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Board of Directors
Mr. Landgraf is president and chief executive officer of Educational Testing Service, a private non-profit educational testing and measurement organization, and joined ETS in that position in 2000. Prior to that, he was executive vice president and chief operating officer of E.I. Du Pont de Nemours and Company, where he previously held a number of senior leadership positions, including chief financial officer. Mr. Landgraf is also a director of ETS and Louisiana-Pacific Corporation. Corning director since 2007. Age 62.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Corning Incorporated |
President and Chief Executive Officer, Educational Testing Service, Read Biography |
Current |
| Educational Testing Service Inc. |
Chief Executive Officer |
Current |
| Corning Incorporated |
Chairman |
Current |
| Alabama Forest Owners' Association, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| AAIPharma, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Nanodynamics, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Louisiana-Pacific Corporation |
Director |
Current |
| NDCHealth Corporation |
Director |
Current |
| Corning Incorporated |
Director |
Current |
| IKON Office Solutions, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| ETS, Inc. |
Associate Director |
Former |
| Johnson & Johnson |
manager |
Former |
| Kidder, Peabody & Co. |
|
Former |
| The Upjohn Company |
|
Former |
| IKON Office Solutions, Inc. |
Director |
Former |
| Solutions, Inc. |
member |
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Education Policy Institute |
Senior Vice President of the Global Division of Educational Testing Service |
Current |
| Educational Policy Institute |
Senior Vice President of the Global Division of Educational Testing Service |
Current |
| Educational Testing Service Inc. |
Senior Vice President |
Current |
| Education Policy Institute |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Educational Policy Institute |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| LandAmerica Assessment Corp. |
Senior Vice President |
Former |
| ETS, Inc. |
Vice President |
Former |
| University of Michigan |
Ph.D. In English Literature |
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Educational Testing Service Inc. |
Vice President of Administration |
Current |
| Recording for The Blind & Dyslexic-New Jersey Unit |
Vice President of Administration |
Current |
| Recording for The Blind & Dyslexic-New Jersey Unit |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Cirtl Co |
Vice President, Policy Evaluation and Research Center, Educational Testing Service |
Current |
| Educational Testing Service Inc. |
Senior Research Director |
Current |
| National Academy of Sciences |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Children's Progress, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Cirtl Co |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Iowa State University |
Ph.D. In Higher Education |
Former |
| Iowa State University |
Masters Degrees |
Former |
| The University of Tennessee |
B.A. In Political Science |
Former |
Carole Kennedy, M.A., is Director of Professional Development for the Missouri Council of School Administrators and formerly Regional Coordinator of the Educational Testing Service. She worked for the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards in Arlington, Virginia, and was the National Principal in Residence under President Clinton, with the U.S. Department of Education in Washington, DC. Kennedy has extensive teaching and administration experience including over twenty years as an elementary and middle school teacher and nearly ten years as a principal in Columbia and Grandview, Missouri. She serves on the Alliance for Education Excellence Principal Advisory Committee, was President of the National Association of Elementary School Principals, and was a member of the National Assessment Governing Board (NAEP). Kennedy has garnered many professional honors including Missouri's National Distinguished Principal, Missouri Association of Elementary School Principals Outstanding Service Award, Missouri Leadership Academy Outstanding Achievement Award and Truman State University Honored Alumna, among many others. Kennedy earned a B.S. degree from the University of Missouri, Columbia, a M.A. degree from Truman State University, Kirksville, an Ed. Specialist degree from the University of Missouri, Kansas City.
Heather works at the Educational Testing Service as a test developer. She has three border collies and shares a small flock of sheep in central New Jersey, and she spends much of her spare time as a web site hobby designer (she did the original design for All About Border Collies and also maintains the popular Littlehats.net , a site created to help novices learn about USBCHA-style sheepdog trials.)
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Smarthinking, Inc. |
Director, Mathematics & Statistics Program |
Current |
| Educational Testing Service Inc. |
Consultant |
Current |
| Smarthinking, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| McNeese State University |
Assistant Professor |
Former |
| The University of Houston |
Doctor of Philosophy In Mathematics |
Former |
| The University of Houston |
Masters of Science In Mathematics |
Former |
Lew Shumaker is a Senior Strategic Workforce Consultant at Educational Testing Service. He leads ETS's Strategic Diversity Initiative which involves three key components: professional and career development of employees, an inclusive and respectful work environment, and strategic staffing. Prior to joining ETS in 2001, he held a variety of supervisory, consultant and management positions during a 36-year career in DuPont's global business. During his last six years with DuPont, Lew's primary responsibilities were professional staffing and college relations with a heavy focus on diversity and inclusion. Lew has served several 3-year terms on GEM's Executive Committee and has been a chair of GEM's Fellowship Selection Committee for over 10 years. He has also served 12 years on the Management Advisory Committee for the National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering (NACME) and was an active member of the National Society of Black Engineers' Board of Corporate Affiliates, the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers' Industrial Partnership Counsel, and the Industrial Advisory Boards of Minority Engineering Programs at Cornell University, Michigan State University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Purdue University.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Arkansas Single Parent Scholarship Fund |
President |
Current |
| Educational Testing Service Inc. |
Consultant |
Current |
| Arkansas Single Parent Scholarship Fund |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Aspsf |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Aspsf |
Associate Professor |
Former |
| Aspsf |
Chairman of Board |
Former |
| Wichita State University |
Ph.D. In Human Factors Psychology |
Former |
| Emporia State University |
M.S. In General Experimental Psychology |
Former |
| Arkansas Single Parent Scholarship Fund |
B.A. |
Former |
| Ouachita Baptist University |
B.A. |
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Barik |
|
Current |
| Educational Testing Service Inc. |
Chairman |
Current |
| The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America |
Director |
Current |
| Fremont Group |
Director |
Current |
| Arch Chemicals, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America |
Investment Committee Member |
Current |
| Harvard University |
Executive Dean |
Former |
| McKinsey & Company, Inc. |
NA |
Former |
| Harvard Business School |
MBA Degree |
Former |
| Wesleyan University |
BA Degree |
Former |
The current president of The Pennsylvania Society is Arthur J. Rothkopf. Now in his first year of a two-year term, Mr. Rothkopf is Senior Vice President and Counselor to the President of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, with special responsibilities in education and workforce development. From 1993 until 2005, he was the President of Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania. There, under Mr. Rothkopf's guidance, more than $250 million in new construction was completed and the college's endowment more than doubled. Prior to his tenure at Lafayette, he was appointed Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Transportation by President George H.W. Bush. He serves as a member of the Commission on the Future of Higher Education, as well as a member of the Board of the Smithsonian National Museum of American History. Arthur J. Rothkopf graduated from Lafayette College and earned his law degree from Harvard University.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| PA Society |
The Current President |
Current |
| U.S.-India Business Council |
Executive Vice President |
Current |
| U.S. Chamber of Commerce |
Executive Vice President |
Current |
| PA Society |
Senior Vice President and Counselor |
Current |
| Businesseducationnetwork.Com |
Senior Vice President and Counselor |
Current |
| U.S. Chamber of Commerce |
Senior Vice President and Counselor |
Current |
| Capital Markets Commission |
Senior Vice President and Counselor to The President |
Current |
| U.S.-Korea Fta |
Senior Vice President and Counselor |
Current |
| American University |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Educational Testing Service Inc. |
Director |
Current |
| Insurance Services Office, Inc. |
Director |
Current |
| Bristol West Holdings, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Lafayette College |
President |
Former |
| Pennsylvania, Inc. |
President |
Former |
| U.S. Chamber of Commerce |
Senior Vice President |
Former |
| Hogan & Hartson LLP |
Senior Partner |
Former |
| Department of Transportation |
Board of Directors |
Former |
| Lehigh Valley Hospital |
Board of Directors |
Former |
| Harvard University |
B.A. |
Former |
| Harvard University |
Degree |
Former |
Dan Hamel is a licensed psychologist with over 25 years of successful experience in counseling, teaching, research, consulting, and management in a variety of applied settings. He earned his baccalaureate degree in psychology with honors from Harvard University in 1973, an M.A. in Counseling from the University of Montana in 1975, and the Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology from Stanford University in 1980. Prior to managing the San Antonio office of Reedie and Co. (a career transition consulting firm) for seven years, Dan was in private practice and conducted research and test development as a Project Director for The Psychological Corporation. He previously was the Director of the Counseling Center and an Assistant Professor of Psychology at Trinity University, and has also served as a project consultant to the National Institute of Education, Army Research Institute, U.S. Office of Education, The College Board, and Educational Testing Service. Prior to joining the faculty at Trinity, he held clinical and administrative appointments at the Harvard Business School and was a staff counselor and psychometrist at Stanford University's Counseling and Psychological Services. Dr. Hamel has published broadly in the field of career development, contributing articles to scholarly journals and Wall Street Journal publications. He has also written several book chapters and is coeditor of "Assessing Career Development" with John Krumboltz of Stanford University. Dan is widely recognized for his expertise and innovations in the creation, delivery, and administration of career development programs and services. His current practice interests include executive selection, individualized leadership training for high talent/high potential managers, comprehensive developmental assessments for organizational succession planning, and career transition reviews with senior executives. Recently, he has been retained by several major Texas employers to help them address critical employee retention issues. In particular, Dan has conducted intensive leadership coaching assignments with very senior level executives to help them prepare for new assignments, lead major change initiatives, or avoid the imminent prospect of derailment. He also continues to help clients manage complex workforce issues, including redeployment of key personnel and staff reductions necessitated by a rapidly changing business climate.
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| Executive Solution Partners, Llp |
Partner |
Current |
| Career Performance Strategies |
Psychologist |
Current |
| College Board |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Educational Testing Service Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Psychological.Com |
Project Director |
Former |
| Trinity University |
Assistant Professor |
Former |
| Psychological.Com |
Director |
Former |
| Stanford University |
Ph.D. In Counseling Psychology |
Former |
| University of Montana |
M.A. In Counseling |
Former |
| Harvard University |
B.A. Degree In Psychology |
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| The Institute for Global Ethics |
Chairman of Dyg, Inc., President and Cofounder |
Current |
| Viewpoint Learning, Inc. |
Co-Founder |
Current |
| Nyaapor |
|
Current |
| The Dialogue |
|
Current |
| The Future of American Democracy Foundation |
Chair, Advisory Board |
Current |
| Viewpoint Learning, Inc. |
Chairman |
Current |
| Educational Testing Service Inc. |
Director |
Current |
| Kettering Foundation |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| The Institute for Global Ethics |
Board of Directors |
Former |
| New School for Social Research |
Professor |
Former |
| Educational Testing Service Inc. |
Chairman |
Former |
| Meredith Corporation |
Board of Directors |
Former |
| Reliance, Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Former |
| Harvard University |
|
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| The Language Company |
|
Current |
| Edsource, Inc |
|
Current |
| Educational Testing Service Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| National Academy of Education |
Board of Directors |
Former |
| Harvard University |
PH.D. In Experimental Psychology |
Former |
| Harvard University |
B.A. |
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| The Kresge Foundation |
President, Columbia University |
Current |
| Institute of International Education, Inc |
President, Columbia University, New York, New York |
Current |
| Ivy League Co |
|
Current |
| Federal Reserve Bank of New York |
Director |
Current |
| Institute of International Education |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| The Kresge Foundation |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| The Washington Post Company |
Director |
Current |
| Educational Testing Service Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| American Philosophical Society |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| The American Assembly |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Institute of International Education, Inc |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| The Kresge Foundation |
Fellow |
Current |
| Royal Shakespeare Company |
Fellow |
Current |
| Law Review |
Articles Editor |
Former |
| Columbia University |
Master's Degree |
Former |
| University of California, Berkeley |
|
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| The Minneapolis Foundation |
Superintendent, Saint Paul Public Schools |
Current |
| The Council of The Great City Schools |
Superintendent, St. Paul Public Schools |
Current |
| Saint Paul Public Schools |
Superintendent |
Current |
| The Minneapolis Foundation |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Ordway Center for the Performing Arts |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Saint Paul Public Schools |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| The Council of The Great City Schools |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Minnesota Association of School Administrators |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Educational Testing Service Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Minnesota Children's Museum |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| University of Seville |
|
Former |
| Organization |
Position |
Status |
| National Women's Health Resource Center, Inc |
President and CEO of Fight for Children |
Current |
| National Women's Health Resource Center, Inc |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| D.C. Preparatory Academy |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| The Womens Forum |
President |
Current |
| Educational Testing Service Inc. |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Gladstone Investment Corporation |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Potomac Knowledgeway Project, Inc |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Sweet Briar College |
Director |
Current |
| The Advisory Council |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| DC Education Compact |
Board of Directors |
Current |
| Fight for Children, Inc |
President & CEO |
Former |
| Discovery |
President |
Former |
| Discovery.Com |
President |
Former |
| Discovery.Com |
COO |
Former |
| Discovery |
Coo |
Former |
| National Geographic Society |
Senior Vice President |
Former |
| McKinsey & Company, Inc. |
Senior Engagement Manager |
Former |
| Yale School of Management |
Master of Public and Private Management Degree |
Former |
| Sweet Briar College |
Chairman of the Board |
Former |
| The Nea Foundation |
Director |
Former |
| Gladstone Management Corporation |
Board of Directors |
Former |
| Yale School of Management |
Master of Public and Private Management Degree |
Former |
| Sweet Briar College |
Bachelor of Arts Degree |
Former |
| Yale School of Management |
Bachelor of Arts |
Former |
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