National Advisory Board

The Friday Institute's National Advisory Board is made up of leaders from schools, universities, businesses and government, all of whom share a deep commitment to innovation that will improve schools. The board meets annually to discuss the strategic directions of the institute, and its members provide consultation and advice to the Friday Institute leadership team throughout the year.

The current members of the board are:

Ron Bailey
Professor, African Studies Program, Savannah State University
and former Chair, African American Studies, Northeastern University

J.B. Buxton
Principal Consultant
Education Innovations Group

Shelley Goldman
Professor of Education and Director, Learning Design and Technology Program
Stanford University

Ann Goodnight
Director of Community Relations
SAS

Keith Krueger
CEO
Consortium on School Networking (CoSN)

Bert L’Homme
Interim Chief Operating Officer and Director of Education Policy
Children's Defense Fund

Saundra Nettles
Professor and Independent Scholar
President, Division 34 (Population and Environmental Psychology)
American Psychological Association

Jim Pellegrino
Distinguished Professor of Cognitive Psychology and Education and Co-Director, Learning Sciences Research Institute
University of Illinois at Chicago

Steve Rasmussen
Publisher
Key Curriculum Press, CA

Shawna L. Young
Executive Director
Office of Engineering Outreach Programs
School of Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Clark Plexico
President
International Strategies, Inc.

Chris Dede
Professor of Technology and Education
Harvard Graduate School of Education

Jose Picart
Interim Dean
NC State University College of Education (ex-officio member)

Bill Friday
President Emeritus
University of North Carolina System (honorary member)