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 in Ohio. Members of the Executive Committee each serve a one-year term, and the remaining directors each serve a three-year term.

Clark

President
Susan G. Clark, J.D., Ph.D.
Professor
University of Akron
Akron, OH
Thro

President-Elect
William E. Thro, J.D.
University Counsel and Assistant Professor
Christopher Newport University
Newport News, VA
Lane

Vice President
Kenneth E. Lane, Ed.D.
Professor
Department of Educational Leadership & Technology,
Southeastern Louisiana University
Hammond, LA

Darden

Immediate Past President
Edwin C. Darden, J.D.
Education Policy Director
Appleseed
Washington, DC
Anderson

Jon E. Anderson, J.D.:
Partner and Team Leader
Godfrey and Kahn S.C.
Madison, WI
Bon

Susan Bon,Ph.D., J.D.
Associate Professor
Education Leadership and Special Education Programs
George Mason University
Fairfax, VA
Brady

Kevin P. Brady, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Leadership, Policy, Adult and Higher Education,
North Carolina State University,
Raleigh, NC

 
Hutton

Thomas Hutton, J.D.
Attorney
Patterson Buchanan Fobes Leitch & Kalzer
Seattle, WA

LeBlanc Robert LeBlanc , Ed.D.
Associate Professor of Educational Leadership
Associate Dean of the School of Education
University of St. Thomas
Houston, TX
Lineburg

Mark Lineburg, Ed.D.
Superintendent
Bristol Virginia Public Schools,
Bristol, VA
Melear

Kerry B. Melear, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Higher Education
University of Mississippi
Oxford, MS
Peak

David J. Peak, Ph.D.
Assistant Superintendent for Human Resources
Academy School District 20
Colorado Springs, CO
Scott

Lynn Rossi Scott, J.D.
Shareholder,
Brackett and Ellis, P.C.,
Fort Worth, TX

Past Presidents


P Tyson Bennett
Carney, Kelehan, et. al
Annapolis, MD

Charles J. Russo
Dept of Educational Administration
University of Dayton
Dayton, OH

Philip TK Daniel
The Ohio State University
Columbus, OH

Jeffrey Horner
Bracewell & Giuliani, LLP
Houston, TX

Allan Osborne
Millis, MA

Richard Dickinson
General Counsel
Ohio School Boards Association
Columbus, OH

R. Craig Wood
McguireWoods LLP
Charlottesville, VA

Perry Zirkel
Allentown, PA

Ralph D. Mawdsley
Cleveland State University
Cleveland, OH

Ivan Gluckman
Dumfries, VA

Terrence Leas
Office of the President
Riverland Community College
Austin, MN

Nelda Cambron-McCabe
Oxford, OH

Steve Batson
Marietta, GA

Martha McCarthy
Chancellor Professor
Indiana University
Bloomington, IN

James Ullman
Greenberg Traurig
Phoenix, AZ

Ralph Stern
Schools Legal Counsel
Hayward, CA

Joseph Beckham
Tallahassee, FL

William Paton
Oconomowoc, WI

Stephen Thomas
Kent, OH

Floyd Delon
Columbia, MO

William Bednar
Law Office of Wm. C. Bednar
Austin, TX

Burton Shifman
Shifman & Carlson
Farmington Hills, MI

D. Parker Young
Flat Rock, NC

Kelly Frels
Bracewell & Giuliani, LLPy
Houston, TX

John Lewis
Squire Sanders & Dempsey, LLP
Cleveland, OH

Philip Piele
Eugene, OR

Kathleen Crume
Academy School District #20
Colorado Springs, CO

August Steinhilber
Waldrof, MD

Thomas Shannon
Ashburn, VA

E. Edmund Reutter, Jr.
Emerson, NJ
Lois Berlin
Washington DC		 M. David Alexander
Dept of Ed Leadership
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Blacksburg, VA		 Christopher P. Borreca
Thompson & Horton LLP
Houston, TX

Kathleen Crume
Academy School District 20
Colorado Springs, CO

Brad Colwell
Bowling Green University
Bowling Green, OH

Edwin C. Darden
Education Policy Director
Washington, D.C.