Edwards Announces Educational Team

Today, the Edwards for President campaign announced its New Hampshire Education Leadership Committee. This group of over 30 education leaders from across the state have endorsed Senator Edwards, and they will advise the campaign on education issues and help spread the message of Edwards’ plan to restore the promise of America's schools.

The members of the committee are:

Ed Beattie, History Teacher and Girls Varsity Basketball Coach at Winnacunnet High School and Prominent Seacoast Activist

Arthur Beaudry, Manchester School Board Member

Barbara Kuhlman Brown, Former Chair of the Concord School Board

Carol Brown, Keene School Board Member

Frank Callaghan, Rochester School Board Member

Chris Coates, Keene School Board Member

Dick Courtney, Dover Democratic Committeeman and Prominent Education Advocate

James Culverhouse, Milton School Board Member

Rep. Frank Davis, State Representative from Pembroke and Retired Teacher

Rep. Judy Day, North Hampton, Member of the House Education Committee

Charles DeVito, Rochester School Board Member

Rep. Tim Dunn, Keene, Vice-Chair of the New Hampshire House Education Committee

Curtis Finney, Special Education Teacher and President of the Conway Education Association

Marjorie Fisher, Chair of the Dover School Board

Kelly French, Nelson School Board Member

Jon Gross, Former Manchester School Board Member

Senator Joe Foster, Nashua, Vice-Chair of the New Hampshire Senate Education Committee

Joan MacSweeney, Hudson Kindergarten Teacher and Prominent Education Advocate

Phil MacSweeney, Hudson teacher and Prominent Education Advocate

Caroline McCarley, Former Chair, Rochester School Board, 1989-1999, Former State Senator

Joanne McHugh, Hooksett School Board Member

Kristin McKeon, West Chesterfield School Board Member

Mary Ann Melizzi-Golja, Nashua School Board Member

Deborah H. Bacon Nelson, English Teacher, Lebanon School District, and Prominent Upper Valley Activist

Maura Ouellette, Hooksett School Board Member

Carrolle Popovich, Strafford School Board Member

Chris Seibel, Hanover School Councilor

Audrey Stevens, Rochester School Board Member

Ann Walker, Portsmouth School Board Member

Rep. Bob Watson, State Representative and Rochester School Board Member

Brian Wazlaw, Laboratory Safety Officer, Exeter School District, and Retired Science Department Chair, Exeter High School, Member of the NEA’s Executive Board representing the Seacoast Region

Brenda Willis, Derry School Board Member

Senator Edwards’ full K-12 education policy can be read at www.johnedwards.com/issues