Chief state school officers provide direction, leadership, and oversight to the Council through the following seven committees. Click on the list below to access information and membership to each committee.
Audit Committee
Finance Committee and Executive Committee
Internal Operations Committee
Standards, Assessments, and Accountability Committee
Comprehensive Data Systems Committee
Education Workforce Development Committee
Next Generation Learners Committee
Audit Committee
Members are defined by CCSSO’s bylaws and may serve on this and additional committees.
The Audit Committee reviews the Council's annual financial audit and presents the findings to the Board of Directors. It has a rotating membership as defined by the Council's bylaws that consists of the past president, chair of the Internal Operations Committee, and the two newest board members.
Susan Gendron, ME
Gerald Zahorchak, PA
Judy Jeffrey, IA
Bruce Buterbaugh, Staff Liaison
Finance Committee and Executive Committee
Members are defined by CCSSO’s bylaws and may serve on this and additional committees.
Finance Committee and Executive Committee membership is defined by the bylaws as the president, president-elect, and vice president. The committee meets regularly to review Council finances and membership issues.
Susan Gendron, ME
Vacant, President-Elect
Vacant, Past-President
Bruce Buterbaugh (Finance) and Scott Montgomery (Executive), Staff Liaisons
Internal Operations Committee
As defined by CCSSO’s bylaws, members of this committee may serve on additional committees.
Internal Operations is responsible for presenting the slate of candidates for board positions to the membership at the Annual Policy Forum. The committee is also responsible for site selection of the Summer Institute and Annual Policy Forum. The committee is made up of seven members of whom no more than two may be former presidents of CCSSO.
Steve Paine, WV (chair)
Patricia Wright, VA
Kathy Cox, GA
Judy Jeffrey, IA
Joe Morton, AL
Keith Rheault, NV
Scott Montgomery, Staff Liaison
Standards, Assessments, and Accountability Committee
As defined by CCSSO’s bylaws, members of this committee may serve on additional committees.
This chief-led committee is designed to assist the Council in moving forward in the critical area of standards, assessments and accountability.
Joseph Morton AL (co-chair)
Steven L. Paine, WV (co-chair)
Roger Breed, NE
Mitchell Chester, MA
Anthony Evers, WI
Michael P. Flanagan, MI
Terry Holliday, KY
Thomas Horne, AZ
Carole Huxley, NY (interim)
Dwight Jones, CO
John Jordan, MS (interim)
Jack O’Connell, CA
Claire Poumele, Am. Sam
Larry Shumway, UT
John Tanner, Staff Liaison
Comprehensive Data Systems Committee
As defined by CCSSO’s bylaws, members of this committee may serve on additional committees.
This chief-led committee is designed to assist the Council in moving forward in the critical area of building comprehensive data systems.
Susan Castillo, OR (co-chair)
Timothy Webb, TN (co-chair)
Kerri Briggs, DC
Veronica Garcia, NM
Susan Gendron, MA
Diana Julian, AR (interim)
Larry LeDoux, AK
Lillian Lowery, DE
Jim McBride, WY
Keith Rheault, NV
Armando Vilaseca, VT
Pat Wright, VA
LaVeme Terry, VI
Christopher Lohse, Staff Liaison
Education Workforce Development Committee
As defined by CCSSO’s bylaws, members of this committee may serve on additional committees.
This chief-led committee is designed to assist the Council in moving forward in the critical area of building comprehensive systems of educator development.
Judy Jeffrey, IA (co-chair)
Alice Seagren, MN (co-chair)
Tony Bennett, IN
Nerissa Bretania-Shafer, GU
Kathy Cox, GA
Lucille Davy, NJ
Deborah DeLisle, OH
Randall Dorn, WA
Deborah Gist, RI
Denise Juneau, MT
Chris Nicastro, MO
James Rex, SC
Robert Scott, TX
Peter McWalters, Staff Liaison
Next Generation Learners Committee
As defined by CCSSO’s bylaws, members of this committee may serve on additional committees.
This chief-led committee is designed to assist the Council in moving forward in the critical area of building systems of comprehensive support for all students.
Gerald Zahorchak, PA (co-chair)
June Atkinson, NC (co-chair)
Virginia Barry, NH
Carlos Chardon, PR
Sandy Garrett, OK
Nancy Grasmick, MD
Christopher Koch, IL
Thomas Luna, ID
Mark K. McQuillan, CT
Thomas J. Oster, SD
Paul Pastorek, LA
Rita Sablan, NMI
Wayne Sanstead, ND
Eric Smith, FL
Elizabeth Partoyan, Staff Liaison
