Georgia Appleseed Education Advisory Council
The Education Advisory Council includes senior education leaders and community leaders from throughout Georgia with expertise in public education. The Council provides the Georgia Appleseed Board of Directors and staff with input and guidance on issues of educational interest and importance in Georgia.
Chair:
Cathy Henson, Former Chair, Georgia State Board of Education; Former President, Georgia PTA; Founder, Georgia School Council Institute; Faculty, Georgia State University College of Law
Members:
- Ron Colarusso, Dean College of Education, Georgia State University (retired)
- Kevin Diaz, GSU college student, graduate of Communities in Schools’ Performance Learning Center
- Terence Dicks, Georgia Clients Council
- Laura Dobbs, Board Member and Immediate Past President Georgia PTA; Board Member National PTA
- Bertis Downs, Georgia Appleseed Board of Directors
- Jennifer Falk, NAACP-Gwinnett, former Georgia PTA Diversity Chair
- Sharon Hill, Executive Director, Georgia Appleseed
- Mike Levengood, McKenna, Long & Aldridge
- Millie Muñoz, Parent Involvement Chair, Georgia PTA
- Debbie Reeves, Principal, Haynes Bridge Middle School, Fulton County School System
- Rob Rhodes, Holland & Knight LLP
- Lynn Ritvo, Gurian Institute
- Tom Roman, Communities in Schools
- Portia Shields, Georgia Appleseed Board of Directors
- Susan Walker, Georgia Partnership for Excellence in Education
Project Partners:
- Georgia Partnership for Excellence in Education
- Georgia's Leadership Institute for School Improvement
- Georgia School Council Institute
- Georgia Clients Council
Funding Partners
- W. K. Kellogg Foundation
- Charles Stewart Mott Foundation
