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Conference Planners

The United States Department of Education, 21st Century Community Learning Centers, and Foundations, Inc. are providing the Beyond School Hours Winter Institute as a major professional development experience for all participants. The Winter Institute advances innovative and creative programs and activities that demonstrate a positive impact on student achievement.

Conference Principals

Rhonda H. Lauer
Conference Co-Chair
President and
Chief Executive Officer
Foundations, Inc.

W. Wilson Goode, Sr.
Conference Co-Chair
Senior Advisor
Public/Private Ventures

Anthony Cost
Project Manager
Foundations, Inc.

John B. Henderson
Executive Director
Communications
Foundations, Inc.

Sylvia E. Lyles
Director, Academic Improvement and Teacher Quality Programs
U.S. Department of Education

Emilio R. Matticoli
Chief of Staff
Foundations, Inc.

Rhe McLaughlin
Chief Operations Officer
Foundations, Inc.

Pilla Parker
Team Leader
21st CCLC Programs
U.S. Department of Education

The Annie E. Casey
Foundation
701 St. Paul Street
Baltimore, MD 21202

Foundations' National Advisory Committee

Carol Auerbach Berger
Trustee
Auerbach Family Foundation

Albert J. Berger
Chairman (Retired)
Allied-Barton Security Services

Jerry Blanchard
Director
21st CCLC
Shawnee State University

Thomas M. Brady
Chief Operating Officer
GEMS Education

K.C. Burton
President and
Chief Executive Officer
Keveske and Associates Consulting

W. Wilson Goode, Sr.
Senior Advisor
Public/Private Ventures

Lois Harrison-Jones
Professor
Howard University

Paul Heckman
Associate Dean
School of Education
UC Davis

Jon Heymann
Chief Executive Officer
Communities In Schools of Jacksonville

Abdur Rahim Islam
President and
Chief Executive Officer
Universal Companies

Arline Kitchen
Consultant
Trainers and Consultants Group

Charlie Mae Knight
President
Beyond School Foundation

Joseph Kretovics
Senior Research Professor
Western Michigan University

Rhonda H. Lauer
President and
Chief Executive Officer
Foundations, Inc.

Sylvia E. Lyles
Director, Academic Improvement
and Teacher Quality Programs
U.S. Department of Education

Carol Mitchell
Education Consultant

Terry Peterson
Director
Afterschool and Community Learning Network

Judith Pickens
Senior Vice President
Boys and Girls Clubs of America

Della Pitts
Principal Consultant
Pitts-Fowler Enterprises

Andee Press-Dawson
Executive Director
California Afterschool Network

Melvin Rogers
Associate Dean
University of Central Florida

Linda Romano
Director of Professional Development
Hilliard City School District

Robert S. Schwartz
Chairman of the Board
Foundations, Inc.
President
Food Sciences Corporation

William F. Snell
President
Pretty Shield Foundation

Robert Stonehill
Managing Director
American Institute for Research

Gregory E. Thornton
Superintendent
Milwaukee Public Schools

KiKi Walton
Consultant
KCW Consulting

Fran Welch
Dean
College of Charleston
School of Education, Health, and Human Performance

Julie Wild-Curry
Director, 21st Century Community Learning Center
Community After School Programs

Tyra Witsell
Manager
Orange County Citizens’ Commission for Children