| Chair, Department of Education Policy & Leadership |
| Lee Alvoid, Ph.D. |
Department Chair & Senior Lecturer |
Department of Education Policy & Leadership, SMU |
| Chair, Advisory BOARD |
| Kathleen Leos |
President and CEO |
The Global Institute for Language and Literacy Development |
| External Board Members |
| Gloria Cain |
Superintendent of Catholic Schools |
Diocese of Dallas |
| Alison Griffin |
Founder and Principal |
Miles Above Strategies |
| Cinthia Haan |
CEO |
The Haan Foundation for Children |
| Dr. Susan L. Hall |
President and Founder |
95 Percent Group Inc. |
| Donald Heller |
Dean, College of Education |
Michigan State University |
| Dr. Christine A. Kanouse |
Assistant Director for Teacher Preparation and Certification |
Region 10 Education Service Center |
| Austin Lane |
President |
Lone Star College - Montgomery |
| Linda Lebelle |
Director |
Focus Adolescent |
| Melanie McGee |
Principal |
Ted Polk Middle School |
| Dave Monaco |
Head of School |
Parish Episcopal School |
| Karen Morris |
Attorney at Law |
Morris and Morris, LLC |
| Dawson Orr |
Superintendent |
Highland Park ISD |
| Laura Perna |
Professor, Graduate School of Education |
University of Pennsylvania |
| Michael Sorum |
Deputy Superintendent for Leadership, Learning, and Student Support |
Fort Worth ISD |
| James Wendorf |
Executive Director |
National Center for Learning Disabilities |
| SMU Board Members |
| Don Vandewalle, Ph.D. |
Chair of Management and Organizations Department, Fisher Research Fellow and Altshuler Distinguished Teaching Professor |
Cox School of Business, SMU |
| Lori White, Ph.D. |
Vice President of Student Affairs |
SMU |
| SMU Simmons Board Members |
| Les Black, Ph.D. |
Adjunct Professor |
Department of Education Policy & Leadership, SMU |
| David Chard, Ph.D. |
Dean |
Annette Caldwell Simmons School of Education & Human Development, SMU |
| Deborah Diffily, Ph.D. |
Associate Professor |
Department of Teaching & Learning, SMU |
| Gail Hartin, Ph.D. |
Lecturer |
Department of Education Policy & Leadership, SMU |
| Leanne Ketterlin Geller, Ph.D. |
Associate Professor |
Department of Education Policy & Leadership, SMU |
| Patricia Mathes, Ph.D. |
TI Endowed Chair in Reading Research and Professor |
The Institute for Reading Research, SMU |
| J. Kyle Roberts, Ph.D. |
Associate Professor |
Department of Education Policy & Leadership, SMU |