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2007 NDPN Executive Board

Dr. Sandy Addis

Director, Pioneer Regional Educational Service Agency

Cleveland, GA

Mr. Edward Bates

Director, Positive Alternative Students Services (PASS)

Lake County Regional Office of Education

Grayslake, IL

Mr. Stephen R. Canessa

Massachusetts State Representative

Boston, MA

Ms. Robin F. Case

Director, Career & Technical Education and School Climate

Delaware Department of Education

Dover, DE

Mr. Mark Condon

Executive Director, South Carolina World Trade Center

Charleston, SC

Ms. Elaine L. Craft

NDPN Recording Secretary

Director, Center of Excellence & National Resource Center for Engineering Technology Education

Florence-Darlington Technical College

Florence, SC

Dr. Wanda Creel

Director, Division of School Improvement

Georgia Department of Education

Atlanta, GA

Dr. Debra Duardo

Director of Dropout Prevention and Recovery

Los Angeles Unified School District

Los Angeles, CA

Dr. Steven W. Edwards

Consultant

Alexandria, VA

Ms. Lois L. Gracey

State Director, Communities In Schools of Florida, Inc.

Tallahassee, FL

Dr. Terry B. Grier

Superintendent, Guilford County Schools

Greensboro, NC

Mr. Arthur Griffin

Vice President, Urban Advisory Resource, School Education Group

McGraw-Hill Companies

New York, NY

Mr. Audwin A. Helton

President, Spatial Data Integrations, Inc.

Louisville, KY

Dr. Eurmon Hervey, Jr.

Director of Education Programs, State Education Office

Washington, DC

Mr. Robert Mason

President and Founder, EDU, Inc.

Atlanta, GA

Dr. Mary Jo McLaughlin

Director, Principal, The Academy of Creative Education

San Antonio, TX

Mrs. Brenda Moynihan

Associate Headmaster, Taunton Public Schools

Taunton, MA

Mr. John Murray

Chief Executive Officer, AdvancePath Academics, Inc.

San Francisco, CA

Dr. Norman Shearin, Jr.

NDPN Vice Chair

Superintendent, Vance County Schools

Henderson, NC

Dr. Jay Smink

Executive Director (ex-officio)

National Dropout Prevention Center/Network

Clemson, SC

Dr. Arthur W. Stellar

NDPN Chair

Superintendent of Schools, Tauton Public Schools

Tauton, MA

Ms. Bonnie Talakte

Director, Native American Dropout Prevention Initiative

Arizona Department of Education

Phoenix, AZ

Mr. Mark Thimmig

President and CEO, Varsity Group, Inc.

Washington, DC

Mr. Stuart J. Udell

CEO, Penn Foster

Scranton, PA

Mr. Robert York

Chief Sales and Marketing Officer, Advanced Academics, Inc.

Oklahoma City, OK