CDL Board of Trustees, Professional Advisory Board and Community Advisory Council
CDL has spent more than a decade developing an international network and collaborating with the world's best minds to create initiatives using research-based best practices that deliver increased student achievement, assistance and success. Our Board of Trustees, Professional Advisory Board, Community Advisory Council and Professional Staff provide CDL with sound leadership and valuable resources.
BOARD OF TRUSTEES - EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
Vaughan Fitzpatrick, Chair
Partner
Lecorgne, Livaudais & Baus
New Orleans, LA
Wendy Walk Michell, Vice Chair
Community Leader
New Orleans, LA
Robert D. Reily, Past Chair
Chairman
The Standard Companies
New Orleans, LA
Kathleen Riedlinger , Secretary
Chief Executive Officer
Lusher Charter Schools
New Orleans, LA
Charles Lacoste, Treasurer
Certified Public Accountant
New Orleans, LA
Billy Vehnekamp, President
Vehnekamp Public Relations LLC
Mandeville, LA
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Cheryl Arabie
Assistant Superintendent
Curriculum and Instruction
St. Tammany Parish School Board
Covington, LA
Elizabeth McIlhenny Rodriguez
Community Leader
Metairie, LA
Cynthia Hedge Morrell, Councilwoman
Chair, Education Committee
New Orleans City Council
New Orleans, LA
William H. Hines,
Chairman, Executive Committee
Jones Walker Law Firm
New Orleans, LA
Francoise Richardson, Emeritus
Community Leader
New Orleans, LA
Eugenie H. Sloss
Community Leader
New Orleans, LA
Frank Williams, Executive Director
Greater New Orleans Education Foundation
New Orleans, LA
PROFESSIONAL ADVISORY BOARD
An international network of leading experts from the education, medical, psychological and judicial fields
Charles Achilles, Ed.D.
Professor of Educational Leadership
University of Michigan
Ypsilanti, MI
Robert Brooks, Ph.D.
Faculty, Harvard Medical School
Clinical Psychologist
Needham, MA
Katharine Butler, Ph.D.
Director, Center for Educational
Research on Dyslexia
San Jose State University, CA
G. Emerson Dickman, III, J.D.
Attorney at Law
Maywood, NJ
Betty Edwards, Ed.D.
Professor & Director, Center for Educational Applications of Brain Hemisphere Research
California State University
Long Beach, CA
Michael Fullan, Ph.D.
Dean Emeritus, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education
University of Toronto
Ontario, Canada
Edward M. Hallowell, M.D.
Child & Adult Psychiatrist; Senior Lecturer, Harvard Medical School; Founder and Director, Hallowell Center for Cognitive and Emotional Health
Arlington, MA
G. Reid Lyon, Ph.D.
Senior Vice President of Research and Evaluation
Best Associates
Dallas, TX
Louisa Moats, Ph.D.
Advisor for Literacy Research and Professional Development
Sopris West Educational Services
Longmont, CO
Howard J. Osofsky, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor and Head, Department of Psychiatry
LSU Medical School
New Orleans, LA
Joanne Quinn, MBA
Senior Advisor - International Projects
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education
University of Toronto
Ontario, Canada
Craig T. Ramey, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor of Health Studies
Director, Center on Health and Education
Georgetown University
Washington, D.C.
Carol Rolheiser, Ph.D.
Associate Dean, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education
University of Toronto
Ontario, Canada
Dennis Sparks, Ph.D.
Past Director
National Staff Development Council
Ann Arbor, MI
Robert Sternberg, Ph.D.
Dean, School of Arts and Sciences
Tufts University
Medford, MA
Robert K. Wimpelberg, Ph.D.
Professor and Dean, College of Education
University of Houston, TX
COMMUNITY ADVISORY COUNCIL
Herschel L. Abbott, Jr.
Vice President - Governmental Affairs BellSouth
Washington, D.C.
Kelvin Adams
Chief of Staff
Recovery School District
New Orleans, LA
Marian Arrowsmith
Former Supervisor, Elementary Education
St. Tammany Parish Schools
Mandeville, LA
Gerard Ballanco, M.D., FAAP (Ret'd)
Pediatrician, Behavioral & Developmental Pediatrics
Covington, LA
Gordon Blundell, Jr., M.D.
Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist
Covington, LA
The Honorable Jack Donahue
CEO and Chairman, DonahueFavret Contractors
Covington, LA
The Honorable John W. Greene
Judge, 22nd Judicial District (Ret.)
Member, Louisiana Board of Ethics
Covington, LA
Stephen Hales, M.D.
Hales Pediatrics
New Orleans, LA
Ruby Bridges Hall
President, Ruby Bridges Foundation
New Orleans, LA
Cheryl Lilly
Community Leader
New Orleans, LA
Mary Lou Ochsner
Community Leader
New Orleans, LA
HONORARY CELEBRITY CHAIR
Henry Winkler
Actor, Producer, and Director
Disney Studios, Burbank, CA
"As a child, I suffered frustration and failure in school. Don't let this happen to your child. Every child can learn. But every child learns differently. Contact the Center for Development and Learning for help and you will be so happy, and your child will be so happy, and I'll be happy."
PRESIDENT & CEO
Alice Thomas, M.Ed |
Craig T. Ramey and Sharon L. Ramey
Edward Hallowell, M.D.