Our Leadership

Board of Directors

  • J Helen Perkins
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    J. Helen Perkins
    President
    2024–2025
    The University of Memphis
    Memphis, TN

  • Dana A. Robertson
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    Dana A. Robertson
    Vice President
    2024–2025
    Virginia Tech
    Blacksburg, VA

  • Kia Brown-Dudley
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    Kia Brown-Dudley
    Immediate Past President
    2024–2025
    The Education Partners
    New York, NY

 
  • Sue Corbin
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    Sue Corbin
    2022–2025
    Consultant, Literature
    and Literacy
    Charlotte, NC
  • Sonja Ezell
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    Sonja Ezell
    2024–2027
    University of Texas
    at Arlington
    Arlington, TX
  • Delilah Gonzales
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    Delilah Gonzales
    2024–2027
    Texas Southern
    University
    Pearland, TX
  • Young-Suk Grace Kim
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    Young-Suk Grace Kim
    2023–2026
    University of
    California, Irvine
    Irvine, CA
  • Zoi Traga Philippakos
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    Zoi Traga Philippakos
    2023–2026
    University of Tennessee, Knoxville
    Knoxville, TN
  • James Darin Pope
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    James Darin Pope
    2023–2026
    Tuscaloosa City Schools
    and University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, AL
  • Rebecca D. Silverman
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    Rebecca D. Silverman
    2022–2025
    Stanford Graduate School
    of Education
    Stanford, CA


  • Jeanette Toomer
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    Jeanette Toomer
    2022–2025
    Dr. Richard Izquierdo Health
    and Science Charter
    High School
    New York, NY

  • Katina Zammit
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    Katina Zammit
    2024–2027
    Western Sydney University
    Penrith, NSW, Australia



 

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