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Our Boards

Our Boards

Educating the Educators through Professional Guidance and Informed Solutions

CDL is directed by a volunteer Board of Trustees comprised of business, education, and civic leaders from around the city and country who share in our passion for ensuring that every child, no matter their background or level of learning, has an equal opportunity for a quality education.

We have spent more than two decades developing an international network of education professionals and collaborating with the world’s best minds to draft CDL’s programs. With their help, we’ve crafted initiatives using research-based best practices that deliver increased student achievement. Our Board of Trustees, Professional Advisory Board, Community Advisory Board and professional staff provide CDL with sound leadership and valuable resources.

Board of Trustees

Our Board of Trustees is comprised of a governing board of 15 elected or appointed to direct the policies of CDL.

OFFICERS

CHAIRMAN

Charles Lacoste

Management Consultant

SECRETARY

Kathleen Riedlinger

CEO, Lusher Charter Schools

TREASURER

Ronnie Slone

Founder and President,
The Slone Group

MEMBERS

Kelvin Adams, Ph.D.

Superintendent, St. Louis Public Schools

Glenny Lee Buquet

Former Member, Louisiana Board of Elementary and Secondary Education
Education Activist

Janet Connell

Founder and President, Quality Support Coordination, Inc.

Joan Coulter

Community Activist

Rev. Lawrence Houston

Principal, St. Peter Claver Catholic School

Scott Howard

President, New Orleans – Regions Bank

Melissa Juneau, CCC-SLP

Consultant

Meg Marino, M.D.

Pediatric Emergency Medicine Specialist

Cynthia Hedge Morrell

Community Activist

The Honorable Robin D. Pittman

Judge, Orleans Parish

Holly Sharp, CPA, CFE, CFF

Shareholder and Director, LaPorte Sehrt Romig Hand

Arlinda Westbrook

Deputy Superintendent, New Orleans Police Department
Director of the Public Integrity Bureau

Professional Advisory Board

Our Professional Advisory Board is comprised of a group of 12 professional individuals who have volunteered to offer advice and guidance to CDL.

Robert B. Brooks, Ph.D.

Clinical Psychologist
Assistant Clinical Professor,
Harvard Medical School
Needham, MA

Louisa C. Moats, Ph.D.

Moats Associates Consulting, Inc.

G. Emerson Dickman, III, J.D.

Attorney at Law
Immediate Past President
International Dyslexia Association
Maywood, NJ

Joanne Quinn, MBA

Quinn Consultants, Inc.
Toronto, Canada

Michael Fullan, Ph.D.

Dean Emeritus
Ontario Institute for Studies in Education,
University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada

Craig T. Ramey, Ph.D.

Distinguished Scholar and Professor
Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute
Roanoke, VA

Sam Goldstein, Ph.D.

Clinical Instructor Department of Psychiatry,
University of Utah School of Medicine
Salt Lake City, UT

Carol Rolheiser, Ph.D.

Director
Centre for Teaching Support and Innovation
University of Toronto
Toronto, Canada

Edward M. Hallowell, M.D.

Child & Adult Psychiatrist;
Senior Lecturer, Harvard Medical School;
Director, Hallowell Center for Cognitive and Emotional Health
Arlington, MA

Timothy Shanahan, Ph.D.

Distinguished Professor Emeritus
University of Illinois at Chicago
Chicago, IL

G. Reid Lyon, Ph.D.

Synergistic Education Solutions

Robert Sternberg, Ph.D.

Provost and Senior Vice President
Oklahoma State University
Stillwater, OK

Community Advisory Board

A group of 9 individuals from the community who have volunteered to offer advice and guidance to CDL.

Gerard Ballanco, M.D., FAAP

Pediatrician (Ret.)

Stephen Hales, M.D.

Hales Pediatrics, New Orleans

Gordon Blundell, Jr., M.D.

Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist

Ruby Bridges Hall

President, Ruby Bridges Foundation

Jack Donahue

Louisiana State Senator
President, Donahue Favret Contractors

Mary Lou Ochsner

Community Leader

Vaughan Fitzpatrick

Community Activist

Robert D. Reily

Chairman, The Standard Companies

The Honorable John W. Greene

Judge, 22nd Judicial District (Ret.)

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