Lisa Stooksberry, a former teacher and teacher educator, most recently served as Deputy Executive Director at the National Assessment Governing Board. In this role, she supported the Governing Board’s congressional mandate to set policy for the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP).

Previously, Lisa served as senior vice president for standards and assessment at the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards. In this capacity, she oversaw the National Board Certification program, a voluntary standards- and performance-based measure of accomplished teaching.

Prior to joining the National Board, Lisa served as director of programs at the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education, where she led partnership efforts among teacher preparation programs and organizations such as the Council of Chief State School Officers and the Stanford Center for Assessment, Learning and Equity. She led AACTE’s efforts in a multistate initiative designed to improve teacher preparation through performance-based assessments of preservice teachers.

Currently, Lisa serves as Vice Chair of the PDK International Board of Directors and that of its hallmark program, Educators Rising. The program aims to cultivate a new generation of highly skilled educators from high school through college and into teaching careers.

A graduate of the University of North Alabama and University of Alabama at Birmingham, Lisa holds a doctorate from Vanderbilt University.