Public Education Network

Public Education Network (PEN) "is a national association of local education funds (LEFs) and individuals working to advance public school reform in low-income communities across our country." 

Board of Directors
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 * Richard J. Vierk, Chairman - Managing Director, Business Succession Planning, First National Bank of Omaha
 * Beth J. Lief, Secretary - National Fellow, Institute for Learning, University of Pittsburgh
 * Carolyn Akers - Executive Director, Mobile Area Education Foundation in Mobile, Ala.
 * Barbara Bartle - Executive Director, Lincoln Public Schools Foundation
 * Daniel Challener - President, Public Education Foundation in Chattanooga, Tenn.
 * Rudolph Crew - Superintendent, Miami-Dade Public County Schools
 * Luis Ricardo Fraga - Associate Professor of Political Science, Stanford University
 * Ruth Holmberg - Retired Chairman, Chattanooga Times
 * Lee Kravitz - Editor-in-Chief and Senior Vice President, Parade Publications
 * Michele Pola - Executive Director, Houston A+ Challenge
 * Wendy D. Puriefoy - President, Public Education Network
 * Connie Rath - Vice Chair and Dean of Leadership, The Gallup Organization
 * Lata Reddy - Director of Programs and Operations, Prudential Foundation
 * Warren Simmons - Executive Director, Annenberg Institute for School Reform
 * Chad P. Wick - President and CEO, KnowledgeWorks Foundation
 * Bob Wise - Former W.Va. Governor and President, Alliance for Excellent Education
 * Beth Dilley - Ex-Officio
 * Margaret Hiller - (Ex-Officio) - Executive Director, Bridgeport Public Education Fund

Related SourceWatch

 * Deborah Wadsworth - former director
 * John Gomperts - Former Chief Operating Officer

Contact

 * Web: http://www.publiceducation.org