The State University of New York Board of Trustees announced that a search
committee has been formed to fill the position of Executive Director of the Charter
Schools Institute. The members of the Search Committee are as follows:

Steven Poskanzer

Chair of the Committee, President of the SUNY College at New Paltz

Phoebe Boyer

Executive Director, Tiger Foundation

Mimi Corcoran

Executive Director, Beginning with Children Foundation

Doug Lemov

President, True North Charter Schools, a division of Uncommon Schools

Frank Macchiarola

President, St. Francis College, former New York City Schools Chancellor

Duffy Palmer

Director of Education Policy, Office of the NYS Deputy Secretary for Education

Cynthia Proctor

Director of Public Affairs, Charter Schools Institute

Greg Richmond

President, National Association of Charter School Authorizers

Nelson Smith

President, National Alliance for Public Charter Schools

Scott Steffey

Retired, Former Chairman of Strayer University, Former Chief Operating Officer of Strayer Education, Former Vice Chancellor of SUNY, Founder Charter Schools Institute

Omar Wasow

Board member, Brooklyn Excelsior Charter School

*  All search committee members signed a confidentiality agreement.