About the Award
The EPLC Leadership Program Alumni Award is awarded annually to one or more people who have participated in EPLC’s leadership programs, including the Pennsylvania Education Policy Fellowship Program and the Parent and Community Leadership Institute (formerly known at the Institute for Community Leadership in Education).
Previous Awardees
2011
James Testerman
Chair, Pennsylvania State Education Association ESEA Reauthorization Task Force
Former President, Pennsylvania State Education Association
2005-2006 Education Policy Fellowship Program
Kristen Lewald
Statewide Project Director, Pennsylvania Value-Added Assessment System, Pennsylvania Department of Education
2007-2008 Education Policy Fellowship Program
Sylvia Simms
Founder and President, PARENT POWER: What Will You Do With Yours?
2009 Parent and Community Leadership Institute – Philadelphia
2010
Lynn M. Cromley
Director, Center for Schools and Communities
2004-2005 Education Policy Fellowship Program
Carey Harris
Executive Director, A+ Schools
2005-2006 Education Policy Fellowship Program
2009
James Buckheit
Executive Director, PA Association of School Administrators
Executive Director, PA State Board of Education, 2003 to September 2009
2004-2005 Education Policy Fellowship Program
Dr. Mary Frances Archey
Vice President for Learning and Student Development
Community College of Allegheny County
2002-2003 Education Policy Fellowship Program
2008
Laura E. Cowburn
President-Elect, PA Association of School Business Officials
Education Policy Fellowship Program, class of 2000-2001
Dr. A. Lee Williams
Member, Pennsylvania State Board of Education
Education Policy Fellowship Program, class of 2003-2004
2007
Chris Wakeley
Executive Director, House Education Committee
Education Policy Fellowship Program, class of 1999-2000
Elaine Harris-Fulton
Parent Advocate, Wilkinsburg Family Support Center
Institute for Community Leadership in Education, Pittsburgh class of 2001-2002
Jean Masiko
Staff Executive, Education 2010!
Institute for Community Leadership in Education, Lehigh Valley class of 2001-2002
2006
Diane Castelbuono
Deputy Secretary for Elementary and Secondary Education,
Pennsylvania Department of Education
Education Policy Fellowship Program, class of 1999-2000
Dr. William R. Adams, Jr.
President, Board of Directors, Washington School District
Institute for Community Leadership in Education, Pittsburgh class of 2001-2002
Daniel Fogarty
Director of Salaried Personnel and Development, Specialty Alloys Operations Division, Carpenter Technology Corporation
Institute for Community Leadership in Education, Lehigh Valley class of 2002-2003
2005
Sylvester Pace
Executive Director of the NEED Scholarship Program
Institute for Community Leadership in Education, Pittsburgh class of 2000-2001
Jean Dexheimer
President, Board of Directors, Wilkinsburg School District
Education Policy Fellowship Program, class of 2001-2002
