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Pennsylvania Education Policy Fellowship Program Seminar Speakers

Participants in the EPFP will have the opportunity to interact with many of Pennsylvania's leaders and education practitioners. They represent a variety of perspectives on education policy issues. Although this is not an inclusive list, the following people have been speakers in past EPFP seminars (titles and organizations listed are the positions the speakers held at the time of their presentations).

  • Colonel Charles Allen, Director, Leader Development, Department of Command, Leadership & Management, U.S. Army War College

  • Dr. Edna Baehre, President, Harrisburg Area Community College

  • Dr. Peter Balcziunas, Executive Director, Pennsylvania Association of Colleges and Universities

  • Dr. Herbert F. Barber, Faculty Instructor, Department of Command, Leadership and Management, U.S. Army War College

  • Dr. Joseph Bard, Executive Director, Pennsylvania Association of Rural and Small Schools (PARSS)

  • Joan Benso, President & CEO, Pennsylvania Partnerships for Children

  • Janice Bissett, Senior Adviser to Democratic Leader of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives

  • Marjorie Blaze, Division Chief, Bureau of Teacher Certification, Pennsylvania Department of Education

  • Dr. Terry Blue, President, Pennsylvania Association of Colleges and Teacher Educators (PAC-TE)

  • Dr. Thomas Carey, Deputy Secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Education

  • Carla Claycomb, Senior Specialist, Education Services, Pennsylvania State Education Association

  • Colonel Ruth B. Collins, Faculty Instructor, Department of Command, Leadership and Management, U.S. Army War College

  • Lu Consur, Pennsylvania Community Providers' Association

  • Donna Cooper, Director, Governor's Policy Office, Office of Governor Edward G. Rendell

  • Lynn Cromley, Director, Center for Schools and Communities

  • Fred Dedrick, Executive Director, Pennsylvania Workforce Investment Board

  • Dr. Carolyn Dumaresq, Executive Director, Pennsylvania State Education Association

  • Dr. David Dumeyer, Executive Director, House Education Committee

  • Dr. Ann Dykstra, Executive Assistant to the President and Secretary, Dickinson College

  • Dr. Robert Feir, President, EdStrat21

  • Al Ferguson, Assistant Executive Director, Democratic House Appropriations Committee

  • Dr. Rick Fiene, Director, Capital Area Early Childhood Training Institute for Infancy, The Pennsylvania State University

  • Dr. Vito Forlenza, Assistant Executive Director, Northeastern Educational I.U. #19

  • Dr. Peter Garland, Vice Chancellor for Academic and Student Affairs, Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education

  • Thomas Gentzel, Executive Director, Pennsylvania School Boards Association

  • Thomas Gluck, Executive Director, Democratic Senate Education Committee

  • L. Michael Golden, Deputy Secretary, Office of Information and Educational Technology, Pennsylvania Department of Education

  • Dr. Ted Hersberg, Professor, Public Policy and History and Director, Center for Greater Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania

  • Dr. Paula Hess, Special Research Senior Advisor to the Speaker, Pennsylvania House of Representatives

  • Dr. Arnold Hillman, Consultant, Bright Futures Unlimited

  • Dr. David Hornbeck, Former Superintendent, Philadelphia School District

  • Dr. Gerold Kohn, Superintendent, Harrisburg School District

  • Representative Edward Krebs, Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 101

  • Dr. G. Terry Madonna, Executive Director, Center for Politics and Public Affairs, Franklin and Marshall College

  • John Malady, Malady & Wooten Public Affairs

  • Dianne McCormick, Deputy Director for Communications, Pennsylvania Partnerships for Children

  • Dr. James McCormick, Chancellor, Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education

  • Dr. Kevin Moran, Principal and CAO, Sylvan Heights Science Charter School, Harrisburg

  • Amy C. Morton, Director, Educational Services, Capital Area Intermediate Unit

  • Dr. Robert Murphy, Faculty Instructor, Department of Command, Leadership and Management, U. S. Army War College

  • Senator Timothy Murphy, Pennsylvania Senate District 37

  • Robert Nelkin, Director, Starting Points Initiative, University of Pittsburgh

  • Dr. Edward J. Nolan, Vice Chancellor for System Relations and Advancement, Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education

  • Robert Nyce, Executive Director, Independent Regulatory Review Commission

  • Honorable Vicki Phillips, Secretary of Education, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

  • Tim Potts, Director, Pennsylvania School Reform Network

  • Mary Ramirez, Director, Bureau of Community and Student Services, Pennsylvania Department of Education

  • Colonel George E. Reed, Director, Command and Leadership Studies, Department of Command, Leadership and Management, U.S. Army War College

  • Tim Reeves, Press Secretary to the Governor and Director of Communications

  • J. Curtis Rose, Assistant Executive Director of School Board and Management Services, Pennsylvania School Boards Association

  • Ian Rosenblum, Policy Specialist, Governor's Policy Office

  • Sharon Schwartz, Executive Director, Aging and Youth Committee, Pennsylvania House of Representatives

  • Sandra L. Sheppeard, Assistant Director of the Pennsylvania Academy for the Profession of Teaching and Learning, Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education

  • R. Winfred Smith, Retired Educator and former President of the Pennsylvania School Boards Association and the National School Boards Association

  • Mary Soderberg, Vice Chancellor for Administration and Finance, Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education

  • Stinson Stroup, Executive Director, Pennsylvania Association of School Administrators

  • Representative P. Michael Sturla, Pennsylvania House of Representatives District 96

  • Liz Stanley-Swope, Education Services Director, Pennsylvania State Education Association

  • Christopher Wakeley, Executive Director, Democratic House Education Committee, Pennsylvania House of Representatives

  • Dr. Ann Williams, CEO, Assistant Dean, The Pennsylvania State University, Lehigh Valley

  • Kathy Yorkievitz, Executive Director, Pennsylvania Head Start Association

  • Dr. Mary Young, Vice President of Government Relations, Association of Independent Colleges and Universities of Pennsylvania

  • Dr. Gerald Zahorchak, Secretary of Education, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

  • Marilyn C. Zilli, Esq., Chief of Staff/Counsel to Senator Allyson Y. Schwartz, Pennsylvania Senate

  • Charles B. Zogby, Secretary of Education, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania



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