National Advisory Committee

• Carol Auerbach Berger, Trustee, Auerbach Family Foundation (New York, NY)

• Albert J. Berger, Chairman (Retired), Allied-Universal Security Services (New York, NY)

• Jerry Blanchard, Director, 21st Century Community Learning Centers (Retired), Shawnee State University (Portsmouth, OH)

• K.C. Burton, President and Chief Executive Officer, Keveske and Associates (East Orange, NJ)

• Sharon Darling, President and Founder, National Center for Families Learning (Louisville, KY)

• Charles R. English, President & Chief Executive Officer, Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Dallas (Dallas, TX)

• Anthony Fears, Chief Executive Officer, SRAEF Educational Consultants, Inc. (Bowie, MD)

• Stacy Gill-Phillips, Chief Executive Officer, West Philadelphia Achievement Charter Elementary School (Philadelphia, PA)

• Lori Godorov, Executive Director, The Work Group (Pennsauken, NJ)

• Rev. Dr. W. Wilson Goode, Sr., President, AMACHI, Inc. (Philadelphia, PA)

• Steven Guttentag, Chief Executive Officer, Reading Plus (Winooski, VT)

• Lois Harrison-Jones Fears, Professor Emeritus, Howard University (Washington, DC)

• David Irving, Chief Executive Officer, HigherSchool Publishing Company (Annapolis, MD)

• Stephen Jones, Associate Dean of Students and Strategic Planning, College of Engineering, Villanova University (Springfield, PA)

• Arline Kitchen, Consultant, Trainers and Consultants Group (Columbus, GA)

• Joseph Kretovics, Senior Research Professor of Educational Leadership, Research, and Technology, Western Michigan University (Kalamazoo, MI)

• Rhonda H. Lauer, President and Chief Executive Officer, Foundations, Inc. (Mount Laurel, NJ)

• Dayna Long, Division Chief, Department for Community Health and Engagement, UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland (Oakland, CA)

• Sharmain Matlock-Turner, President and Chief Executive Officer, Urban Affairs Coalition(Philadelphia, PA)

• Liza McFadden, President, Liza & Partners (Tallahassee, FL)

• Kent McGuire, Education Program Director, Hewlett Foundation (Menlo Park, CA)

• Ioannis Miaoulis,  President, Roger Williams University (Bristol, RI)

• Reuben Mills, Director, Bureau of Postsecondary and Adult Education, Pennsylvania Department of Education (Harrisburg, PA)

• Richard Myhre, Assistant Superintendent, Indian River School District (Selbyville, DE)

• Heather Norton, Vice President of Learning Experiences, Discovery Place (Charlotte, NC)

• Terry Peterson, Director of Afterschool and Community Learning Network, College of Charleston (Kiawah Island, SC)

• Judith J. Pickens, Senior Vice President (Retired), Boys and Girls Clubs of America (Sandy Springs, GA)

• Della Pitts, Principal Consultant, Pitts-Fowler Enterprises (Marietta, GA)

• L. Kimo Richardson, Director of Child and Youth Development Program Accreditation, Council on Accreditation (New York, NY)

• Melvin Rogers, Associate Instructor, University of Central Florida (Orlando, FL)

• Linda Romano, Educational Consultant, Advantacore School Improvement Solutions (Powell, OH)

• Janet Samuels, Chief Recovery Officer, Pennsylvania Department of Education (Harrisburg, PA)

• Jacquelyn Santiago, Chief Executive Officer, Compass Youth Collaborative (Hartford, CT)

• Robert S. Schwartz, Chair Emeritus, Foundations, Inc. and President, Food Sciences Corporation (Mount Laurel, NJ)

• William F. Snell, President, Pretty Shield Foundation (Billings, MT)

• Robert Stonehill, Founding Director, 21st Century Community Learning Centers (Washington, DC)

• Derrick Swinton, Chair and Professor of Chemistry, Claflin University (Orangeburg, SC)

• Fran Welch, Interim Provost, Executive Vice President of Academic Affairs, College of Charleston,  (Charleston, SC)

• Julie Wild-Curry, Director, 21st Century Community Learning Centers, Community After School Programs (Fairbanks, AK)

• Laveta Wills-Hale, Network Coordinator, Arkansas Out-of-School Network (Fairbanks, AR)

• Tyra Witsell, Witsell Associates (Orlando, FL)

• Martha Young, Parent Involvement Administrator (Retired), School District of Philadelphia (Philadelphia, PA)