Our NCLE Commissioners


  • Gregg Behr, Grable Foundation, Executive Director
  • Felicia Cumings Smith, National Center for Families Learning (NCFL), President & CEO
  • Kathleen Doffermyre, George B. Storer Foundation, Senior Program Officer
  • Josh Edelman, Transcend, Chief Network Officer
  • Demi Edwards, Education Reimagined, CEO & Co-Founder
  • Lisa Guernsey, New America, Senior Director, Birth to 12th Grade Policy
  • Chaula Gupta, Digital Promise, Vice President & Chief Program Officer
  • Merita Irby, Alliance for Youth Thriving, Founder
  • Michelle Kang, NAEYC, CEO
  • Robert Kelty, Aspen Institute, Director of Education Policy and Leadership
  • Dan Montgomery, American Library Association, Executive Director
  • Christofer Nelson, Association of Science and Technology Centers, President & CEO
  • Karen Pittman, Alliance for Youth Thriving, Founder
  • Fernande Raine, History Lab:Co, Co-Lead & Chief Strategist
  • Tonja Rucker, National League of Cities, Interim Senior Executive & Director for LEAD & CMP
  • Elena Silva, Learning Policy Institute, President & CEO
  • Josh Schachter, Community Share, Director & Founder
  • Sara Schapiro, ALI – Alliance for Learning Innovation, Executive Director
  • David Schuler, AASA, Executive Director
  • Ralph Smith, Campaign for Grade-Level Reading, Founding Managing Director
  • Philip Steigman, Connected for Kids, Founder
  • Tyler Samstag, Remake Learning, Executive Director
  • Taylor White, Director of Postsecondary Pathways for Youth, New America

Regional Organizations

  • Chelsea Barbercheck, KC STEM Alliance, Executive Director
  • Laura Burgos, Wilmington Learning Collaborative (WLC), Executive Director
  • Samuel Dean, Scott Family Amazeum, CEO
  • Patrick Haney, East Central Education Services Center of Indiana, Executive Director
  • Valerie Kie, NACA Inspired Schools Network, Executive Director
  • Johnna Noll, Norris School District, District Administrator
  • Erin Offord, Big Thought, CEO
  • Munro Richardson, Read Charlotte, Executive Director
  • Tyler Samstag, Remake Learning, Executive Director
  • Saskia Traill, ExpandED Schools, President & CEO
  • Robert Tuck, Butler County Schools, Superintendent
  • Nerel Winter, Bostonia Global/Cajon Valley Union School District, CEO