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From 1994 to 2002 he served as president and chief executive officer of the Council for Basic Education (CBE). Before joining CBE, Mr. Cross served as Director of the Education Initiative of The Business Roundtable and as Assistant Secretary for Educational Research and Improvement in the U.S. Department of Education. From 1994-1997, Mr. Cross served as president of the Maryland State Board of Education. Mr. Cross chaired the National Assessment of Title1 independent Review Panel on Evaluation for the U.S. Department of Education from 1995-2001 and the National Research Council Panel on Minority Representation in Special Education from 1997-2002. He is a member of the board of directors of the American Institutes for Research and on the board of trustees of Whittier College. He also serves on the board of The New Teacher Project and EdSource and in March 2002 facilitated the negotiated rule-making process on Title I for the U.S. Department of Education. Mr. Cross is the author of “Political Education: National Policy Comes of Age,” published in 2004 by Teachers College Press. The book traces the development of federal policy in education through the people and events that shaped it in the last half-century. The book also draws lessons learned and speculates on the future of federal policy. Mr. Cross is also the co-editor, with Suzanne Donovan, of “Minority Students in Gifted and Special Education,” published in 2002 by the National Academy Press. Prior to coming to Chattanooga, Dr. Challener served for seven years as CEO of the Providence Blueprint for Education (PROBE). As a community-based advocacy and research project, PROBE earned national recognition for its successful efforts to involve communities in the improvement of Providence, Rhode Island public schools. Dr. Challener received a B.A. of Arts, Magna Cum Laude, from Princeton University where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. He won numerous awards in cross-country and track and field. He received both his M.A. and Ph.D. in English from Brown University. He is the author of Narratives of Resilience (Garland Press 1997), a study of what builds strength in young people. He has taught high school in New Jersey and served on the faculty of both Brown University and Johnson and Wales University, developing and teaching undergraduate, masters level, and doctoral courses. Dr. Challener is married to the former Melinda Cragg. They have three children, all of whom attend Hamilton County public schools. Prior to this role, he served as Superintendent of the Coventry Public Schools in Rhode Island for five years. Dr. Deasy also served as a high school principal in two communities, director of personnel, and assistant superintendent of schools. Earlier in his career, he taught biology, chemistry, calculus, and English at the high school level, coached high school sports, and served as an assistant high school principal in New York. He has and continues to be a faculty member in university doctoral programs in several states. He earned a Bachelor of Arts in Biology and Chemistry Education and a Master of Arts in Education Administration from Providence College, and a Doctor of Philosophy in Education from the University of Louisville. Dr. Deasy is a Broad Fellow, has been an Annenberg Fellow, State Superintendent of the Year, a presenter at numerous State and National conferences, a consultant to school districts undertaking high school reform and district-wide systemic improvement initiatives, and serves on numerous boards including Operation Public Education at the University of Pennsylvania and The Change Leadership Group at Harvard. He works for many community and national organizations as community service, including the National Diabetes Association and his local parish. He is the author of numerous articles and research papers. Dr. Deasy is the proud parent of three children and lives with his wife in Los Angeles. Mrs. Deasy, a nurse practitioner, works at Northridge Hospital as a program manager in the diabetes clinic and is the recent author of Prevention and Education of Diabetes in the African-American Community. In 1977 Governor Geringer chose to give up a promising career in the Air Force to take up farming and raise his family in Wyoming. After a stint at the Missouri Basin Power Project's Laramie River Station from 1977 to 1979, he went into farming and cattle feeding full time. By 1984 the Geringers had purchased their own farm. He has participated in community service organizations such as the Farm Bureau, Farmer's Union, Rotary Club, Lions Club, Ducks Unlimited, Pheasants Forever, National Federation of Independent Business, Chamber of Commerce, and the American Legion. He also continued his military service, receiving several reserve commission assignments. The Geringers are also active members of the Lutheran Church. Governor Geringer was first elected to the Wyoming Legislature in 1982, and served six years in each house before taking office as Governor of Wyoming in 1995. Governor Geringer was chairman of the Western Governors' Association and the Education Commission of the States. He also served on John Glenn's National Commission on Mathematics and Science Teaching for the 21st Century, the National Commission on Service-Learning, and on the Goals 2000 panel.
Mr. Grossman is very active in educational issues. He served on the NEA Legislative Committee, the NEA Committee for the Revitalization of the Urban Education, and the NEA Committee on Peer Assistance and Review. He was appointed to Ohio’s Governor’s Education Management Council (1991-1998) and the Columbus Mayor’s Educational Advisory Board. He is a charter member of the Teacher Reform Panel Network (TURN) and a founding member/past Co-Chair of the Ohio 8. He is a Vice President and Board Member of the Holmes Partnership.
Dr. House is an active leader in the education community, serving on many national boards, including the Board of Directors of the Educational Testing Service (former chair, 2002-2005); Advisory Committee of the Harvard Change Leadership Group; AutoZone Board of Directors; Woodrow Wilson Foundation Board of Directors; member of Visiting Committee for the Harvard Graduate School of Education; National Advisory Board for National Center for the Study of Privatization in Education (NCSPE); and The New Teacher Project Board of Directors, among others. Additionally, Dr. House was recently named to the Board of Trustees of Adelphi University. Dr. House has received numerous professional accolades throughout her career. She was named National Superintendent of the Year in 1999 by the American Association of School Administrators for her extensive school reform efforts in the Memphis school system. Her additional awards and recognitions include: the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Education, Alumni Leadership Award (2000); The Harold J. McGraw, Jr. Prize in Education Award (1999); Tennessee Superintendent of the Year (1998); and The Council of the Great City Schools' Richard R. Green Award (1998). Dr. House was also named twice to the Executive Educator Magazine's listing of Top 100 Executive Educators in Education. Dr. House earned her doctorate in Education Administration at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill and she holds a master’s degree in Counseling from Southern Illinois University. She earned her bachelor’s degree in English Education from North Carolina A. & T. State University and is the recipient of Honorary Doctor of Humanities Degrees from Rhodes College and Lemoyne Owen College, both in Memphis, Tennessee. As NYSSBA’s chief executive officer, Mr. Kremer provides assertive leadership in developing the Association’s program and services in line with its three-pronged mission — advocacy, information and leadership development — for the state’s 5,000 school board members and 62 staff members. He is a frequent spokesman for NYSSBA to the public, media, legislative bodies and other related organizations. He is also a sought-after presenter at various professional workshops and seminars. Before joining the Association, Mr. Kremer was the deputy executive director of the Ohio School Boards Association where he was employed for 19 years. Mr. Kremer’s areas of expertise include association management, school board advocacy, school district governance, leadership development, organizational change and communications. Mr. Kremer has co-authored three handbooks: one on the school board presidency, a second on the schoolboard/superintendent relationship and a third regarding the school district management teams. At present, Mr. Kremer is vice chairman of the Educational Conference Board, a member of the Executive Directors’ Liaison Council of the National School Boards Association, a member of the Executive Coordinating Committee of NSBA’s Online Learning Center, a member of the Magellan Foundation Board of Directors and a member of the Board of Directors of the American Association of Education Foundations. Mr. Kremer has a master’s degree in public administration from Ohio State University, where he specialized in human resource administration and organizational development. He also earned a bachelor’s degree from Kent State University, majoring in political science. Mr. Kremer and his wife, Jaye are the parents of three sons: Terry, Mike and Matt.
Prior to joining Temple University Dr. McGuire was senior vice president at the Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation, where his responsibilities included leadership of the education, children and youth division. In 1998 through 2001, Dr. McGuire served in the Clinton administration as Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education, where he was the senior officer for the department's research and development agency. As the education program officer for the Philadelphia-based Pew Charitable Trusts from 1995 to 1998, he managed Pew's K-12 grants portfolio. From 1991 to 1995, Dr. McGuire served as Education Program Director for the Eli Lilly Endowment. Earlier in Dr. McGuire’s career he was an assistant professor at the University of Colorado in their School of Education. Prior to this, Dr. McGuire worked for the Education Commission of the States, where he rose from policy analyst to senior policy analyst and director of the School Finance Collaborative. Dr. McGuire is active in a variety of professional and civic associations. He currently serves on the following boards: Moorestown Public School; Institute for Education Leadership; Jobs for America’s Future; The New Teacher Project; Parents for Public Education; Wachovia Regional Foundation; and Free Library of Philadelphia Foundation. Dr. McGuire received his Ph.D. in public administration from the University of Colorado at Boulder in 1991, his M.A. in education administration and policy from Columbia University Teacher's College in 1979, and his B.A. in economics from the University of Michigan in 1977.
Dr. Raymond has done extensive work in public policy and education reform and is currently researching the development of competitive markets and the creation of reliable data on program performance. In addition to her work at the Center for Research on Education Outcomes, Dr. Raymond taught in the Public Policy Analysis Program at the University of Rochester from 1992 - 2000. As president of Raymond Associates Inc., a private consulting company specializing in public policy research projects and telecommunications policy formulation, she played an integral role in developing new programs for both public organizations and private enterprise. Between 1988 and 1992, Dr. Raymond worked in the telecommunications industry successfully creating coalitions among telecom executives and new market entrants to bring competition to local telephone services. Dr. Raymond earned graduate degrees from the University of Rochester in Public Policy Analysis (M.S., 1980), Community Medicine (M.S., 1982), and Political Science (M.A., 1983). She earned a Ph.D. in political science from the University of Rochester in 1985. Dr. Raymond was awarded her B.A. (Summa Cum Laude) in psychology by Boston University in 1976.
Ms. Weingarten, a vice-president of the New York City Central Labor Council of the AFL-CIO, also heads the city Municipal Labor Committee, an umbrella organization for some 100 city employee unions. The MLC negotiates benefits on behalf of the unions’ 365,000 members. She was re-elected for the second time in 2004. As a teacher of history at Clara Barton High School in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, from 1991 to 1997, Ms. Weingarten helped her students win several state and national awards. Ms. Weingarten holds degrees from Cornell University and the Cardozo School of Law. She worked as a lawyer for the New York firm of Stroock & Stroock & Lavan from 1983 to 1986. Ms. Weingarten was chairperson of the Health Insurance Plan (HIP) of Greater New York and a board member of the N.Y.C. Independent Budget Office. She served on Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s transition committee following his election in 2001. She is on the boards of directors of the Justice Resource Center and Council for Unity (both student-related groups); the New York Committee on Occupational Safety and Health (NYCOSH); the United Way of Greater New York; the International Rescue Committee; the New York Downtown Alliance and the newly formed Math for America. She is on the advisory board of Operation Public Education at the University of Pennsylvania. She is also a Democratic National Committee member. In addition to teachers, the UFT represents classroom paraprofessionals, guidance counselors, school secretaries, nurses, social workers, psychologists and other non-supervisory personnel in the city’s public schools. Also belonging to the union are private sector workers in health and education. Born in 1957, Ms. Weingarten is a resident of Brooklyn.
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Christopher T. Cross is a senior fellow with the Center for Education Policy and a Distinguished Senior Fellow with the Education Commission of the States. In addition Mr. Cross serves as a consultant to the Broad Foundation and the C.S. Mott Foundation. He is a member of the national advisory board for the School Evaluation Service program of Standard and Poor's. 
Dr. Daniel Challener is the president of the Public Education Foundation in Chattanooga, Tennessee. As president, Dr. Challener oversees the Foundation's efforts to strengthen student achievement in Hamilton County's public schools. These programs include: Hamilton County Leadership Initiative, The Benwood Initiative, Carnegie High School Initiative, Community Campaign for Student Success, Critical Friends Groups, and research in understanding what makes some teachers high effective, underwritten by the Federal Office of Educational Research & Improvement, Lyndhurst Foundation, and Public Education Network. 
John Deasy is Chief Executive Officer of Prince George’s County Public Schools, Maryland’s second largest school system and the nation’s 18th largest district. The Prince George’s County Board of Education unanimously approved his selection as schools chief on March 2, 2006. Prior to his recent appointment in Maryland, Dr. Deasy served as Superintendent of the Santa Monica-Malibu Unified School District in California. During his tenure, Dr. Deasy led district-wide reforms aimed at a highly focused set of strategies on the improvement of teaching and learning. These successful reforms resulted in dramatic improvement of student achievement for all categories of students and the closing of the achievement gap. All Title 1 schools reported historically high student achievement and resulting in numerous national and state awards. 
Jim Geringer (born April 24, 1944) is a former Governor of Wyoming (Republican), serving from January 1995 to January 2003. Governor Geringer was born in Wheatland, Wyoming and was raised on the family farm. He graduated from Wheatland High School. Governor Geringer earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering from Kansas State University in 1967. During the same year he married Sherri and was commissioned as an officer in the United States Air Force, assigned to space development programs in California. 
John Grossman served as President of Columbus Education Association (CEA) from 1978 until 2004 and continues to serve in an advisory capacity. Before that time, he taught social studies at South High School. He also served as a Governor and Faculty Representative, plus numerous association committees.
Dr. N. Gerry House has been President and CEO of the Institute for Student Achievement since April, 2000. Prior to joining ISA, she spent 15 years as a superintendent for schools in Memphis, Tennessee, and Chapel Hill, North Carolina. She also has served as a teacher, junior and senior high school guidance counselor, principal and assistant superintendent. 
Tim Kremer is the executive director of the New York State School Boards Association. He was appointed to the position effective August 1, 1998. 
C. Kent McGuire is the Dean of the College of Education at Temple University. He also serves as Director of the Center for Research in Human Development and Education, a university-based research organization focused on the study and demonstration of effective strategies for educating poor and minority youngsters. Dr. McGuire is a tenured Professor in the Educational Administration Program, Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, Temple University.
Margaret Raymond is a Research Fellow at the Hoover Institution and Director of CREDO (Center for Research on Educational Outcomes). Most recently, Dr. Raymond was the director of the Center for Research on Education Outcomes at the University of Rochester in New York, which analyzes education reform efforts around the country.
Dr. Howard Wainer was born Howard Charles Goldhaber in Brooklyn New York, on October 26, 1943. He received a BS in mathematics from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1965 and an AM and PhD from Princeton in psychometrics in 1967 and 1968 respectively. He taught at Temple University and The University of Chicago before moving to the Bureau of Social Science Research during the Carter administration. He was a Principal Research Scientist at ETS for 21 years before assuming his current position as Distinguished Research Scientist at the National Board of Medical Examiners. He is also an adjunct Professor of Statistics at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He has published more than 300 articles and chapters in scholarly journals and books; his 15th book, Graphic Discovery, was published by Princeton University Press in January of 2005.
Randi Weingarten is president of the United Federation of Teachers, representing more than 140,000 active and retired educators in the New York City public school system since 1998. She is also a vice-president of the 1.2-million-member American Federation of Teachers and a board member of New York State United Teachers.