Major Accomplishments  by TNLI MetLife Fellows

 

Names of Policy Leaders or Influencers
Recently Involved in the MetLife Fellows’ TNLI

	Senator Dede Alpert – California State Senate
	Keen Babbage – Assistant Principal, Bryan Station Traditional Middle School, Lexington (KY)
	Representative Mike Baker – Chair, Wyoming State House Appropriations Committee
	Allen E. Beardon – Assistant to the President for Education Issues, QUEST Representative Dorothy Bendross-Mindingall – Member, Florida House of Representatives
	David Belton – Deputy Director for United States Senate Candidate Erskine Bowles
	Al Bertani – Director of Professional Development for the Chicago Public Schools Board of Education
	Bill Berube – Associate Dean of the College of Education, University of Wyoming
	Billie Birnie – Education Consultant, Birnie & Associates
	Robin Black – Director of Chicago Public Schools’ Intergovernmental Affairs Department
	Linda Blackford – Reporter, Lexington Herald Leader
	Stephan Blake – Member, California Department of Education Joint Committee to Develop a Statewide Masterplan
	Trent Blankenship – Wyoming State Superintendent of Public Instruction
	Marsha Borenstein – Community Liaison for United States Congressman Major Owens
	Barbara Boxer – U.S. Senator (CA)
	Nancy Brownell – Representative, Institute for Education Reform
	Barbara Buell – Executive Director, Chicago Panel on School Policy
	Gail Burnaford – Professor & Director of Undergraduate Teacher Education, Northwestern University
	Michelle Cahill – Senior Counselor to the Chancellor for Education Policy, New York City Department of Education
	Judy Catchpole – Wyoming Superintendent of Public Instruction
	Representative Lois Capps – U.S. Congresswoman (CA)
	Ann Clark – Assistant Superintendent for High Schools, Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools
	Senator Martin Connor – New York State Senate
	James A. Cosme – Principal, Otis Elementary School, Chicago
	Kit Cramer – Senior Vice President, Charlotte (NC) Chamber of Commerce
	Senator Irene Devin – Chair, Wyoming State Education Committee
	Donna Drayton – Director of Operations for New York State Senator Ruth Hassell-Thompson
	Arne Duncan – Chief Executive Officer for the Chicago Public Schools
	Buddy Dyer – Florida Democratic nominee for Attorney General
	Delaine Easton – California State Superintendent of Schools (former)
	John Easton – Director of Chicago Public Schools Research and Program Evaluation
	Carolyn Ellner – California State Commission on Teacher Credentialing
	Robin Fankhauser – Superintendent of Fayette County (KY) Public Schools
	Governor David Freudenthal – Governor of the State of Wyoming
	Valaida Fullwood – Manager, Ford Foundation—Collaborating for Education Reform
	Jessica Garcia – Director of Outreach and Youth Programs, Campaign for Fiscal Equity
	Robert Gardner – Principal, Tates Creek High School, Lexington (KY)
	Alison Gendar – Education Reporter, New York Daily News
	Governor Jim Geringer – Governor of the State of Wyoming (former)
	Carol Gerstl – Counsel for Legislation & Special Projects, United Federation of Teachers
	Abby Goodnough – Education Reporter, The New York Times
	Pam Hammonds – President, Fayette County Education Association
	Jane Harris – Director of Student Achievement - Fayette County Public Schools
	Alison Hilsabeck – Associate Director of Northwestern University School of Education
	Marvin Hoffman – Director of Instruction, North Kenwood Oakland Charter School
	Theresa Issac – Mayor of Lexington, Kentucky
	Assemblyperson Hannah-Beth Jackson – California State Assembly Member
	Mattie Katz – President, Fayette County (KY) Education Association
	Steve Kaufman – Chief of Staff for New York State Assemblyman Steve Sanders
	Mike Kennedy – Professional Development Coordinator, Fayette County Public Schools
	Chris Koch – Illinois Sate Board Chief Education Officer
	Mark Larson – Director of Education, Lincoln Park Zoo
	Linda Lecht – President, The Education Fund, Miami-Dade County
	Peter Leonis – Division Administrator for Government Affairs, Illinois State Board of Education
	Daniella Levine – Executive Director, Human Services Coalition of Dade County
	Elsa Lopez, Evelyn Campos, & Joe Minor – Members, Legislative Relations Department of the United Teachers of Dade County
	Deborah Lynch – Chicago Union President (AFT)
	Marty Markowitz –Borough President, Brooklyn, New York
	Christine Marinoni – New York City Coordinator, Alliance for Quality Education
	Scott Marion – Wyoming Director of Assessment & Accountability
	Senator John McKay – Florida State Senate President
	Senator Tom McClintock – California Senator
	Pat McClurg – Dean of the College of Education, University of Wyoming
	Gary McDowell – President of the Wyoming Teachers Association
	Lynn McRae – Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools Instructional Accountability
	Judy Matz – Assistant to Miami-Dade County School Board Chair, Dr. Michael Krop
	Kerry Mazzoni – California Secretary of Education
	John Merrow – Executive Producer, The Merrow Report
	Pam Miller – Mayor (former) of Lexington (KY)
	Assemblyperson Joan Millman – New York State Assembly
	Katherine Noland – Researcher, Erickson Institute
	Jack O’Connell – California State Superintendent of Public Instruction
	Barbara Pellegrini – Professor of Education, Northwestern University
	Alex Penelas – Miami-Dade County Mayor
	Bob Quick – Officer, Lexington (KY) Chamber of Commerce
	Dorin Rolle – Miami-Dade County Commissioner
	Melissa Roderick – Director, Chicago Public Schools Strategic Planning Department
	Assemblyperson Steven Sanders – New York State Assembly/Chair, Education Committee
	Dorothy Siegel – Project Director, Institute for Education and Social Policy, NYU
	Stanton Simandle – Principal, Tates Creek Elementary, Lexington (KY)
	Joe Simpson – Wyoming Deputy Superintendent of Public Instruction
	Senator Malcolm Smith – New York State Senate
	Lisa Stone – Director of Student Achievement, Fayette County (KY) Public Schools
	Linda Stowers – Director, Professional Teaching Standards Board
	Jim Thomas – Principal, Bryan Station Traditional Middle School, Lexington (KY)
	Steven Tozer – Professor & Department Chair, Education Policy Studies, UIC at Chicago; Committee Representative/Former Chair, Governor’s Council on Education Quality
	Adam Urbanski – Vice President, American Federation of Teachers; President, Rochester Teachers’ Union; Director, Teacher Union Reform Network
	Robert Vos – Director, Greater Miami Urban Education Pact (including 18 leaders/influencers from this group who meet regularly with the Miami MetLife Fellows)
	David Wade – Deputy Chief of Staff for New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver
	Deputy Mayor Dennis Walcott – Deputy Mayor for Policy, New York City
	Amanda Whalen – Director of Special Initiatives for the Chicago Public Schools Board of Education
	Senator Frederica Wilson – State Senator (FL)
	David Yassky – New York City Council Member
	Fabio Zuluaga – Principal, Maxwell Elementary School, Lexington (KY)
	Representatives from the California School Boards Association
	Representatives from the Kentucky Department of Education, Division of Equity Wyoming State Legislators