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The Horace Mann League Officers and Directors - 2009-10
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Steve Rasmussen
President
Superintendent of Schools
Issaquah School District
Issaquah, WA

George Garcia
President-Elect
Superintendent of Schools (Ret.)
Boulder Valley (CO) Tucson (AZ) Kansas City (MO) Public Schools

Julie Underwood
Vice President
Interim Provost
Dean, College of Education
University of Wisconsin-Madison

Fred Hartmeister
Past President
Dean-College of Graduate School
Texas Tech University.
Lubbock, TX

Directors

Carol Choye
Project Director for District Leadership, Instructor and Advisor
 Bank Street College
New York, NY

Charles Fowler
Exec. Director
Suburban School Superintendents
Exeter, NH

Mark Edwards
Superintendent
Mooresville Graded School District
Moorseville, NC
 
Linda Darling-Hammond
Professor
College of Education
Stanford University

Evelyn Blose Holman
Superintendent
Bay Shore Public Schools
Bay Shore, NY

Joe Hairston
Superintendent
Baltimore City Public Schools
Baltimore, MD
Susan Purser
Superintendent
Moore County Public Schools
Carthage, NC

John Monahan
Director of Distance Education
University of Alaska
Fairbanks, AK

Stan Olson
Superitnendent
Boise Public Schools
Boise, ID
Nancy DeFord
Superintendent (retired)
Park City Public Schools
Park City, Utah

 
Barry Lynn
Executive Director
Americans for Separation of Church and State
Washington, DC
Gary Marx
President
Center for Public Outreach
Vienna, VA
Eric King
Superintendent of Schools
Muncie Public Schools
Muncie, IN
Claire  Sheff Kohn
Superintendent, Masconomet Regional School District
Topsfield, MA
Pat Hoban
President 1987
Jack Mawdsley
President 1989
Vice President - Foundations
(ret.) Kellog Education Foundation

Paul Houston,
President 1995
(Retired) Executive Director
American Assoc. of School Admin.
Alexandria, VA

Terry Grier,
President 1996
Superintendent of Schools
San Diego City Schools
San Diego, CA

Cleveland Hammond
President 1997
(Retired) Supt. of Schools
St. Louis Public Schools
St. Louis, MO

Jane Hammond
President 1998
(Retired) Superintendent of Schools
Jefferson County (CO) Public Schools

Beverly Reep
President 1999
Superintendent
Pitt County School District
Greenville, NC

Ken Bird
President 2000
CEO Bright Futures Foundation
Omaha, NE

Ben Canada,
President 2001
Associate Exec. Director
Texas School Boards Association
Austin, TX

Art Stellar
President 2002
Superintendent of Schools
Taunton City Schools
Taunton, MA

Larry Dlugosh
President -2003
Dept. Chair. Ed. Ad.
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Lincoln, NE

Spike Jorgensen
President 2004
Educational Consultant
Tok, Alaska

John Simpson
President 2005
Superintendent in Residence
Stupski Family Foundation
Norfolk, VA

Walt Warfield
President - 2006
Executive Director (Ret..)
Illinois Association of School Administrators
Springfield, IL

 

Colleen Wilcox
President - 2007
Superintendent of Schools
Santa Clara County Office of Education
Santa Clara, CA

Fred Hartmeister
President-2008
Dean-College of Graduate School
Texas Tech University.
Lubbock, TX
 

Jack McKay
Executive Director
The Horace Mann League
Professor Emeritus of Ed. Ad.
University of Nebraska at Omaha

2/23/09