Educators for Bush Steering Committee

 
Pam Ackerson is the Bush-Cheney '04 Vermont Educators for Bush steering committee chair.  She has been a classroom teacher in the Burlington school system since 1990 and is now a kindergarten teacher.  She is a former Burlingt

Jane Amero is the Bush-Cheney '04 Maine Educators for Bush steering committee chair.  She served as a state senator for eight years, including four years as the Republican leader.  She was a Republican congressional candidate for Maine's First Congressional District in 2000 and chaired the state board of education from 1989 to 1992.
 

Dr. Joyce Bales is a Bush-Cheney '04 National Educators for Bush steering committee member.  She is the Pueblo County, Colorado schools superintendent.

Bill Brock is a National Bush-Cheney '04 Educators for Bush steering committee member.  He served as a U.S. senator from Tennessee from 1971 to 1977, and as secretary of labor under President Reagan from 1985 to 1987.  He is the founder and chairman of an education technology firm.
 

Stu Card is the Bush-Cheney '04  Iowa Educators for Bush steering committee chair.  He is the elementary physical education teacher at a school in Des Moines, Iowa.

Dr. Gilberto Cardenas is a Bush-Cheney '04 National Educators for Bush steering committee member. He is the assistant provost and Director of of the Institute for Latino Studies at the University of Nortre Dame in Indiana.

Dr. Doug Carnine is a Bush-Cheney '04 National Educators for Bush steering committee member. He is the director of the National Center to Improve the Tools of Educators and a professor of education at the University of Oregon.
 
 

Kathy Cox is a Bush-Cheney '04 National Educators for Bush steering committee member. She is the Georgia State Superintendent of Schools, the state's top elected official overseeing Georgia's K-12 public schools and the chief executive officer of the board of education.
 
 

State Representative Jean Cryor is a Bush-Cheney '04 Maryland Educators for Bush state steering committee chair.  She has served as representative from the 15th district in the Maryland House of Delagates since 1995.  She is a member of the Education Subcommittee for Ways and Means.
 
 

Dr. Williamson "Bill" Evers is a Bush-Cheney '04 California Educators for Bush steering committee co-chair.  He is a research fellow at a policy think tank in California.

Liz Gibbons is a Bush-Cheney '04  Missouri Educators for Bush steering committee co-chair.  She is the director of an organization that works to advance character education.

Bill Grimm is a Bush-Cheney '04  New Hampshire Educators for Bush steering committee co-chair.  He is chairman of the board of trustees for the the first charter school in New Hampshire and is a former chairman of the Franklin School Board.

John Hage is a Bush-Cheney '04 National Educators for Bush steering committee member. He is president and CEO of one of the nation's leading and fastest growing development and management companies of kindergarten through high school charter schools.

Brenda Hastings is a Bush-Cheney '04 New Hampshire Educators for Bush steering committee co-chair.  She is a third grade teacher at the a school in Concord, New Hampshire.

Scott Hebert is a Bush-Cheney '04  Florida Educators for Bush steering committee co-chair. He was a teacher for 13 years teaching kindergarten through fifth grade before becoming a guidance counselor an elementary school.
 
 

Linda Henderson is a Bush-Cheney '04 New Hampshire Educators for Bush steering committee co-chair.  She has been a member of the Exeter Region Cooperative School Board for the last six years, and prior to that, she served on the Exeter School Board for 11 years.

Dr. Frederick "Rick" Hess is a Bush-Cheney '04  National Educators for Bush steering committee member.  He is a resident scholar and director of education policy at a policy think tank in Washington, DC.

Gloria Hom is a Bush-Cheney '04  California Educators for Bush steering committee co-chair.  She is a teacher in the California community college system in Santa Clara, California.

Jim Horne is a Bush-Cheney '04 National Educators for Bush steering committee member and Commissioner of Florida's K-20 education system.

Sandy Kress is a Bush-Cheney '04 National Educators for Bush steering committee member. He served as a senior advisor on the development of No Child Left Behind and served as president of the board of trustees of the Dallas Public Schools.

Peggy Krokstrum is a Bush-Cheney '04 Missouri Educators for Bush steering committee co-chair.  She was a classroom teacher in Missouri public schools for 15 years and now works as an education consultant.

Kent LaPage is a Bush-Cheney '04 New Hampshire Educators for Bush steering committee co-chair.  He is chairman of the Portsmouth school board.

State Representative Mary Ellen Ledwin is a Bush-Cheney '04 Maine Educators for Bush steering committee co-chair.  She has represented the 16th district of the state house of Representatives for the last two legislative sessions
 
 

Jim Libby is a Bush-Cheney '04 Maine Educators for Bush co-chair.  He served as a Maine state senator from 1996 to 2000 and was a candidate for governor in the 2000 Republican primary.  He is a professor of business administration and the head coach of the men's basketball team at a college in Waterville, Maine
 
 

State Senator Patti Lodge is the Bush-Cheney '04 Idaho Educators for Bush steering committee chair and an agribusiness owner.  She has served as a state senator since 2000.  She taught for 35 years in the Canyon County school district prior to serving in state government.

Tom Luce is a National Bush-Cheney '04 Educators for Bush steering committee member.  He was the founding partner of a law firm, served as chief of staff of the Select Committee on Public Education in Texas and was co-founder of the Texas Business and Education Coalition and Chairman of the Board of the National Center for Educational Accountability.

State Representative Sawin Millett is a Bush-Cheney '04 Maine Educators for Bush steering committee co-chair.  He is serving his third term in the Maine State House. He also served as commissioner of the Maine Department of Education from 1975 to 1979.

Dr. Velma Montoya is a Bush-Cheney '04 California Educators for Bush steering committee co-chair.  She is a former associate college professor.

Dr. Mike Moses is a Bush-Cheney '04 National Educators for Bush steering committee member. He was appointed general superintendent of Dallas Public Schools in 2000.  He served in Texas public education for more than 25 years, starting as a teacher and administrator in the Duncanville and Garland school districts. From 1995 to 1999, he served as Texas Commissioner of Education.

Lynn Nash is a Bush-Cheney '04 Arkansas Educators for Bush steering committee chair.  She has taught at all levels - from kindergarten through university.  She has served as a magnet school program coordinator, elementary assistant principal, and principal of a middle school.

Kimberly Owens is the Bush-Cheney '04 Arizona Educators for Bush steering committee chair.  She is serving her thirteenth year as a member of the Tolleson Union High School District Governing Board and is the current president.

Steve Papermaster is a Bush-Cheney '04 National Educators for Bush steering committee member. He is the chairman of a Texas-based venture development firm.

Ed Rust is a National Bush-Cheney '04 Educators for Bush steering committee member and chairman and CEO of a large insurance company. He is a national leader of the business community's efforts to improve education and a former co-chairman of the Business Coalition for Excellence in Education.

Susan Sailor is the Bush-Cheney '04 Florida Educators for Bush steering committee chair, and is the principal of a high school in Keystone Heights.  She was a classroom teacher for 14 years and assisted with a dropout prevention program for high school students. Sailor was the 1997 Teacher of the Year in

Leslie Saucedo is the Bush-Cheney '04  New Mexico Educators for Bush steering committee chair.  She has been a teacher in the Albuquerque public school system for the past eight years.

Enedelia Schofield is the Bush-Cheney '04 Oregon Educators for Bush steering committee chair.  She is the principal of an elementary school in Hillsboro, Oregon.

Dr. Sally Shaywitz is a Bush-Cheney '04 National Educators for Bush steering committee member. She is a professor of pediatrics and director of a center studying cognitive development in students.

Rosemary Thomson is the Bush-Cheney '04 Iowa Educators for Bush steering committee chair.  She taught in an Illinois elementary school and was the student assistance coordinator at schools in Marion, Iowa.  She served in the Iowa House of Representatives, representing the 51st District for three terms.

Dr. George Tombaugh is the Bush-Cheney '04 Ohio Educators for Bush steering committee chair.  He began his career as a mathematics teacher and went on to become Springfield Schools Superintendent.  In 1999, he served as the education policy advisor and liaison under Governor Bob Taft. After serving the governor, he became the superintendent of the Westerville city schools.

State Representative Leah Vukmir is the Bush-Cheney '04 Wisconsin Educators for Bush steering committee chair.  She serves in the Wisconsin House of Representatives.

Virginia Walden-Ford is a Bush-Cheney '04 National Bush-Cheney '04 Educators for Bush steering committee member.  She is the executive director of a Washington, D.C. organization that helps educate parents, empowering them to make the appropriate educational decisions for their children.

Brett Whipple is the Bush-Cheney '04 Nevada Educators for Bush steering committee chair, and  a regent for the University and Community College System of Nevada.

Grace Williams is a Bush-Cheney '04 Florida Educators for Bush steering committee co-chair. She is a classroom teacher in Jacksonville, Florida, teaching fifth grade math, social, studies and science. She was the Florida Teacher of the Year in 1998 and se

Charles Zogby is the Bush-Cheney '04 Pennsylvania Educators for Bush steering committee chair and is a former Pennsylvania secretary of education, serving under Governor Tom Ridge. He is currently  the senior vice president for an education consulting firm.