OUR STATES
- Our Council
- THE NEW ENGLAND SECONDARY SCHOOL CONSORTIUM COUNCIL is our regional steering committee. Bringing together a diverse cross section of state leaders, the Council provides strategic leadership to Consortium activities, while acting as champions for its vision, mission, and goals. Council members were instrumental in drafting and passing resolutions of support for the Consortium in all five states, while also actively supporting in-state educational-improvement efforts within their spheres of influence.
- Connecticut Members
- Stefan Pryor, Commissioner of Education
- Barbara Beaudin, Associate Commissioner of Education
- Tom Reynolds, State Representative + Vice Chair of the House Education Committee
- Michael Mandell, Education Adviser to Governor Malloy
- Jay Voss, Co-Chair of the State Board of Education
- Malia Sieve, P-20 Council, Board of Regents for Higher Education
- Karissa Niehoff, Executive Director, Connecticut Association of Schools
- Diane Ullman, Superintendent of Schools, Simsbury
- Maine Members
- Stephen Bowen, Commissioner of Education
- Deborah Friedman, Deputy Commissioner of Education
- Don Siviski, Superintendent of Instruction, Department of Education
- Justin Alfond, State Senator + Member of the Education and Cultural Affairs Committee
- Brian Langley, State Senator + Chair of the Education and Cultural Affairs Committee
- Jon Nass, Senior Policy Adviser to Governor LePage
- James Banks, Chair of the Maine State Board of Education
- Al Noyes, President of Walch Publishing
- New Hampshire Members
- Virginia Barry, Commissioner of Education
- Paul Leather, Deputy Commissioner of Education
- Roberta Tenney, Administrator of the Bureau of School Approval
- Nancy Stiles, State Senator + Chair of the Senate Committee on Education
- Molly Kelly, State Senator + Senate Committee on Education Member
- John Lyons, Chair of the New Hampshire State Board of Education
- John Rist, New Hampshire State Board of Education Member
- Christen Lavers, Special Assistant for Policy to Governor Lynch
- Cindy Chagnon, Superintendent, Bedford School District
- Jerry Frew, Superintendent, Kearsarge Regional School District
- Mark Joyce, Executive Director, New Hampshire School Administrators Association
- Chuck Annal, Vice Chancellor, New Hampshire Community College System
- Rhode Island Members
- Deborah Gist, Commissioner of Education
- Andrea Castaneda, Accelerating School Performance Division Chief
- Sharon Lee, Director of the Office of Multiple Pathways
- Louis DiPalma, State Senator + Senate Education Committee Member Joseph McNamara, State Representative + Chair of the House Education Committee
- Colleen Callahan, Secretary of the Rhode Island Board of Regents
- Susan Bernstein, Policy and Legislative Analyst to Governor Chafee
- Janet Durfee-Hidalgo, Director of PK-20 Affairs for the Rhode Island Board of Governors for Higher Education
- Hope Schachter, Business Analyst, Rhode Island Board of Governors for Higher Education
- Fran Gallo, Superintendent of Schools, Central Falls School District
- Vermont Members
- Armando Vilaseca, Commissioner of Education
- Rae Ann Knopf, Deputy Commissioner of Education
- John Fischer, Director of Secondary Education
- Peter Peltz, State Representative + House Education Committee Member
- Kathy Larsen, Vice Chair of the Vermont State Board of Education
- Tim Donovan, Chancellor, Vermont State Colleges
- Susan Bartlett, Special Assistant to Governor Shumlin
- Tami Esbjerg, Proprietor of Studio di Disegno
- At-Large Members
- Nicholas Donohue, President and CEO of the Nellie Mae Education Foundation
- Janet Allison, Director of the Secondary Commission, New England Association of Schools and Colleges
- Michael Thomas, President and CEO of the New England Board of Higher Education