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ELA Board of Directors

The Board of Directors is comprised of 13 education law professionals who set a course for success each year and is a balanced group representing each contingency of membership so that the needs of the organization as a whole remain most important. The Board of Directors meets at the beginning and end of the annual conference, and during a special 2-day meeting in May at the ELA headquarters. Members of the Executive Committee each serve a one-year term, and the remaining directors serve three-year terms.

	President William E. Thro, J.D., M.A. General Counsel University of Kentucky Lexington, KY
	President-Elect Kenneth E. Lane, Ed.D. Professor Department of Educational Leadership & Technology Southeastern Louisiana University Hammond, LA
	Vice President Patrick D. Pauken, J.D., Ph.D. Vice Provost for Governance and Faculty Relations Secretary to the Board of Trustees Associate Professor of Educational Administration and Leadership Studies Bowling Green State University Bowling Green, OH
	Immediate Past President Susan G. Clark, J.D., Ph.D. Professor Department of Educational Foundations and Leadership University of Akron Akron, OH
	Jon E. Anderson, J.D.: Attorney and Team Leader Godfrey and Kahn S.C. Madison, WI
	Dana Tyrone Bedden, Ed.D. Superintendent of Schools Irving Independent School District Irving, TX
	Kevin P. Brady, Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Leadership, Policy, Adult and Higher Education North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC
	Mark Lineburg, Ed.D. Superintendent Bristol Virginia Public Schools Bristol, VA
	Kerry B. Melear, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Higher Education University of Mississippi Oxford, MS
	David J. Peak, Ph.D. Assistant Superintendent for Human Resources Academy School District 20 Colorado Springs, CO
	Lynn Rossi Scott, J.D. Shareholder Brackett and Ellis, P.C. Fort Worth, TX
	Leslie R. Stellman, J.D. Attorney Pessin Katz Law, P.A. Townson, MD
	Jeffrey C. Sun, J.D., Ph.D. Associate Professor of Educational Leadership/ Higher Education Affiliate Associate Professor of Law University of North Dakota Grand Forks, ND

Past Presidents

P Tyson Bennett Annapolis, MD	Charles J. Russo Dayton, OH	Philip TK Daniel Columbus, OH
Jeffrey Horner Houston, TX	Allan Osborne Millis, MA	Richard Dickinson Columbus, OH
R. Craig Wood Charlottesville, VA	Perry Zirkel Bethlehem, PA	Ralph D. Mawdsley Cleveland, OH
Ivan Gluckman Dumfries, VA	Terrence Lease Austin, MN	Nelda Cambron-McCabe Oxford, OH
Steve Batson Marietta, GA	Martha McCarthy Bloomington, IN	James Ullman Phoenix, AZ
Ralph Stern Hayward, CA	Joseph Beckham Tallahassee, FL	William Paton Oconomowoc, WI
Stephen Thomas Kent, OH	Floyd Delon Columbia, MO	William Bednar Austin, TX
Burton Shifman Farmington Hills, MI	D. Parker Young Flat Rock, NC	Kelly Frels Houston, TX
John Lewis Cleveland, OH	Philip Piele Eugene, OR	Kathleen Crume Colorado Springs, CO
August Steinhilber Waldrof, MD	Thomas Shannon Ashburn, VA	E. Edmund Reutter, Jr. Emerson, NJ
Lois Berlin Washington DC	M. David Alexander Blacksburg, VA	Christopher P. Borreca Houston, TX
Kathleen Crume Colorado Springs, CO	Brad Colwell Bowling Green, OH	Edwin C. Darden Washington, D.C.
Susan G. Clark Akron, OH

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