Faculty and Speakers

During training sessions, Broad Superintendents Academy Fellows hear firsthand from experts in the field including high-level government officials, non-profit executives and leading education policy makers, practitioners and researchers. In addition, sessions include presentations by the nation’s top urban school district superintendents, school board presidents and teachers union leaders.    

 

Superintendents in Residence:  

 Tom Payzant
Former Superintendent
Boston Public Schools		 John Simpson
Former Superintendent
Norfolk Public Schools

2010 Faculty
Advisors:

 Arlene Ackerman
Superintendent
The School District of Philadelphia		 Laura Schwalm
Superintendent
Garden Grove Unified School District

Guest Speakers have included:

 Terry Abbott
Former Press Secretary
Houston Independent School District

Wanda Bamberg
Superintendent
Aldine Independent School District

Barak Ben-Gal
Former Director of Finance
Yahoo!

Melinda Boone
Chief Academic Officer
Norfolk Public Schools

Tom Brady
Superintendent
Providence Public Schools

Eli Broad
Founder
The Broad Foundations

Michele Cahill
VP, National Programs
The Carnegie Corporation

Ben Canada
Director of Superintendent Searches
Texas Association of School Boards

Nora Carr
Chief Communications Officer
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Public Schools

Matt Candler
CEO
New Schools for New Orleans

Jerry Chapman
Senior Associate
Hazard, Young, Attea & Associates

Carl Cohn
Former Superintendent
San Diego Unified School District

Ray Cortines
Senior Deputy Superintendent
Los Angeles Unified School District

Jonathan Cowan
Partner and Managing Director
Boston Consulting Group

Rudy Crew
Former Superintendent
Miami-Dade County Public Schools

Carl Davis
Associate
Ray & Associates

Paula Dawning
Former Superintendent
Benton Harbor Public Schools

John Deasy
Superintendent
Prince George’s County Public Schools

Karen Denne
Chief Communications Officer
The Broad Foundations

Arne Duncan
Chief Executive Officer
Chicago Public Schools

Marvin Edwards
Senior Associate
Hazard, Young, Attea & Associates

Howard Fuller
Director
Institute for the Transformation of Learning, Marquette University

Peter Gorman
Superintendent
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Public Schools

Kevin Hall
Chief Operating Officer
The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation

Kati Haycock
Director
The Education Trust

Michael Hinojosa
Superintendent
Dallas Independent School District

Jim Huge
President
Jim Huge & Associates

Carol Johnson
Superintendent
Boston Public Schools

Kristen Kane
Former Chief Operating Officer
New York City Department of Education

Dan Katzir
Managing Director
The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation

Don McAdams
Former President
Houston Independent School District Board of Education

Thelma Meléndez de Santa Ana
Superintendent
Pomona Unified School District

William Newman
National Executive Director
Ray & Associates

Vicki Phillips
Former Superintendent
Portland Public Schools
Director, Education
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

Mark Roosevelt
Superintendent
Pittsburgh Public Schools

Joel Rose
Chief Executive for Human Capital
New York City Department of Education

Ariela Rozman
CEO
The New Teacher Project

Abelardo Saavedra
Superintendent
Houston Independent School District

Deborah Sims
Superintendent
Antioch Unified School District

Adam Urbanski
President
Rochester Teachers Association
Vice President
American Federation of Teachers

David Vitale
Former Chief Administrative Officer
Chicago Public Schools