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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.

  • Lily Eskelsen

    www.nea.org

    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.

    Read her bio

  • Melinda George

    nctaf.org

    Melinda G. George is the Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the National Commission on Teaching and America’s Future (NCTAF).  In this role, Ms. George is committed to helping NCTAF, a not-for-profit organization, achieve its mission of empowering teachers and helping to create schools organized for success.

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  • David Markus

    www.edutopia.org

    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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  • Kristin Rowe-Finkbeiner

    www.momsrising.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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  • Kim Davenport

    www.jstart.org

    Kim Davenport is Senior Vice President of Education and Program at Jumpstart - a leading national early education non-profit organization. Most recently, Davenport led a team to research, create, test and roll out a new curriculum that has been proven to increase preschool children's school readiness. She holds an M.A. in Child Development from Tufts University and lives in Worcester, MA with her husband and daughter.

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  • Claire Lerner

    www.zerotothree.org

    Claire Lerner is a columnist for Parenting Early Years and and Director of Parenting Resources at ZERO TO THREE where she oversees development of all parenting content.

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  • Robert Needlman, M.D., F.A.A.P.

    www.reachoutandread.org

    Robert Needlman, M.D., F.A.A.P. is the co-founder of Reach Out and Read and has published studies on early literacy promotion.

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  • Rachel Gutter

    Rachel Gutter is the director of the Center for Green Schools and is an experienced teacher and green building consultant.

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  • Carol Evans

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

    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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  • Supriya Jindal

    www.jindalfoundation.org

    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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  • Robert L. Manuel

    www.scs.georgetown.edu

    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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  • Randi Weingarten

    www.aft.org

    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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  • Dr. Elanna Yalow, Ph.D., M.B.A.

    www.kueducation.com

    As the Chief Academic Officer of Global Early Learning Programs at Knowledge Universe, Dr. Yalow is responsible for supporting the global expansion of early childhood education programs.

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  • Ronald D. Herndon

    www.nhsa.org

    Ronald D. Herndon is the chairman of the National Head Start Association and has worked to provide early education assistance to more than 1,000 Head Start children in the Portland, OR area.

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  • Betsy Landers

    www.pta.org

    Betsy Landers is the National PTA President and has previously served as the National PTA Secretary-Treasurer.

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