NCAC Board Members and Staff

Executive Board and Staff

Dr. Jay Steele
President, NCAC

Jessica Lopp
Operations Manager, NCAC

Connie Majka
Director for Professional Learning, NCAC

Pam Daly
Board Chair, NCAC

CMO & Managing Partner,
DK Brand Strategy

Susan Katzman
Secretary, NCAC

Retired Director,
Career & Technical Education St. Louis Public Schools

Angie Grasberger
Past President, NCAC

Retired SLC/Academy Program Manager

Robin Shrode
Vice Chair, NCAC

Executive Director, John and Deborah Gillis Foundation

Dana Shumate
Treasurer, NCAC

Business Services Manager,
Rogue Workforce Partnership

Advisory Board

Stephen DeWitt

Deputy Executive Director,
Association for Career & Technical Education

Kimberly Green

Executive Director, Advance CTE

Allison Bateman

Director, Community Relations
Ford Next Generation Learning

Scott Warren

Director, State Initiatives
Southern Regional Education Board

Dr. Tameka McGlawn

University of California, UC Berkeley
Executive Director, CCASN

Hans Meeder

President,
National Center for College and Career Transitions

Dr. Theodore Thompson

VP, Engagement & Implementation,
Network for Teaching Entrepreneurship

Operating Board

Dr. James Bailey

Principal,
Whites Creek High School (Nashville, TN)

Dr. Dana Brown

Federal Programs Director, 
Mountain Home Public Schools

Alex Harris

Vice President of Programs
Harold KL Castle Foundation

Steven Cochran

Senior Director, Workforce Education
Polk County School District

John Doerge

Corporate Citizenship at Deloitte

Bridget French

Executive Director of College & Career Readiness,
Rockford Public Schools (Rockford, IL)

Keith Hayashi

Principal,
Waipahu High School (Waipahu, HI)

Dr. Ilene Kantrov

Director, Pathways to College and Careers
Education Development Center

Alan Marnett

CEO, 
Benchfly Consulting

Jessica Mastromatto

Principal
Frank H. Peterson Academies (Duval Co, FL)

Jean Miyahira

Hawaii Consortium of Career Academies

Brad MacLaughlin

K12 Perform

Blake Freeman

Executive Director of Early Postsecondary Success, Hamilton County Schools

Dr. Bryan Johnson

Superintendent,
Hamilton County Schools

Christy Rogers

Assistant Superintendent of High Schools,
Jefferson County Public Schools

Doug Wagner

Deputy Superintendent, School District of Manatee County

Dr. Josh McDowell

Superintendent, Crete Public Schools

Board Emeritus

Judy Stein

Retired Exec. Director
NOVA Southeastern University
Fischler School of Education &
Human Resources

Susan Tidyman

Reg/State Coordinator
College and Career Acad Support Network,
Univ. of California-
Berkeley

Tom Sheaffer

Retired Director, Policy & Evaluation, City of Philadelphia

Retired Exec. Director
Director of the Career and Technical Education, Arkansas Public Schools