The Foundation and its higher-education partners are fortunate to have the input of a talented field of national experts on education as it proceeds with efforts to radically reform the way teachers in Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota are recruited, prepared, placed and supported. Those experts are:

Barnett Berry, Ph.D.
President and Chief Executive Officer
Center for Teaching Quality
Hillsborough, North Carolina
 
Colleen Callahan, Ed.D.
Director of Professional Issues
Rhode Island Federation of Teachers and Health Professionals
Providence, Rhode Island
 
Ivan Charner
Vice President and Director
Academy for Educational Development
Washington, D.C.
 
James W. Fraser, Ph.D.
Senior Vice President for Programs
Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation
Princeton, New Jersey
  
Harry Hellenbrand, Ph.D.
Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs
California State University, Northridge
Northridge, California
 
Thomas Lasley III, Ph.D.
Dean, School of Education and Allied Professions
University of Dayton
Dayton, Ohio
 
Ellen Moir
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
New Teacher Center
Santa Cruz, California
 
Jon Snyder, Ed.D.
Dean, Graduate School
Bank Street College of Education
New York, New York
 
Robin White
Senior Program and Policy Officer
Academy for Educational Development
Washington, D.C.

Jerry Williams
Retired Superintendent
Rochester Public Schools
Rochester, Minnesota