Advisory Board

• Alessandro Montanari NC TWC Survey Co-Chair, Assistant Director, District & Regional Support, NCDPI
• Amy Laughter NC TWC Survey Co-Chair, Regional Education Facilitator, NCDPI
• Amanda Garrison Instructional Advocacy and Policy Specialist, NCAE
• Nicole Price  Associate Executive Director, Center for Instructional Advocacy and Membership Organizing, NCAE
• Caroline Sullivan Executive Director, NCBCE
• Geoffrey Coltrane Senior Education Advisor, Office of Governor Roy Cooper
• Dayson Pasión Governor’s Teacher Advisor, Office of Governor Roy Cooper
• Jinda Haynes Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources, Davie County Schools
• Blair Ellis Rhoades Communications Director, NCDPI
• Otis Smallwood Superintendent, Bertie County Schools
• Mia Murphy Chief Operations Officer, NCVPS
• Tom Tomberlin Director of Recruitment and Support, NCDPI
• Dave Machado Director of the Office of Charter Schools, NCDPI
• Stephanie Dischiavi Regional Case Manager, Northwest Region, NCDPI
• Aaron Greene Superintendent, Polk County Schools
• Eugenia Floyd 2021 Burroughs Wellcome North Carolina Teacher of the Year, Chapel Hill-Carrboro Schools
• Nicole Rivers Sandhills Region Teacher of the Year, Cumberland County Schools
• Marie Delany School Counselor, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools
• Dr. Christopher Barnes Southeast Region Principal of the Year, Onslow County Schools
• Dr. Elena Ashburn 2021 Wells Fargo North Carolina Principal of the Year, Wake County Public Schools
• Shirley Prince Executive Director, NCPAPA/NCASA
• Tracy Story Assistant Executive Director, NCPAPA/NCASA
• Bill Medlin Executive Director, Professional Educators of North Carolina (PENC)
• Julie Pittman Teacher Advisor to the State Superintendent