Board of Directors

The Board of Directors is composed of the President, President-Elect, Immediate Post-President, Treasurer, fifteen elected members, an appointed student representative and the appointed representatives of the sustaining members. 

Current AEFP Board

Executive Committee

  • President: Michal Kurlaender, University of California, Davis
  • Past-President: Cara Jackson
  • President-Elect: Daphna Bassok, University of Virginia
  • Treasurer: Richard Bowman, Albuquerque Public Schools
  • Executive Director: Grace Kegley (ex-officio member)

Terms expiring at the close of the 2026 conference 

  • Tolani Britton, University of California, Berkeley (at large representative)
  • Beth Schueler, University of Virginia (at large representative)
  • Lucy Sorensen, University at Albany (at large representative)
  • Matthew Duque, Maryland Department of Education (government representative)
  • Stacey Pelika, National Education Association (teacher org representative)
  • Kenton Shimozaki, Vanderbilt University (student representative) 

Terms expiring at the close of the 2027 conference 

  • Tommaso Agasisti, Politecnico di Milano School of Management (international representative)
  • Brendan Bartanen, University of Virginia (at large representative)
  • ​Andrew Jones, Mount Mansfield Unified Union School District (government representative) 
  • Ericka Weathers, University of Pennsylvania (at large representative)

Terms expiring at the close of the 2028 conference 

  • Mark Chin, Vanderbilt University (at large representative)
  • Anna J. Egalite, North Carolina State University (at large representative)
  • Maithreyi Gopalan, University of Oregon (at large representative)
  • Claire Johnson Abbott, Massachusetts Dept. of Elementary & Secondary Education (governmental affiliate)
  • Brian Heseung Kim, The Common Application, Inc. (private / nonprofit affiliate)

Sustaining Members

  • Kyle Arnone, American Federation of Teachers 
  • Tina Collins, United Federation of Teachers