Board of Directors
Amy Colton
Chair, 2024-2025
Janet Ciarrocca
Chair Elect; Vice Chair Governance
Debra Radi
Past Chair, 2022-2023; Vice Chair Strategic Planning
Ankhe Bradley
Vice Chair Scholarships & Grants
Janice Bradley
Ambassador; Past-Chair, 2020-2021
Debbie Cooke
Ambassador
Nadine Butts
Scholarships & Grants
Ingrid Carney
Research & Support
Crystal Cooper
Secretary
Victoria Duff
Ambassador; Past Chair, 2014-2015
Karen Dyer
Governance
Ayesha Farag
Ambassador
Deborah Jackson
Ambassador
Heather Lageman
Ambassador; Past Chair, 2018-2019
Karla McAdam
Vice Chair Research & Support
Larissa McCoy-Mitti
Ambassador
Zipporah Miller
Research & Support
Kimberly Moody
Scholarships & Grants
Judy Newhouse
Ambassador
Barry Olhausen
Ambassador
Terry Pruitt
Treasurer
Tom Schmidt
Ambassador
Rosemary Seitel
Vice Chair Fundraising
Robyn Sullivan-Jackson
Ambassador
Learning Forward Liasons
Niki Gamble
Learning Forward Staff Liaison
Denise Swee’alt Augustine
Learning Forward Board of Trustees Liaison
Founders/Advisors
Cathy Berlinger-Gustafson
Founder
Marti Richardson
Past Chair, 2012-2013; Advisor
Sybil Yastrow
Founder
Our vision
Educate, innovate, transform, educator Professional Learning.
Our mission
The Learning Forward Foundation supports the development of educators' capacity to improve student learning through innovation and improvement that transforms professional learning, framed by the Learning Forward's Standards for Professional Learning and implemented with a coherent design through grants, scholarships, and professional support.