Board of Directors & National Advisory Committee
Board of Directors
- Robert Schwartz, Chairman, Foundations, Inc. (Moorestown, NJ) and President, Food Sciences Corporation (Mount Laurel, NJ)
- Rhonda H. Lauer, President and Chief Executive Officer, Foundations, Inc. (Moorestown, NJ)
- K.C. Burton, President and CEO, Keveske and Associates (East Orange, NJ)
- Linda Romano, Director of Professional Development, Hilliard City School District (Powell, OH)
- Martha C. Young, Parent Involvement Administrator (Philadelphia, PA)
National Advisory Committee
- Albert J. Berger, Chairman (Retired), Allied-Barton Security Services (New York, NY)
- Jerry Blanchard, Director, 21st CCLC, Shawnee State University (Portsmouth, OH)
- Thomas M. Brady, Chief Operating Officer, GEMS Education (Providence, RI)
- K.C. Burton, President and Chief Executive Officer, Keveske and Associates Consulting (New York, NY)
- W. Wilson Goode, Sr., Senior Advisor, Public/Private Ventures (Philadelphia, PA)
- Lois Harrison-Jones, Professor, Howard University (Washington, DC)
- Paul Heckman, Associate Dean, School of Education, UC Davis
- Jon Heymann, Chief Executive Officer, Communities In Schools of Jacksonville (Jacksonville, FL)
- Abdur Rahim Islam, President and Chief Executive Officer, Universal Companies
- Arline Kitchen, Consultant, Trainers and Consultants Group (Columbus, GA)
- Charlie Mae Knight, President, Beyond School Foundation (East Palo Alto, CA)
- Joseph Kretovics, Senior Research Professor, Western Michigan University (Kalamazoo, MI)
- Rhonda H. Lauer, President and Chief Executive Officer, Foundations, Inc. (Mount Laurel, NJ)
- Sylvia E. Lyles, Director, Academic Improvement and Teacher Quality Programs, U.S. Department of Education (Washington, DC)
- Terry Peterson, Director, Afterschool and Community Learning Network (Kiawah Island, SC)
- Judith J. Pickens, Senior Vice President, Boys and Girls Clubs of America
- Della Pitts, Principal Consultant, Pitts-Fowler Enterprises (Marietta, GA)
- Andee Press-Dawson, Executive Director, California Afterschool Network (Davis, CA)
- Melvin Rogers, Associate Dean, University of Central Florida
- Linda Romano, Director of Professional Development, Hilliard City School District (Powell, OH)
- Robert S. Schwartz, Chairman of the Board, Foundations, Inc. and President, Food Sciences Corporationb (Mount Laurel, NJ)
- William F. Snell, President, Pretty Shield Foundation (Billings, MT)
- Robert Stonehill, Managing Director, American Institute for Research (Washington, DC)
- Gregory E. Thornton, Superintendent, Milwaukee Public Schools (Milwaukee, WI)
- KiKi Walton, Consultant, KCW Consulting (New York, NY)
- Fran Welch, Dean, College of Charleston, School of Education, Health, and Human Performance (Charleston, SC)
- Julie Wild-Curry, Director, 21st Century Community Learning Center, Community After School Programs
- Tyra Witsell, Manager, Orange County Citizens' Commission for Children (Orlando, FL)






