1. ESSA Accountability Advisory Committee
November 18, 2016
Name and Organization
Alida Abdullah African American Leadership Forum (AALF)
David Adney Minnesota Association of Secondary School Principals
Gary Amoroso Minnesota Association of School Administrators
Kris Amundson Amundson Strategies, LLC
Roger Aronson Minnesota Association of Secondary School Principals and Minnesota
Elementary Principals Association
Jim Bartholomew Minnesota Business Partnerships
Tim Bell Minnesota Elementary School Principal's Association
Steven Belton Minneapolis Urban League
Michelle Benegas Minnesota Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages
David Bernard Minneapolis Public Schools
Crystal Brakke Teach for America
Susan Burris Service Cooperative
Malik Bush Center for School Change
Grayson Carr Minnesota Alliance with Youth
Nkem Chirpich African American Leadership Forum
Mary Clarkson Minnesota Administrators for Special Education
Sarah Davis Legal Rights Center
Madaline Edison Educators 4 Excellence - Minnesota
Bette Erickson Center for Learning Disabilities
Denise Fale National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Julia Freeman Voices for Racial Justice
2. Latasha Gandy Students for Education Reform
Lisa Gregoire SW/WC Service Cooperative
Lowell Haagenson Regional Centers of Excellence
Rod Haenke Instructional Designs, Inc., Charter Authorizers
Sia Her Council on Asian Pacific Minnesotans
Anthony Hernandez Educators 4 Excellence - Minnesota
Tricia Hughes Robbinsdale Area Schools
Henry Jimenez Minnesota Council on Latino Affairs
LeAnne Johnson University of Minnesota
Krista Kaput Education Evolving
Kory Kath Eagle Lake Elementary School
Gayle Kelly Minnesota Head Start Association
Allison Knoph
Nekima Levy-Pounds National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Jessica Lipa Minnesota Association of Career and Technical Administrators
Brad Lundell Schools for Equity in Education
Jody Manning PACER Center
Jonathan May Generation Next
Ed McDonald Council on Black Minnesotans
Barb McMorris University of Minnesota
Scott Meyers St. Louis Park
Yusef Mgeni St. Paul NAACP and Minnesota-Dakota NAACP
Donna Minter Minnesota Peacebuilding Leadership Institute
Martha Moriarty Learning Disabilities Association
Cathy Nathan Minnesota Parent Teacher Student Association
Fred Nolan Minnesota Rural Education Association
Bondo Nyembwe Academia Cesar Chavez Charter School
3. Mary Overlie TrekNorth
Jon Peterson MINNESOTA Association of International Baccalaureate World Schools
Marika Pfefferkorn MNEEP / Minnesota Black Male Achievement Network
Eugene Piccolo Minnesota Association of Charter Schools
Brandon Rettke Education Minnesota
Steven Rippe Designs for Learning
Andrea Roethke MinnCAN
Kirk Schneidawind Minnesota School Boards Association (MSBA)
Craig Schoenecker Minnesota State Colleges and Universities
Deborah Seelinger Minnesota PTA
Jim Sheehan Educational Research and John Baylor Prep
Tony Simmons High School for Recording Arts
Cliff Skagen Minnesota Association of Alternative Programs
Murray Smart Minnesota School Counselors Association
Katie Stennes ISAIAH Education Equity Team
Stacey Stout Minnesota Chamber of Commerce
Beth Tepper Tribal Nations Education Committee
Lupe Thornhill Minnesota Youth Council Student Advisory Board
Angela Vang Minnesota Youth Council Student Advisory Board
John Vento Association of Metropolitan School Districts
Bharti Wahi Ed of Minnesota Children's Defense Fund
Bob Wedl Education Evolving
Craig Wignes Minnesota Association of Alternative Programs (MAAP)
Melissa Wiklund State of Minnesota
Paul Winkelaar Education Minnesota
Erika Yoney Minnesota Department of Health