The NEA Foundation’s Board of Directors is ultimately accountable for the Foundation and has duties and responsibilities specified by its Bylaws and Articles of Incorporation.

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Board of Directors as of September 1, 2011

Elizabeth Oliver-Farrow, Chair
Chairman and CEO
The Oliver Group, Inc.
Washington, DC

Mark Howard Chichester, JD, Vice-Chair
Co-founder and President
Atlas Research
Washington, DC

John Stocks, Secretary-Treasurer
Executive Director
National Education Association
Washington, DC

Robert Lee Adams Jr.
Chief Operating Officer
The Martin Luther King, Jr. Center for Nonviolent Change
Atlanta, GA

Donna Meacham Blackman, CPA
Vice President, Finance
Marriott International Inc.
Bethesda, MD

R. Joseph Bower
CPA
RJBower Consulting
Purcellville, VA

Crystal Brown
Vice President
Widmeyer Communications
Washington, DC

Kimberly Oliver Burnim
2006 Teacher of the Year
Kindergarten Teacher
Broad Acres Elementary
Silver Spring, MD

Jeremiah Collins
Member
Bredhoff & Kaiser, P.L.L.C.
Washington, DC

Deborah A. Cowan
Chief Financial Officer
National Public Radio (NPR)
Washington, DC

Therese Crane
President
Crane Associates
Dallas, TX

Clara Floyd
President
Maryland State Education Association
Annapolis, MD

Jerry L. Johnson
Vice President
RLJ Equity Partners
Bethesda, MD

Lionel C. Johnson
Vice President, Middle East and North Africa Affairs
US Chamber of Commerce
Washington, DC

Lola Kelly
High School Teacher
Rochester, NY

Herb Levitt
Retired Guidance Counselor
Edison, NJ

Lori McFarling
Divisional Marketing Officer
Discovery Communications
Silver Spring, MD

Larry Nelson
Worldwide Managing Director
Microsoft K-12 Sales
Redmond, WA

Pete Romero
CEO
Experior Advisory, LLC
Washington, DC

Harriet Sanford
President and CEO
The NEA Foundation
Washington, DC

Dennis Van Roekel
President
National Education Association
Washington, DC

Kevin G. Welner
Professor, School of Education
University of Colorado
Boulder, Colorado

Jessie Woolley-Wilson
CEO & President
DreamBox Learning
Bellevue, Washington