About NSCC
The National School Climate Council
  • Howard Adelman,
    Co-director and Professor,
    School Mental Health Project,
    Center for Mental Health in Schools,
    Department of Psychology, UCLA

  • Janice E. Arnold-Jones,
    Representative, House District 24,
    Albuquerque, New Mexico

  • Victor Battistich,
    Associate Professor,
    Center for Character & Citizenship,
    College of Education,
    University of Missouri, St. Louis

  • Amy Berg,
    Research Director,
    Coalition for Community Schools,
    Institute for Educational Leadership,
    Washington, DC

  • Marvin Berkowitz,
    Sanford N. McDonnell Endowed Professor of Character Education and Co-director,
    Center for Character & Citizenship,
    College of Education,
    University of Missouri, St. Louis

  • Cathryn Berger Kaye, M.A.,
    CBK Associates,
    International Education Consultants

  • Martin J. Blank,
    Director for School, Family and Community Connections
    Institute for Educational Leadership
    Staff Director,
    Coalition for Community Schools

  • Samuel Chaltain,
    Executive Director,
    Five Freedoms Project,
    Washington, DC

  • William Cirone,
    County Superintendent,
    Santa Barbara County Education Office,
    Santa Barbara, CA

  • Jonathan Cohen,
    President,
    Center for Social and Emotional Education
    Adjunct Professor in Psychology and Education,
    Teachers College, Columbia
    University, Co-chair

  • James P. Comer,
    Maurice Falk Professor of Child Psychiatry and Founder,
    School Development Program,
    Yale Child Study Center,
    Yale University School of Medicine

  • Lou Ann Evans,
    Member,
    State College Area School District, PA

  • Arnold F. Fege,
    Director,
    Public Engagement and Advocacy,
    Public Education Network,
    Washington, DC

  • Ann Foster,
    Executive Director,
    National Network for Educational Renewal

  • J. Martez Hill,
    Deputy State Superintendent,
    Mississippi Department of Education

  • Gary Homana,
    Student, Education Policy & Leadership,
    College of Education,
    University of Maryland - College Park

  • William H. Hughes,
    Superintendent,
    Greendale School District,
    Greendale, WI

  • Nicholas Michelli,
    Presidential Professor in Urban Education,
    Doctoral Program in Urban Education,
    City University of New York

  • Terry Pickeral,
    Executive Director,
    National Center for Learning and Citizenship (NCLC) at the Education Commission of the States, Co-chair

  • Mary Lou Rush,
    Executive Director,
    Center for Students, Families and Communities,
    Ohio State Department of Education

  • Merle J. Schwartz,
    Director of Education and Research,
    Character Education Partnership

  • Margaret Jo Shepherd,
    Project Director,
    Center for Social and Emotional Education;
    Emeritus Professor, Teachers College, Columbia University

  • Linda Taylor,
    Co-director,
    School Mental Health Project,
    Center for Mental Health in Schools,
    Department of Psychology, UCLA

  • Ron Tupa,
    Colorado State Senate,
    Boulder, CO

  • Paul Vierling,
    State of Hawaii