohio Senate Ted Strickland Governor State of Ohio Oklahoma   Nance Diamond Sandy Garrett State Superintendent of Public Instruction Oklahoma State Department of Education Brad Henry Governor State of Oklahoma Tony Hutchison Associate Vice Chancellor for Strategic Planning and Analysis Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education Glen D. Johnson Chancellor Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education Tad M. Jones Chair, House Education Committee Oklahoma House of Representatives Susan Paddack Co-Chairman Oklahoma Senate Oregon   Peter Buckley Chair, House Education Committee Oregon House of Representatives Susan Castillo Superintendent of Public Instruction Oregon Department of Education George Pernsteiner Chancellor Oregon University System James Sager Education Policy Advisor State of Oregon Charles Starr ECS Commissioner State of Oregon Vicki Walker Chair, Senate Education and General Government Committee Oregon State Senate Gene Whisnant Representative Oregon House of Representatives Pennsylvania   Kenneth J. Jarin Attorney Law Offices of Ballard, Spahr, Andrews & Ingersoll, LLP Raphael J. Musto Minority Chair, Senate Education Committee Pennsylvania Senate Edward G. Rendell Governor State of Pennsylvania James J. Rhoades Chairman, Senate Education Committee Pennsylvania Senate James R. Roebuck, Jr. Co-Chairman, House Education Committee Pennsylvania House of Representatives Jess M. Stairs Co-Chairman, House Education Committee Pennsylvania House of Representatives Puerto Rico   Rafael Aragunde-Torres Secretary of Education Commonwealth of Puerto Rico Lucy Z. Arce-Ferrer Senator Puerto Rico Senate Anibal Acevedo Vila Governor Commonwealth of Puerto Rico Rhode Island   H. Terri Adelman Executive Director Volunteers in Providence Schools Donald L. Carcieri Governor State of Rhode Island Anthony R. Leone Peter McWalters Commissioner of Education Rhode Island Department of Education Gary Sasse Director Rhode Island Department of Revenue South Carolina   Robert W. Hayes, Jr. Senator South Carolina Senate Larry C. Kobrovsky Attorney at Law Edward H. Pitts, Jr. Representative South Carolina House of Representatives Mark Sanford Governor State of South Carolina Willis R. Walling Garrison Walters Executive Director South Carolina Commission on Higher Education South Dakota   Dale Bertsch Senior Policy Advisor State of South Dakota Thomas Hawley Dean Northern State University Phyllis Heineman Chair, House Education Committee South Dakota House of Representatives Rick Melmer Cabinet Secretary South Dakota Department of Education Ed W. Olson Chair, Senate Education Committee South Dakota Senate Robert T. Perry Executive Director South Dakota Board of Regents Mike Rounds Governor State of South Dakota Tennessee   Gloria Bonner Middle Tennessee State University Phil Bredesen Governor State of Tennessee Richard G. Rhoda Executive Director Tennessee Higher Education Commission Patrick Smith State of Tennessee Tim Webb Commissioner of Education Tennessee Department of Education Leslie Winningham Chairman, House Education Committee Tennessee House of Representatives Jamie Woodson Chair, Senate Education Committee Tennessee Senate Texas   Rob Eissler Chair, House Public Education Committee Texas House of Representatives Geanie W. Morrison Chair, House Higher Education Committee Texas House of Representatives Raymund A. Paredes Commissioner of Higher Education Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board Rick Perry Governor State of Texas Robert Scott Commissioner of Education Texas Education Agency Florence Shapiro Chair, Senate Education Committee Texas Senate Royce West Chairman, Senate Intergovernmental Relations Committee Texas Senate Utah   Jon M. Huntsman, Jr. Governor State of Utah Gordon Snow Representative State of Utah Howard A. Stephenson Senator Utah Senate Vermont   Angelo Dorta President Vermont NEA James H. Douglas Governor State of Vermont Doug Racine Senator Vermont Senate Diane Wolk Former Principal of Rutland Northeast Primary School Virgin Islands   Norman H. Jn. Baptiste Senator Virgin Islands Unicameral Legislature Whitman Browne Principal M.J. Kirwan Elementary School Liston A. Davis Chairman, Education, Culture, and Youth Committee Virgin Islands Unicameral Legislature John P. deJongh, Jr. Governor U.S. Virgin Islands Terrence Joseph Keith E. Richards Special Assistant to the Governor Capital Improvement & Long-Term Planning U.S. Virgin Islands Virginia   R. Edward Houck Chair, Senate Education and Health Committee Virginia Senate Algie T. Howell Delegate Virginia House of Delegates Timothy M. Kaine Governor Commonwealth of Virginia Elizabeth Lodal Former Principal Thomas Jefferson High School for Science and Technology Gregory A. Schuckman Chair, Assistant Vice President for University Relations Northern Virginia Community College Board Timothy Sullivan President & CEO The Mariner's Museum Patricia I. Wright Chief Deputy Superintendent of Public Instruction Virginia Department of Education Washington   West Virginia   Jay Cole Education Policy Advisor Office of Governor Joe Manchin III Joe Manchin, III Governor State of West Virginia Brian E. Noland Chancellor West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission Steve L. Paine State Superintendent of Schools West Virginia Department of Education Robert H. Plymale Chairman, Senate Education Committee West Virginia Senate Mary M. Poling Chair, House Education Committee West Virginia House of Delegates Nancy Sturm Education Technology Advisor to the Governor West Virginia Office of Technology Wisconsin   Elizabeth Burmaster State Superintendent of Public Instruction Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction Jessica Doyle First Lady State of Wisconsin Jim Doyle Governor State of Wisconsin Bette Lang Superintendent Stevens Point Area Public Schools Luther S. Olsen Senator Wisconsin Senate Don Pridemore Chairperson, House Education Reform Committee Wisconsin Assembly Wyoming   Rollin Abernethy University of Wyoming Henry H.R. Coe Chairman, Senate Education Committee Wyoming Senate Dave Freudenthal Governor State of Wyoming Carla L. Gregorio Principal Laramie County School District Jim McBride Superintendent of Public Instruction Wyoming Department of Education Mary Throne Member Wyoming House of Representatives Kathryn A. Valido President Wyoming Education Association