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LONNIE G. BUNCH III
Secretary
 Smithsonian Institution

STEVE CASE
Chair
Smithsonian Institution Board of Regents 

DR. LINDA DARLING-HAMMOND
President and CEO
Learning Policy Institute
Charles E. Ducommun Professor of Education Emeritus
Stanford University

DR. ANTHEA M. HARTIG
Elizabeth MacMillan Director
Smithsonian National Museum of American History

BOB HUGHES
Director of K-12 Education in the United States Program
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

MICHELE HAND
K/1 Interventionist
Stanton-Smith Elementary School
Whitehouse, TX

DR. JOHN B. KING JR.
President and CEO
The Education Trust
Former US Secretary of Education 
Obama Administration 

DR. AMANDA B. MONIZ
David M. Rubenstein M. Curator of Philanthropy
National Museum of American History

DR. NA’ILAH SUAD NASIR
President
Spencer Foundation

DR. EDUARDO J. PADRÓN
President Emeritus 
Miami Dade College

DAVID M. RUBENSTEIN
Smithsonian Institution Board of Regents

DR. MANUEL RUSTIN 
Social Science Teacher
 John Muir High School Early College Magnet, Pasadena, CA

LIZ SIMONS
Chair
Heising-Simons Foundation

DR. DAVID A. THOMAS
President
Morehouse College

Ebony A. Thomas
Senior Vice President, ESG and Public Policy
Racial Equality and Economic Opportunity Initiatives Executive
Bank of America

DR. SUZANNE ELISE WALSH
President
Bennett College