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. William H. Koehler
Former Provost and Vice Chancellor of Texas Christian University, and former board president of the Fort Worth Independent School District Board of Education
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
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
James E. Nevels
Founder of The Swarthmore Group and former Chairman of the Philadelphia School Reform Commission
Dr. Rod Paige
Former U.S. Secretary of Education under President George W. Bush