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February 4, 2009 Leading Educators Join CTAC's Board of Directors |
| We are pleased to announce the appointment
of three of the nation's leading educators to CTAC's Board of
Directors. Judith Winston directed the management review for President Obama's Transition Team of the U.S. Department of Education. She is a Principal at Winston Withers Associates and previously served as General Counsel at the U.S. Department of Education, a position for which she was nominated by President Clinton and confirmed by the U.S. Senate. She was also the Department's Under Secretary, serving as the Secretary's principal advisor on education and management policy, and overseeing management operations at the Department. She also served as the Executive Director of the President's Initiative on Race. She has received the Thurgood Marshall Award from the DC Bar Association and the Margaret Brent Women Lawyers Achievement Award from the American Bar Association. James Kadamus is Vice President and Partner at Sightlines LLC in Madison, CT. He previously served as Deputy Commissioner, Office of Elementary, Middle, Secondary and Continuing Education, at the New York State Department of Education, Albany, NY. In that capacity, he implemented standards-based preK-12 reform in more than 700 New York State school districts serving 3.1 million students, resulting in higher levels of student achievement, and he developed and managed the $12 billion school aid program. He previously served as Associate Commissioner, Office of Finance, Management and Information Services; Assistant Commissioner, Office of Higher and Continuing Education; Assistant Commissioner, Office of Elementary, Secondary and Continuing Education; and Chief, Bureau of Proprietary School Supervision-all at the New York State Education Department. Mónica Byrne-Jiménez is Co-Director of the Advanced Leadership Development Series at Bank Street College in New York City and Assistant Professor at Hofstra University in Hempstead, NY. She also serves as Research and Evaluation Consultant for School Turnaround in Rensselaerville, NY. She previously served as Assistant Professor and Chair of the Graduate College of Education Faculty Senate at the University of Massachusetts in Boston; Evaluation Consultant at the Grand Circle Foundation in Boston, MA; Literacy Training Consultant for School Turnaround; and Associate Director of the Accelerated Schools Center in New York City. CTAC builds organizational capacity and addresses root causes of poverty at local, state and national levels by providing technical assistance, conducting research and evaluation, and supporting public policy initiatives. Since 1979, CTAC has assisted and partnered with hundreds of school systems, states, community-based organizations, coalitions, unions, service agencies, and philanthropic institutions to achieve positive and lasting results in low income communities. The new Directors will make valuable contributions to CTAC's continued success in the fields of education and community development, and the CTAC Board will benefit significantly from their talent and experience. |
| William J.
Slotnik, Executive Director Community Training and Assistance Center (CTAC) |
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