Board Members
Kim Lewis was appointed to the Maryland State Board in 2024 and is chair of the board’s education policy committee. With over 42 years of experience in education, Lewis taught in four counties in Pennsylvania and Maryland. She served as the executive director of special education in Baltimore City Public Schools and as the program […]
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Randy Spaulding has served as the executive director for the Washington State Board of Education since 2018. Spalding has worked in education policy in Washington for over 20 years, previously as director of academic affairs and policy at the Washington Student Achievement Council and Higher Education Coordinating Board. He has also worked in student services and financial aid […]
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Nisha Lodhavia, a Delaware State Board member, is a professor of mathematics at the University of Delaware. She has served on the boards of Meals on Wheels Delaware, CenDel Foundation, and St. Anne’s Episcopal School in Middletown, Delaware. She spent many years as a Court Appointed Special Advocate with Family Court in Kent County, Delaware. […]
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Lu Young was appointed to the Kentucky State Board of Education in 2019. Young has dedicated over 30 years to education as a classroom teacher, director of curriculum, assistant superintendent, and superintendent. Currently a clinical associate professor in University of Kentucky’s (UK’s) Department of Educational Leadership Studies, she is also the director of UK’s Center for Next […]
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Elizabeth Tegtmeier was elected to the Nebraska State Board of Education in November of 2022 for a four-year term. In January 2024, she was elected by board president by her fellow board members. Tegtmeier has served as chair of her board’s Rules and Regulations committee which oversees policy and governance. She has also served on her […]
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Dr. Steven Isoye was appointed as the Chair of the Illinois State Board of Education by Governor JB Pritzker in 2022. His term will expire in January 2027. Dr. Isoye is a retired educator having worked in Illinois high schools for 37 years—from science teacher to department chair, curriculum leader, principal, and superintendent. Most recently, […]
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Matt Hymas has served on the Utah State Board of Education since 2021 and was reelected in November 2024 for another four-year term. Hymas has chaired the Utah board’s Law & Licensing Committee since 2023. He also serves on the Commission on Criminal and Juvenile Justice and is a member of the NASBE Governmental Affairs […]
