CoSN is grateful to our growing list of supporters, including our Advisory Panel and list of organizational endorsers below.
Membership on this advisory panel is by invitation only, reserved for Superintendents, partnering Organization Leaders, and up to two representatives from each Initiative sponsor.
If you have additional questions or are interested, email Ann McMullan, amcmullan@cosn.org, CoSN Project Director.
Thank you to the following school system leaders for their support:
- Dr. Peter Aiken, Superintendent, Central York School District (PA)
- Ms. Krestin Bahr, Superintendent, Peninsula School District (WA)
- Dr. Gustavo Balderas, Superintendent, Puget Sound Educational Service District (WA)
- Dr. Jeanne Barker, Superintendent, Lenoir City Schools (TN)
- Dr. Mark Benigni, Superintendent, Meriden Public Schools (CT)
- Dr. Gabriella Blakey, Superintendent, Albuquerque Public Schools (NM)
- Dr. Tim Broadrick, Superintendent, Prospect Mountain Schools (NH)
- Dr. Luvelle Brown, Superintendent, Ithaca City School District (NY)
- Dr. Teresa Brown, Superintendent, Madison Consolidated Schools (IN)
- Dr. Doug Brubaker, Superintendent, Texarkana Independent School District (TX)
- Ms. Cari Buehler, Superintendent, Danbury Local Schools, (OH)
- Dr. Sean Bulson, Superintendent, Harford County Public Schools (MD)
- Dr. Karen Cheser, Superintendent, Durango School District 9-R (CO)
- Dr. Amy Conway, Superintendent of Gibraltar School District (MI)
- Dr. Brian Creasman, Superintendent, Fleming County Schools (KY)
- Dr. Jose Dotres, Superintendent, Miami Dade County Public Schools (FL)
- Dr Bryan Duffie, Superintendent, Alma School District, (AR)
- Dr. Lewis Ferebee, Chancellor, DC Public Schools(DC)
- Dr. Elizabeth Freeman, Superintendent, Cedar Grove-Belgium School District (WI)
- Dr. Joshua Garrett, Superintendent, Wrangell Public Schools (AK)
- Dr. LaTonya Goffney, Superintendent of Aldine ISD (TX), president-elect AASA
- Andrew Haas, Superintendent, Windham Northeast Supervisory Union (VT)
- Dr. Mark Hansen, Superintendent, Elmbrook Schools (WI)
- Dr. Jason Harris, Superintendent, Columbia School District (MS)
- Superintendent Keith T. Hayashi, (Hawai'i)
- Dr. Melanie Kay-Wyatt, Superintendent, Alexandria City Public Schools (VA)
- Mr. Chris Kennedy, Superintendent, West Vancouver Schools in Canada
- Dr. Deb Kerr, Superintendent, St. Francis School District (WI)
- Mr. Russell Klein, Superintendent, Lander County School District (NV)
- Dr. John Kopicki, Superintendent, Cabarrus County Schools (NC)
- Dr. Suzanne Lacey, Superintendent, Talladega County Schools (AL)
- Mr. David Law, Superintendent, Minnetonka Public Schools (MN), President AASA
- Mr. Tom Livezey, Superintendent, Oakridge Public Schools, (MI)
- Dr. David Long, Superintendent, Beaver County School District (UT)
- Dr. Michael Loughead, Superintendent, Hampton Township School District (PA)
- Dr. Michael Lubelfeld, Superintendent, North Shore School District 112 (IL)
- Dr. Chris Marczak, Chief of Instructional Leadership, DoDEA’s Pacific Center for Instructional Leadership (Japan)
- Dr. Kelly May-Vollmar, Advisory Panel Co-Chair, Superintendent, Desert Sands Unified School District (CA)
- Dr. Nicholas Migliorino, Superintendent, Norman Public Schools (OK)
- Dr. David Miyashiro, Superintendent, Cajon Valley Union School District (CA)
- Dr. Joshua McDowell, Superintendent of Crete Public Schools (NE)
- Dr. Bryan O'Black, Superintendent, Shaler Area School District, Glenshaw (PA)
- Dr. Nick Polyak, Superintendent, Leyden High School District 212 (IL)
- Dr. Laurie Putnam, Superintendent, St. Cloud Area School District 742 (MN)
- Dr. Sheila Quinn, Superintendent, Clover School District (SC)
- Mr. Glenn Robbins, Superintendent, Brigantine Public Schools (NJ)
- Dr. Marie Robinson, Superintendent, Bangor School Department (ME)
- Dr. Michael Salvatore, Senior Vice President, Kean University (NJ)
- Dr. Aaron Spence, Advisory Panel Chair, Superintendent, Loudoun County Public Schools (VA)
- Mr. Randall Squier, Superintendent, Coxsackie-Athens Central School District (NY)
- Dr. Mary Templeton, Superintendent, Lake Stevens School District (WA)
- Mr. Ryan Thomas, Superintendent, Unita County School District #1 (WY)
- Dr. Jason Van Heukelum, Superintendent, Winchester Public Schools (VA)
- Dr. Mary Wegner, Assistant Professor & Director of the Educational Leadership, Alaska College of Education (AK)
- Dr. Douglas Wheeler, Superintendent, College Community School District (IA)
- Dr. Gyimah Whitaker, Superintendent, City Schools of Decatur (GA)
- Dr. Alejandro Zamora, Superintendent, Wilder Public Schools (ID)
Thank you to the following edtech leaders for their support:
- Dr. Kevin Brown, Executive Director, Texas Association of School Administrators (TX)
- Mr. Dwight Bonds, Executive Director, California Association of African-American Superintendents & Administrators (CA)
- Dr. Richard Bozza, Executive Director of the New Jersey Association of School Administrators (NJ)
- Dr. Aimee Copas, Executive Director, NDCEL, North Dakota Council of Educational Leaders (ND)
- Dr. Pam Deering, Executive Director, Cooperative Council for Oklahoma School Administration (CCOSA) (OK)
- Ms. Christine Fox, Co-Project Director, CITES at CAST (FL)
- Dr. Chris Gaines, CEO of Education Plus, Former Superintendent, Mehlville School District (MO)
- Ms. Mia Laudato, Co-Project Director, CITES at CAST (FL)
- Dr. Gary Lilly, Executive Director, Tennessee Organization of School Superintendents (TN)
- Matt Miller, Coordinator of Innovative Education, Butler County Education Service Center (OH)
- Dr. Melissa Sadorf, Executive Director, National Rural Education Association (NREA)
- Ms. Lisa Schmucki, Founder and CEO, edWeb.net (NJ)
- Dr. Dave Schuler, Executive Director, AASA (VA)
- Dr. Valerie Truesdale, Assistant Executive Director, AASA, (VA)
- Dr. Joan Wade, Executive Director, Association of Education Service Agencies
- Dr. Rob Watson, Executive Director, School Administrators of Montana (MT)
Thank you to the following association endorsers:
- AASA, The School Superintendents Association
- AESA, Association of Educational Service Agencies
- School Superintendents of Alabama
- Alaska Superintendents Association
- Arizona School Administrators
- Arkansas Association of Educational Administrators
- California Association of African American Superintendents and Administrators
- Colorado Association of School Executives
- Connecticut Association of Public School Superintendents
- Cooperative Council for Oklahoma School Administration
- Coalition of Oregon School Administrators
- Idaho Association of School Administrators
- Illinois Association of School Administrators
- Indiana Association of Public School Superintendents
- Kansas School Superintendents Associations
- Kentucky Association of School Administrators
- Louisiana Association of School Executives
- Michigan Association of School Administrators
- Minnesota Association of School Administrators
- Mississippi Association of School Administrators
- Missouri Association of School Administrators
- Montana Association of School Superintendents
- NDCEL, North Dakota Council of Educational Leaders
- NREA, National Rural Education Association
- New Hampshire School Administrators Association
- New Jersey Association of School Administrators
- New York State Council of School Superintendents
- New Mexico Coalition of Educational Leaders
- North Carolina Association of School Administrators
- Pennsylvania Association of School Administrators
- Tennessee Organization of School Superintendents
- Texas Association of School Administrators
- Washington Association of School Administrators
- Wyoming Association of School Administrators
The Empowered Superintendents Initiative is under the advisement of the following CoSN team members:
Keith Krueger, Chief Executive Officer
Ann McMullan, Project Director, Empowered Superintendents Initiative
Jill Brown, Director of Professional Learning
Carla Wade, Director of External Relations
Diane Hawari CoSN Board Liaison
Tony Schlorff, CoSN Board Liaison
For questions abxout the initiative, or to get involved, email amcmullan@cosn.org.
