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The following is a roster of some
of the consultants who participate in SchoolMatch FairCompare Analyses.
Team members are selected for a particular project with
regard to experience in similar districts, knowledge of functions which
need to be performed in the analysis and specialized expertise.
Donna Maria Alvarado,
M.A. , former CEO of Quest
International, a multi-national educational publisher with sales in 30
countries, is the former director of ACTION, the US government's volunteer
agency. She was recognized by first lady Hillary Clinton and VISTA magazine as
one of nine Hispanic women in Fortune 500 corporate board governance and has
received the Distinguished Service Award from The Ohio State University. Ms.
Alvarado is founder and Managing Director of Aguila International, and serves
as Chair of the Board of the Central Ohio Technical College and is Board
President of the Par Excellence school. She holds BA and MA degrees from The
Ohio State University and completed coursework in business at The Wharton
School.
Larry Anderson, CPA, is
former Coopers & Lybrand Partner in charge of the Moscow, Russia, office.
He served C&L for 33 years, 23 years as a Partner. He also is former
European Director of Neoprobe Corporation and Past-President & CEO of
medical device manufacturer, Paraspinal. He is a founding Board Member of the
American Chamber of Commerce, Russia; Salvation Army, Columbus; and Kiwanis
Foundation, Columbus. He previously served on the Board of Directors of The
Learning Juncture, a visionary career education program designed to provide
secondary school students with opportunities to interact with mentors in
professions of interest. He serves as an Advisory Board Member to the Richard
T. Farmer School of Business at Miami University where he received his degree
in Accounting. He has done advanced graduate work at the Wharton School of
Business at the University of Pennsylvania.
Dr. Karen S. Angello, Educational
Consultant and former superintendent of three school districts in
Massachusetts, South Carolina and New Hampshire. She previously served in
administrative positions managing staff development, strategic planning,
research, evaluation, migrant education and special education in Colorado and
Montana. She served as a member of the Harvard University Superintendents'
Roundtable, the Third Annual Congress for Exemplary Superintendents and the
Board of the National Effective Schools Institute. She earned her Ph.D. at the
University of Colorado at Boulder.
Dr. William L. Bainbridge, currently serves as
President and CEO of SchoolMatch, and as a Distinguished Research Professor at
The University of Dayton. He is the former superintendent of three school
districts in Ohio and Virginia, and former Assistant to the Ohio
Superintendent of Public Instruction. He was named Educator of the Year by the
Ohio PTA and has served as educational consultant to over 400 corporations and
hundreds of school systems. The Fellow of the American College of Forensic
Examiners is a Diplomate of the National Academy for School Executives. He has been featured on NBC's Today Show, ABC's Good Morning
America, CNN, NPR, CBS radio and over 400 national and local television and
radio programs. He earned his Ph.D. at The Ohio State University, and
completed post-doctoral studies at Columbia University.
Dr. Shirli M. Billings, Senior Executive
Consultant at SchoolMatch. She previously served as superintendent of
three school systems in Ohio, Minnesota and New Jersey, Director of
Secondary Schools for the Cleveland (OH) Public School District, Dean
at Ohio's Central State University College of Education, and Vice President
for Human Resource Development with Honeywell, Inc. She earned her Ph.D.
in educational leadership and business administration at The Ohio State
University.
Dr. Anthony F. Bisciglia, is Editor and
Publisher of The Effective School Report, a monthly educational publication
dedicated to the improvement of education through the implementation of the
effective school correlates. He previously served as superintendent of the
Kenosha Unified School District #1, the fifth largest school district in the
State of Wisconsin.
Dr. Richard A. Boyd, is the former chairman of
the National Assessment of Educational Progress, former executive committee
member of the Council of Chief State School Officers, American Association of
School Administrators and Education Commission of the States. He is
past-president of the Buckeye Association of School Administrators and served
as State Superintendent of Education for the state of Mississippi. He was
Deputy State Superintendent of Schools in Cleveland (OH), Lakewood (OH), and
Warren (OH). He is former Executive Director of the Martha Holden Jennings
Foundation and holds a doctorate in educational administration from the
University of Akron.
Dr. Suzanne Burkholder, Educational Consultant,
is a Past President of the American Association of School Personnel
Administrators, Past President of The Ohio State University chapter of Phi
Delta Kappa and the Columbus Mortar Board Alumni. She is a former
administrator in the Mayfield City and Southwestern City School Districts in
Ohio. She has served as Interim Superintendent, Assistant Superintendent,
Director of Personnel and Field Experience Supervisor. Dr. Burkholder also was
an adjunct professor in the College of Education at The Ohio State University,
where she earned her Ph.D. and received the Alumni "Award of Distinction."
Dr. Mel D. Coleman, Program Professor in
Educational Leadership for Nova Southeastern University, is former
Superintendent of the Mansfield (OH) Public Schools, Deputy Superintendent of
the Palm Beach County (FL) Public Schools and Deputy Superintendent of the
Columbus (OH) Public Schools. He has also served as the Executive Director of
the Austin Independent School District (TX). He holds a doctorate from
Columbia University in educational administration.
Dr. Rosie N. Doughty, Assistant Director, Ohio
Department of Education and former superintendent of two school districts in
Missouri and Ohio. The former head of the Cleveland Area Scholarship and
Escrow Program earned her doctorate at The Ohio State University.
George R. Fichter, M.A., Consultant for Special
Education Services at SchoolMatch, also consultant in private practice, Gifted
Programs and Policies, former Director of Programs for Gifted and Talented,
Ohio Department of Education, Past-Chairman, National Coalition for the
Advancement of Gifted Education. He holds a master's degree from Kent State
University.
Allan L. Forsythe, M.A., M.B.A., Vice President
for Private SchoolMatch, has more than 25 years experience in private schools.
After a five year term as teacher and head of the American School for Boys in
Talas-Kayseri, Turkey, Mr. Forsythe served as a teacher and administrator at
St. Albans School in Washington, D.C., assistant head and headmaster of the
Carroll School in Lincoln, MA and headmaster of the Marburn Academy in
Columbus, Ohio. The latter two schools were specialized schools for learning
disabled children. He is a Fellow of the Washington Academy of Science, the
American College of Forensic Examiners and a Diplomate of the American Board
of Forensic Examiners. He received a B.S. in chemical engineering, an M.S. in
physical chemistry from Case-Western University, and his M.B.A. from
Northeastern University.
William A.Guy, has over thirty years experience
in public-sector financial management. The former Chief Financial Officer for
the Columbus (OH) Public Schools also served as Deputy Treasurer for the State
of Ohio, treasurer for the Lockland (OH) City schools and Assistant Treasurer
for the Cincinnati (OH) Public Schools and has served as President of the
Central Ohio chapter of the Association of Government Accountants and
President of the Ohio School Employees Retirement System Board of Directors.
Mr. Guy holds the Certified Financial Government Manager Credential awarded by
the Association of Government Accountants.
Cameron M. Harris, MEd, Assistant State
Superintendent for Assessment and Reporting, and former Division Chief for
Information Systems, Virginia Department of Education, and former Executive
Director in the Hampton (VA) City Schools. She has served in administrative
positions managing program evaluation, curriculum development and supervision,
and special education in both urban and rural settings. She is currently
developing and managing all Virginia statewide assessments, including the new
Standards of Learning tests which serve as the foundation of Virginia's
educational reform efforts and the state's School Performance Report Card. She
holds a master's degree in curriculum and supervision from the College of
William and Mary and completed advanced graduate courses at institutions
including UCLA and VPI.
Gene T. Harris, currently serves as
Superintendent of Columbus, Ohio, Public School District. She is
former Chief Instructional Program Officer for the State of Ohio
Department of Education. She has served as Assistant Superintendent
for Curriculum and Instruction, as well as Principal in two high schools
in Columbus. She earned her Ph.D. at Ohio University.
Dr. Elizabeth Holtzapple, is the Senior Evaluator with
the Cincinnati (OH) Public Schools where she evaluates school reform efforts, curricular
initiatives and school-based programs. Previously she was Evaluation Manager with the
Arizona Office of the Auditor General where she oversaw the evaluation of statewide education,
social and health programs. During her tenure with the Auditor’s Office she earned the Auditor
General’s award for technical excellence and recognition for outstanding methodology from the
National Legislative Program Evaluation Society. Dr. Holtzapple began her career in 1980 with
the Allegheny Intermediate Unit in Pittsburgh (PA) , where she conducted program evaluations
and coordinated its long range and strategic planning efforts at the regional and school system levels.
Dr. Holtzapple received her Bachelor’s Degree from Rutgers College and earned a Masters Degree
and Ph.D. from the University of Pittsburgh.
Martin M. Kane is Past President of the Ohio
Association of Secondary School Administrators, recipient of the Distinguished
Professor Award from the American Association of School Administrators /
National Academy for School Executives and currently serves as Director of the
Educational Administration Program at Ursuline College. He was formerly
principal of three secondary schools. He is a member of the Kent State
University Athletic Hall of Fame and a member of the National Advisory Board
for the Association of Student Councils. He is a doctoral candidate at Kent
State University.
Dr. Richard P. Koeppe, past president of the
Colorado Association of School Executives, has 22 years experience in
superintendency positions including the chief executive roles in both the
Denver (CO) and Cherry Creek (CO) Public Schools. He also has served on the
board of the Kent-Denver School, a private college preparatory school. He
served as Professor in Educational Administration at the University of
Colorado at Denver. The past-president of the Denver (CO) Rotary Club holds
his Ph.D. in testing and guidance from the University of Wisconsin, Madison.
Dr. Sherry A. Lahr, Associate Professor of
Education at Ashland University, former superintendent and administrator in
four school districts, former regional director for curriculum technology
integration for a major national curriculum software developer, and the first
and only female president of the Buckeye Association of School Administrators.
In 1998, she was named Rotarian of the Year by the Rotary Club of Columbus,
where she serves as Scholarship Committee Chair. Dr. Lahr earned her doctorate
from the University of Tennessee.
Dr. Frederic K. Lawrence, Senior Consultant for
Psychological and Special Education Services at SchoolMatch, American College
of Forensic Examiners qualified expert in psychology and education litigation
issues, former director of Pupil Services and Special Education in the
Grandview Heights (OH) City Schools and former NDEA Fellow in school
psychology. He holds a doctorate from The Ohio State University.
Dr. Stephen F. Loebs, Past-President of the
Upper Arlington (OH) Board of Education, Chairman of the Division of Health
Services Management & Policy and Associate Dean of the School of Public
Health at The Ohio State University. He is a former Chairman of the Board of
Directors of the Association of University Programs in Health Administration,
is an active Diplomate of the American College of Healthcare Executives and is
a Commissioner for the Accrediting Commission on Education for Health Services
Administration. He is the National Consultant on Health Services
Administration for the Office of Surgeon General, United States Air Force. He
earned his doctorate in Medical Care Organization from the University of
Michigan.
Dr. James C. Manley, Superintendent of the
Pine-Richland (PA) School District, former Superintendent of the Northgate
(PA) School District, former Assistant Superintendent in the Northgate School
District, and former Coordinator of Pupil Services in the North Allegheny
School District (PA). In 1998, he served as Superintendent of Record for nine
school districts on the north side of Allegheny County and the City of
Pittsburgh Public Schools, when that group initiated Audits of Educational
Effectiveness for its collective 76,131 students. Dr. Manley was named
"Citizen of the Year" by the Bellevue Chamber of Commerce and has made
presentations to the American Association of School Administrators and over 30
school systems throughout the country. He holds a doctorate in educational
administration from the University of Pittsburgh. · Robert L. Manley, CPA,
served as the Assistant Superintendent for Business and Related Services for
Polk County, Florida, Schools for 35 years. Concurrently, for more than 20
years, he taught business and accounting courses at Polk Community College,
and he maintains a private CPA practice. Mr. Manley is Past President of the
Florida School Finance Officers' Association, Florida Association of School
Business Officials, and the Polk Association of School Administrators. He is
also Past Chair of the Florida School Finance Council. Mr. Manley earned his
Master of Arts degree from the University of Florida.
William R. Mason, Jr. M.Ed., Vice President for
Consulting Services at SchoolMatch, American College of Forensic Examiners
qualified expert in school litigation issues, former assistant superintendents
of the Newark (OH) City Schools, principal, teacher, and two-time President of
the Ohio Association of School Personnel Administrators. He holds a Master's
Degree in educational leadership from Kent State University and continues to
serve as an NCAA basketball and Lacrosse official.
Dr. Louis A. Mazzoli, Superintendent, Ohio State
School for the Blind, former Executive Director, Special Education and Special
Community Projects, Columbus Ohio Public Schools, former State Commissioner,
Ohio Department of Mental Retardation and Past-Chairman of the Coalition for
the Education of Handicapped Children. He earned his doctorate at the
University of Pittsburgh.
Dr. Roderick J. McDavis,
President, Ohio University in Athens, Ohio.
He is former Provost at Virginia
Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia. He is former Dean of the
College of Education and Professor at the University of Florida in
Gainesville. He previously served as Dean of the College of Education at the
University of Arkansas and also was Director of the Arkansas Academy for
Leadership Training and School Based Management. Dr. McDavis is Chair-Elect of
the Board of Directors of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher
Education. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Toledo.
Dr. Gail F. McKinzie has been Superintendent of
Indian Prairie School District 204, Naperville IL, since 1995. District 204 is
one of the fastest growing school systems in the nation. Dr. McKinzie is
former Superintendent and senior administrator in several school districts in
Missouri and Iowa; lecturer in curriculum and instruction at the University of
Missouri and Iowa State University; and consultant to Phi Delta Kappa. Among
her considerable honors are the Iowa Excellence in Administration Award and
Missouri PTA Life Award. Dr. McKinzie serves as a Director on the boards of
Rush Copley Hospital, Naperville YMCA, and Knox Retirement Village, in
addition to her work with Aurora and Naperville Chambers of Commerce, Rotary
International and a host of professional organizations. Dr. McKinzie earned
her PhD from Iowa State University and completed post-doctoral work in
Educational Administration at the University of Missouri.
Dr. Bruce E. Mousa served as Chief Business
Officer for the Worthington (OH) City Schools for many years, where he also
served as Director of Business Services and Administrative Specialist for
Personnel. He chaired the Ohio Public Schools Committee for the All-Ohio
Safety Congress and was educational consultant to LINC Resource on the Market
Linkage Project in Special Education. The former Treasurer of the Ohio
Association of School Personnel Administrators was named Administrator of the
year by the Ohio Association of School Personnel Administrators, and holds
Certification in Strategic Planning from the AASA National Academy for School
Executives. He received his Ph.D. in educational leadership from The Ohio
State University.
Dr. George E. Pawlas is Associate Professor of
Educational Leadership at the University of Central Florida. He previously
served in administrative and teaching capacities in Georgia, Kentucky, Ohio
and South Carolina. Dr. Pawlas has written extensively on issues regarding
building level school leadership and school communications. His Ph.D. is from
the University of South Carolina.
Dr. C. Daniel Raisch, Associate Dean, College of
Education, University of Dayton and former superintendent of two school
districts, former president of the Dayton Area Superintendents Association and
Western Ohio Superintendent and Principal Roundtable, former chair of several
evaluation teams for the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools. He
earned his Ph.D. in educational administration from Miami (OH) University.
Robert A. Sampieri, Senior Executive Consultant
for SchoolMatch, is the former Director of K-12 Education at the Management
Consulting Practice of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC) where he directed,
managed and provided consultant services to the K-12 Education sector. He
previously served as Chief Operating Officer of the Chicago (IL) Public School
District, Deputy Superintendent of the Pasadena (CA) Unified School District,
Associate Superintedent of the Compton (CA) Unified School District and
Director of Educational and Management Services for the Los Angeles (CA)
Unified School District. With more than 35 years of executive level experience
in the management and administration of medium and larger urban school systems,
he has provided consulting services and directed several comprehensive management
and financial reviews for school districts such as the New York City Public Schools,
Philadelphia (PA) City Schools, Houston (TX) Independent School District, as well
as many other medium sized school districts across the nation. Mr. Sampieri received
his M.A. in Educational Management and Administration from the California State
University at Northridge.
Dr. I. Thomas Sheppard, Management Consultant in
the fields of education, organizational development and management education.
He has served as an executive with a Fortune 100 corporation, a U.S. Army
Airborne officer, a senior member of the U.S. intelligence community and a
professor at the University of Texas in El Paso. He publishes regularly in
journals such as the Harvard Business Review, the American Management
Association's Management Review, Supervisory Management and Management
World.
Dr. James D. Stock, Senior Executive Consultant
with SchoolMatch, is a former superintendent of the Lebanon (OH) City Schools,
assistant superintendent in the Princeton and Mariemont (OH) City Schools, as
well as the deputy superintendent for the Montgomery (OH) Board of MR/DD. He
has served on the undergraduate and graduate faculties at Miami University. He
has participated in a number of North Central Association school district
evaluations, and earned his Ph.D. in Educational Administration from Miami
(OH) University.
Dr. Steven M. Sundre currently serves as
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of SchoolMatch and as a
Distinguished Research Professor at The University of Dayton. He is a former
Executive Director of the Accrediting Commission on Education for Health
Services Administration, Washington, D.C., where he currently serves as the
elected public member of the Board. He has been a Kellogg Fellow and former
graduate faculty member, The Ohio State University College of Medicine. He
serves on the Board of Directors of Support for Talented Students, a
non-profit organization assisting low-income children with special gifts and
talents. He earned his Ph.D. in educational leadership and organizational
behavior at The Ohio State University, where he received the Thomas Holy Award
in educational research.
Dr. M. Donald Thomas, Chairman of the
SchoolMatch Advisory Board, former Superintendent of Schools in Salt Lake
City, Utah, previously educational accountability advisor to the governors of
South Carolina, Tennessee, and South Dakota. He has achieved national
recognition as a school administrator, education reformer, researcher, author
and speaker. The Horace Mann League honored him as "Educator of the Year"
1997. Thomas earned his doctorate at the University of Illinois.
Dr. Donald R. Thompson, Past President of the
American Association of School Administrators, previous Superintendent of
Schools in Montgomery County (OH), and current Executive Director of the
Montgomery County (OH) Scholarship Program. He is a former regional president
of an educational publishing firm and received his Ph.D. from Bowling Green
State University.
Dr. Thomas S. Tocco, is Superintendent of the 79,000 student
Fort Worth Independent School District in Texas. Fort Worth is the seventh fastest growing
school system in the nation with an extremely diverse population. While in 1994,
the FWISD was projected under the Texas Education Agency system to have 74
low-performing schools, under Tocco's leadership FWISD now has 32 schools
rated exemplary or recognized and only two that receive less than an acceptable
performance rating. Tocco previously served as superintendent of the 70,000
student Cobb County School system in Georgia and the St. Charles Parish School
System in Louisiana. He has been twice selected by Executive Educator Magazine
as among the 100 best school executives in the nation. In 2002, the American
Association of School Administrators named him superintendent of the year in
Texas. Both Fort Worth and St. Charles Parish have participated in the Audit of
Educational Effectiveness. After graduating with honors in mathematics and
chemistry from the University of Florida, the Miami native received a fellowship
from the Gainesville campus, where he completed his doctorate.
Dr. Franklin B. Walter is Vice President for
Public Finance Services at A.G. Edwards and Superintendent of Residence in the
Department of Educational Leadership at The Ohio State University. His 13
years of service as Ohio Superintendent of Public Instruction is a state
record. He previously served as Deputy and Assistant State School
Superintendent and superintendent of two Ohio school districts. He is
past-president of the Council of Chief State School Officers of the United
States and a past board member of the American Association of School
Administrators. He has an unparalleled list of awards for his service to
public education and holds a doctorate from The Ohio State University.
Dr. Sharon Yates, Director of the South Regional
(OH) Professional Development Center, which facilitates professional
development for 4500 educators in 150 school buildings enrolling over 51,000
students, and professor in education at the Ohio University Southern Campus.
She holds a doctorate from West Virginia University in administration and
reading education.
Dorothy A. Zerger, M.A., Special Education Consultant at
SchoolMatch, former teacher and special education administrator, Newark (OH)
City Schools, past member of Executive Committee and present Governing Board
Member of Ohio Coalition for Education of Children with Disabilities. She is
the recipient of the Career Achievement Award from The Ohio State University
College of Education Alumni Society and the Professionally Recognized Special
Educator Certificate for Special Education Teaching and Special Education
Administration for the Council for Exceptional Children.
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