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Home > About NAEYC > Governing Board

Governing Board


NAEYC is governed by a 17-member elected Board. Members serve 4-year terms on a staggered basis, with terms beginning June 1. Members of the Governing Board for 2012–2013 include:

Gera Jacobs,
President,
University of South Dakota,
Vermillion, South Dakota
Term ends: 2015

Carol Brunson Day,
President-Elect,
Retired/Consultant,
Silver Spring, Maryland
Term ends: 2017

Roberta Schomburg,
Vice President,
Carlow University,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Term ends: 2014

Susan DeVenny,
Secretary,
South Carolina First Steps to School Readiness,
Columbia, South Carolina
Term ends: 2014

William H. Isler,
Treasurer,
The Fred Rogers Company,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Term ends: 2017

Lorraine Cooke,
Egenolf Early Childhood Center,
Elizabeth, New Jersey
Term ends: 2016

Chad Dunkley,
New Horizon Enterprises,
Plymouth, Minnesota
Term ends: 2017

 

Cristina Gillanders,
University of North Carolina,
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Term ends: 2016

Jim Lesko,
Delaware Department of Education,
Dover, Delaware
Term ends: 2015

 

Tammy Mann,
The Campagna Center,
Alexandria, Virginia,
Term ends: 2016

Anna Mercer-McLean,
Community School for People Under Six,
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Term ends: 2014

Amy O'Leary,
Strategies for Children,
Boston, Massachusetts
Term ends: 2015

Ann McClain Terrell,
Milwaukee Public Schools,
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Term ends: 2017

Sharon Ritchie,
University of North Carolina,
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Term ends: 2014

Nili Luo,
Southwestern College,
Winfield, Kansas
Term ends: 2017

Ginger Marie Swigart,
Sacramento County Office of Education,
Sacramento, California
Term ends: 2015

Dennis Sykes,
Ohio State University,
Columbus, Ohio
Term ends: 2014

Jerlean E. Daniel,
Ex Officio,
NAEYC,
Washington, District of Columbia

 

 

 

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