Meet Our Board of Directors

Our board of directors represents some of the best and brightest minds in America today.

Dr. Donald R. McAdams

Chairman of the board

Dr. Felipe T. Alanis Ph.D.

Associate Dean of the Division of Continuing and Extended Education at the University of Texas at Austin and former Texas Commissioner of Education

Rafael Anchia

Representative of House District 103 in the Texas House of Representatives

Paula Arnold

Managing Principal of Arnold & Langrand Communications and former member of the Houston Independent School District Board of Education

Leslie Blanton

Secretary of the board

Dr. Carl Cohn

Distinguished Leader in Residence at the College of Education at San Diego State University and former superintendent of San Diego Unified School District and Long Beach Unified School District

Kelly Frels

Former Managing Partner of Bracewell & Guiliani law firm with vast experience representing school districts and other educational bodies

Dr. W. Robert Houston

Professor of Education at the University of Houston and Executive Director of the Texas Center for University School Partnerships and the Institute for Urban Education

Vidal G. Martinez

Principal with Franklin, Cardwell & Jones law firm and former Assistant U.S. Attorney in Houston with the Civil Division of the Department of Justice

Dr. Rod Paige

Former U.S. Secretary of Education under President George W. Bush

Carri Baker Wells

Director of Operations in the San Antonio office of Linebarger Goggan Blair and Sampson