Board Members
Paul Ferarri
Board Co-Chair, Senior Communications Officer at Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Philanthropies
Paul is a Senior Communications Officer at Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Philanthropies, where he develops and executes communications strategies to support Schusterman's grantmaking and policy priorities, with primary focus on Schusterman's...
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Rebecca Mieliwocki
Board Co-Chair, National Teacher of the Year 2012
Rebecca Mieliwocki is a 26 year veteran middle school English teacher and the 2012 National Teacher of the Year from California. She believes students deserve the most dedicated & enthusiastic educators possible & that the crusade to...
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Joshua Parker
Vice Chair, Equity, Maryland State Teacher of the Year 2012
Josh Parker’s mission in education and life is to “help people and solve problems.” Throughout his career, he has achieved both goals. He has served students and teachers within the Baltimore/Washington D.C. corridor as an ELA Instructional...
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Dr. Natasha Murray
Secretary, New York Teacher of the Year Finalist 2017
Dr. Natasha T. K. Murray is an award-winning scholar practitioner with extensive experience in K-12 and university settings. As a product of the New York public school system, after earning her doctorate from the University of Pennsylvania, she...
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Bobbie Cavnar
North Carolina Teacher of the Year 2017
Born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Bobbie Cavnar attended Florida State University where he received a Bachelor of Science in English Education in 1999. After graduating, he taught English and Journalism for four years in the Ft. Lauderdale area before...
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Dr. Jemelleh Coes
Georgia State Teacher of the Year 2014
In 2013, Jemelleh Coes, as the youngest member of her school faculty and staff, was nominated to represent Bulloch County as Teacher of the Year. She went on to become Georgia’s 2014 Teacher of the Year. She spent the last year traveling locally...
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Hunter Cook
CPA
Hunter is a retired Dixon Hughes Goodman LLP partner. For his last three years at DHG, he was part of the firm's Professional Standards Group and a member of the AICPA's Auditing Standards Board. Prior to joining DHG, Hunter taught accounting and...
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Sharon Gallagher Fishbaugh
Utah Teacher of the Year 2009
Sharon Gallagher-Fishbaugh was an educator in Salt Lake City, Utah for 32 years. In 2010, Sharon was elected, in a statewide vote, as the President of the Utah Education Association and served for a total of six years Sharon is a National Board...
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David Morales
2016 New Mexico Teacher of the Year
David Morales is entering his eighteenth year as an educator. He is the ENLACE (Engaging Latino Communities for Education) teacher at Mayfield High School in Las Cruces, New Mexico, that works to increase graduation and college opportunities for all...
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Kareem Neal
2019 Arizona Teacher of the Year
Kareem Neal is a self-contained Special Education teacher, having taught students with severe cognitive delays for 21 years. Neal began his career as an educator working at The Developmental Learning Center of New Providence, New Jersey, a school...
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Luisa Palomo Hare
2012 Nebraska Teacher of the Year
Luisa Palomo Hare is a Dual Language Kindergarten teacher in Omaha, Nebraska where she has taught for the past 17 years. She has degrees in Elementary Education, English as Second Language, K-3 Math Specialist, Early Childhood and Educational...
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Harriet Sanford
Former President and CEO of the NEA Foundation
Harriet Sanford is the former President and CEO of the NEA Foundation. She led the work of the Foundation from 2005 until 2019. The NEA Foundation’s mission is to advance student achievement by investing in public education. Its programs raise the...
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Kymberli Wregglesworth
2019 Michigan Teacher of the Year Finalist
Kymberli Wregglesworth has taught social studies courses at Onaway High School since 1999. She was formerly a student at OHS, graduating as valedictorian in 1993. She continued her education at Alma College, earning a Bachelor of Arts in history and...
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