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Advisors

The National Board of Advisors includes representatives from The Pennsylvania State University and from the Goodling Institute's partner, the National Center for Family Literacy, as well as from the Goodling family. Other members represent the Office of the Governor of Pennsylvania, national professional organizations, family literacy state directors and practitioners, research, and business. Representatives of key government agencies are invited to participate in the Board's annual meeting.
 


CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD

William F. Goodling, Senior Advisor
B&D Consulting



EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

The Pennsylvania State University

David Monk, Dean
College of Education
The Pennsylvania State University
www.ed.psu.edu

Esther S. Prins, Assistant Professor of Education
Co-Director, Institute for the Study of Adult Literacy and Goodling Institute for Research in Family Literacy College of Education
The Pennsylvania State University
www.ed.psu.edu/adulted

Barbara Van Horn, Co-Director
Institute for the Study of Adult Literacy and
Goodling Institute for Research in Family Literacy College of Education
The Pennsylvania State University

National Center for Family Literacy

Sharon Darling, President & Founder
National Center for Family Literacy
www.famlit.org

Tony Peyton, Senior Director, Policy & Government Relations
National Center for Family Literacy



BOARD MEMBERS

Eunice N. Askov, Distinguished Professor Emerita
Former Co-Director, Goodling Institute for Research in Family Literacy and Institute for the Study of Adult Literacy
The Pennsylvania State University

Karen Linn Bierman, Distinguished Professor of Psychology
Associate Director, Prevention Research Center
College of Liberal Arts
The Pennsylvania State University

Lance Chrisman, Program Director - WellPoint Foundation and Social Responsibility
WellPoint, Inc.
Indianapolis, Indiana

John Comings, Director
National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy
Harvard University Graduate School of Education


Marilyn A. Corbin, Associate Director and State Program Leader
Penn State Cooperative Extension, College of Agriculture
The Pennsylvania State University


Harriet Dichter, Deputy Secretary
Pennsylvania Departments of Education and Public Welfare, Office of Child Development and Early Learning

Carol Gabler, Literacy Consultant
Former Executive Director, Literacy Volunteers Chippewa Valley, Wisconsin

Vivian L. Gadsden
William T. Carter Professor of Education and Child Development
Director, National Center on Fathers and Families
University of Pennsylvania

Cathlin Gray, Assistant Superintendent of Federal Projects
Evansville-Vanderburgh School Corporation, Indiana

Sarah Greene, Chief Executive Officer
National Head Start Association

Sue Henry, Chair, Board of Directors
National Even Start Association

David Lawrence, Jr., President
The Early Childhood Initiative Foundation
Miami, Florida
www.teachmorelovemore.org

Cathy Lindsley, Co-Chair, Center for Learning Advancement
Lane Community College, Oregon
www.lanecc.edu/als/CLA.htm

Lennox L. McClendon, Executive Director
National Adult Education Professional Development Consortium, Inc.
www.naepdc.org

Gary Miller, Associate Vice President of Outreach
Continuing and Distance Education
The Pennsylvania State University

Peggy A. Minnis
DC Public Schools
State Director, Even Start
Program Director, Toyota Family Literacy Programs
Washington, DC

Michele M. Ridge, Former First Lady
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

Lynn Selmser, Consultant
National Adult Education Professional Development Consortium, Inc.

Sandra Strunk, Program Director
Community Education
Lancaster-Lebanon IU #13, Pennsylvania
www.iu13.org

Kevin Talley, President and CEO
Synergy Partners, Inc.

John W. Tippeconnic, Director
American Indian Leadership Program
College of Education
The Pennsylvania State University

Brenda S. Townsend, Director
Division of Council and Affiliate Services
International Reading Association
www.reading.org

Heide Spruck Wrigley, Sr. Researcher
Literacywork International



July 28, 2008
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