Learning First Alliance Team

Board of Directors
The Learning First Alliance Board is composed of chief executive officers and other senior staff of each Alliance member organization. The Board meets at least six times each year to determine Alliance policy and practice. Board members include:
2023-24 Board Chair:
Jill Cook
American School Counselors Association
2023-24 Secretary-Treasurer:
Frederick Brown
Learning Forward
Immediate Past Chair:
L. Earl Franks
National Association of Elementary School Principals
Board members:
- AASA, The School Superintendents Association
David Schuler, Executive Director - American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education
Lynn M. Gangone, President & CEO - American Federation of Teachers
Marla Ucelli-Kashyap, Assistant to the President for Educational Issues - American School Counselor Association
Jill Cook, Executive Director - Consortium for School Networking
Keith R. Krueger, CEO - Learning Forward
Frederick Brown, President & CEO - National Association of Elementary School Principals
L. Earl Franks, Executive Director - National Association of Secondary School Principals
Ronn Nozoe, CEO - National PTA
Nathan Monell, Executive Director - National Education Association
Daaiyah Bilal-Threats, Senior Advisor - National School Boards Association
Verjeana McCotter-Jacobs, Esq., Executive Director & CEO - National School Public Relations Association
Barbara Hunter, Executive Director - PDK International
James F. Lane, Ed.D., CEO