Kenneth Adelman served as Director of the US Arms Control and Disarmanent Agency under President Reagan. After years of working closely with Dick Cheney and Donald Rumsfeld in the federal government, Adelman became a nationally syndicated columnist and book author. He has written hundreds of articles for The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Washington Post, and has served as a US Representative to the UN under Jeanne Kirkpatrick.
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Gary Bitter is a professor of educational technology at Arizona State University. Bitter is a past President of the International Society for Technology in Education and has had more than 140 articles published on technology, computer literacy, and education.
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J. Kenneth Blackwell is the Ohio Secretary of State and a lecturer at the University of Cincinnati. J. Kenneth Blackwell brings a distinguished record of achievement as an educator, a mayor, a diplomat, and a finance executive to his position as Secretary of State. Mr. Blackwell has previously served as Ohio Treasurer of State, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Human Rights Commission, Undersecretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Mayor of Cincinnati and Vice President of Xavier University.
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Don Cameron served for 18 years as Executive Director of the 2.5 million member National Education Association. A staunch advocate for public education, Cameron has received numerous honors including the nation's highest award to a civilian, the Presidential Citizen's Medal.
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Lew Ernst is the former Superintendent of Schools for Hingham, Mass.
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Rev. Dr. Floyd H. Flake is the President of Edison Charter Schools, the nation's largest schooling company, which operates 113 public schools nationwide. Rev Flake also serves as the head of one of the nation's foremost Christian churches and nonprofit corporations. Flake served for 11 years as a U.S. Congressman, establishing a reputation for innovative legislation to revitalize urban commercial and residential communities.
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John Humins directs the Office of Student Affairs for the New York City Board of Education. He coordinates non-athletic programs for New York City public high schools and teaches history at St. Francis College.
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Lawrence Katzman was President and CEO of Kaz Manufacturing, a producer of health products. But more importantly he produced John Katzman, CEO and founder of The Princeton Review. Since 1994, Larry has been fortunate to make his hobby into a second career. He is a cartoonist and author of HeadLines acrostic-style puzzles.
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Marybeth Kravets is a college consultant and author. She has served as Vice Chairperson of the Midwest Region of College Board, President and Treasurer of IACAC, and is currently Past-President of the National Association for College Admission Counselors (NACAC), an organization comprised of 7,400 college deans and directors of admissions and high school counselors. Marybeth is the author of The Princeton Review's K & W Guide to Colleges for the Learning Disabled.
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Kenneth LaValle has served in the New York State Senate for the past 25 years. He is a former Executive Director of the Senate Education Committee and has played a key role in shaping education policy in New York. He has been equally effective on issues of health care, environment, tax reform, and help for senior citizens and the disabled.
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Robert Maher is the Principal of Briarcliff High School. As a nationally renowned educator, Bob has appeared as an educational expert on Phil Donohue, Sally Jessy Raphael, CNN, MSNBC and Fox News. He has written several books, and his articles have been published by Gannett wire service and a variety of educational publications.
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Margaret McKenna has served since 1985 as President of Lesley University, which has a national reputation for teacher education. Before taking the reins at Lesley, Margaret served as Director of the Bunting Institute and Vice President at Radcliffe College, as White House Deputy Counsel to President Jimmy Carter and as a Deputy Under Secretary in the US Dept. of Education.
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Bob Kiley is the current Chief Executive of Transport for London, which runs the metro. He is the former Chair of the NYC Metropolitan Transit Authority and former Chairman of the New York City Partnership.
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Allan McLeod is an independent college counselor, education consultant, and psychotherapist. He is the senior mentor to The Princeton Review's One To One Counseling service, which offers high school students and their families personalized college counseling.
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Robert Reich formerly served as Secretary of Labor, and as a former professor of government at Harvard. He currently teaches government at Brandeis.
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David Schiff is the founder, editor, and writer of Schiff's Insurance Observer, an independent newsletter specializing in commentary and analysis, which has been published since 1989. David began his career in the insurance business in 1977. He subsequently worked in the investment and investment banking businesses. For 10 years he was President of Emerson, Reid & Company, Inc., the leading wholesale insurance brokerage specializing in New York State Disability Benefits. David is a recognized expert, author, and lecturer on business, finance, and insurance topics, as well as an activist involved in insurance reform. He serves as Vice Chairman of The Center for Insurance Research.
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Arthur Taylor is the President and CEO of Muhlenberg College in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Arthur founded and chaired The Entertainment Channel, now known as A & E, the Arts and Entertainment Network. He also co-founded with David Rockefeller the New York City Partnership, which merged the NYC Chamber of Commerce and the NY Economic Council into one organization that brings together business, civic, labor, and community leaders.
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Art Torres serves as CEO of the Walter Kaitz Foundation which promotes diversity within the cable industry. He has also served as chairman of the state democratic party in California for many years. As a young lawyer, Art wrote the constituton for the United Farm Workers Union, serving as counsel and advisor to Ceasar Chavez. He has had a distinguished 20-year career in the California State legislature as an assemblyman and a senator.
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John Weiss currently serves as Publisher of The Colorado Springs Independent, the Pikes Peak region's largest locally-owned paper. In 1985, he founded and served as Executive Director of FairTest: The National Center for Fair & Open Testing, (1985-1989), a Boston-based national advocacy and research group working on K-12, university and employment testing reform. John is the author of dozens of magazine articles and two books, Standing Up To The SAT and A Citizen's Guide to the Maine Legislature, now in its sixth edition.
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