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Mom Congress Advisory Board Members

The education leaders and advocates on our advisory board are dedicated to improving our schools -- just like you. Check out their credentials and read more about Mom Congress.

By Parenting.com

Lily Eskelsen

www.nea.org

Carol Evans

www.workingmother.com
diversitybestpractices.com
www.nafe.com

In just 20 years, Eskelsen went from being a lunchroom worker in a school cafeteria to the VP of the National Education Association. She is now one of the highest-ranking labor leaders in the country, a highly-sought public speaker, and one of our most influential Hispanic educators.

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Carol Evans, mom to a son and a daughter, is also the President of Working Mother Media (a division of Bonnier Corporation), which includes Working Mother magazine, Diversity Best Practices, The National Association for Female Executives, the Work Life Congress, and the Multicultural Women's initiative.

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Byron V. Garrett

www.pta.org

 

Melinda George

pbs.org/teacherline

Byron V. Garrett is the first-ever male African-American CEO of the National PTA. Throughout his career, he has been an agent of progress, promoting the idea that everyone has an obligation and opportunity to serve the best interests of our youth.

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This former Washington DC schoolteacher (and mom of two daughters) is now the Senior Director of PBS TeacherLine and National Education Partnerships at the PBS -- one of the nation's premier teacher professional development services for math, reading/language arts, science and technology integration.

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Supriya Jindal

www.jindalfoundation.org

 

Susan Kane

www.parenting.com

The mother of three young children and the First Lady of Louisiana, Supriya takes an interest in issues regarding children's education, and bettering the lives of children around the state.

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Susan Kane was named editorial director of The Parenting Group in March 2008. In addition to overseeing all editorial content development for Parenting, Babytalk and Parenting.com, she also serves as editor-in-chief of Parenting magazine. Susan lives in Chappaqua, New York with her husband and two children.

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David Markus

www.edutopia.org

Robert L. Manuel

www.scs.georgetown.edu

David is the Editorial Director of the George Lucas Educational Foundation, a media innovator, brand builder, and content specialist. A co-founder of TBD and ThriveOnline, he was also editor-in-chief at Parenting for 7 years.

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Robert L. Manuel, PhD, has spent 15 years in higher education. He is currently dean of the School of Continuing Studies at Georgetown University and sits on the editorial advisory board for Continuing Higher Education Review and is a former University Continuing Education Association commissioner.

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Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

www.momsrising.org

Randi Weingarten

www.aft.org

Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner is a co-founder and the Executive Director of MomsRising.org, a grassroots, online project dedicated to building a more family-friendly America. Also an author, The Motherhood Manifesto won the Ernesta Drinker Ballard Book Prize in 2007. She currently serves on the board of the Economic Opportunity Institute, and lives in Washington State with her husband and two children.

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  Randi Weingarten is President of the American Federation of Teachers, which represents 1.4 million teachers, paraprofessionals, higher education faculty and staff, nurses and other healthcare professionals, local, state, and federal employees, and early childhood educators.

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