Directors

Nakia Carson

Principal
West McDowell Middle School

Jeni Corn, Ph.D.

Director of Impact Evaluation and Strategy
NC Collaboratory

Jeff Cox, Ed.D.

President
NC Community College System

Michelle Ellis, Ph.D.

Academic Facilitator
Charlotte-Mecklenburg County Schools

Chris Gordon, Ed.D.

Assistant Professor
Lenoir Rhyne University

Samuel H. Houston Jr., Ed.D.

President and CEO
North Carolina Science, Mathematics, and Technology Education Center

David Kaiser

Senior Director of Policy, Advocacy, and Innovation
NC Rural Center

Steve M. Lassiter Jr., Ed.D.

Superintendent
Pitt County Schools

Tanya McGhee, Ph.D.

Assistant Vice President of Academic Affairs
Pitt Community College

Patrick Miller, Ed.D.

Executive Director
Central Carolina RESA

Shelby Morge, Ph.D.

Associate Professor
Watson College of Education
UNC Wilmington

Louis J. Muglia, M.D., Ph.D.

President & CEO
Burroughs Wellcome Fund

Michael A. Myrick, Ed.D.

Deputy Superintendent & Chief Academic Officer
Edgecombe County Public Schools

David Pearce, Ed.D.

Assistant Superintendent
Johnston County Public Schools

Don Phipps, Ed.D.

Superintendent
Caldwell County Schools

Del Ruff

Executive Director of Employee Engagement & Success
NC A&T State University