ACT Names New Board of Directors

As of fall 2002, a 13-member board has replaced the 15-member board of trustees that had governed ACT since the early 1960s.

“The board’s composition reflects an evolution in ACT’s programs and services over the past two decades,” said ACT Chief Executive Officer Richard L. Ferguson. “The directors are distinguished individuals from both education and business and, as a group, are representative of the span of interests served by ACT’s growing array of programs and services.”

The ACT state organizations, a long-valued source of information and counsel, will continue to function as they have throughout ACT’s 43-year history. Each state organization has direct access to the corporation through a state representative, ensuring a voice in matters related to ACT programs and services in its state.

ACT’s new board of directors comprises the following:

Richard L. Ferguson, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board, ACT Thomas B. Hayward, Admiral, Former U.S. Chief of Naval Operations (retired) Karen A. Holbrook, President, The Ohio State University Roberts T. Jones, President and CEO (Retired), National Alliance of Business Mark D. Musick, President, Southern Regional Education Board Charles B. Reed, Chancellor, The California State University System Richard W. Riley, Senior Partner, Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, L.L.P., and former U.S. Secretary of Education Roy Romer, Superintendent of Schools, Los Angeles Unified School District, and former Governor of Colorado

J. Theodore Sanders, President, Education Commission of the States, and former Acting U.S. Secretary of Education Lionel Sosa, Marketing Consultant, LKSosa Consultation and Design Louis W. Sullivan, President Emeritus, Morehouse School of Medicine, and former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Belle S. Wheelan, Secretary of Education, Commonwealth of Virginia Lutz Ziob, General Manager, Microsoft Training and Certification

ACT’s New Education Division Advisory Board

ACT has instituted an expanded advisory structure. Two new ACT advisory boards, one focused on education and the other on workforce development, have been created.

“The advisory boards have been constituted in a manner that ensures ACT has access to the best possible advice on its programs and services in these two areas,” said ACT Chief Executive Officer Richard L. Ferguson. “Like the board of directors, members of the advisory boards are accomplished professionals from a broad range of disciplines, including representatives from ACT’s state organizations.”

ACT’s Education Division Advisory Board includes:

• Thomas L. Bowling, Associate Vice President for Student and Educational Services, Frostburg State University, Frostburg, Maryland
• Jimmy Clarke, Deputy Commissioner for Planning, Research and Performance, Louisiana Board of Regents, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
• Timothy J. Desch, Director, Undergraduate Admissions, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona
• James P. Dwyer, Director of Admissions/Financial Aid, Saginaw Valley State University, University Center, Michigan
• Fred Gainous, President, Florida A&M, Tallahassee, Florida
• Lisa B. Harris, Assistant Vice President for Undergraduate Admissions and Financial Aid, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
• Robert A. Levy, Vice Provost and Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee
• Deidra Lewis, Vice Chancellor Academic Affairs, Planning and Research, City Colleges of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
• David A. Longanecker, Executive Director, WICHE, Boulder, Colorado
• Leonard A. McIntyre, Deputy Superintendent, Director of Professional Development and School Quality, South Carolina State Department of Education, Columbia, South Carolina
• Dr. Dolores A. Mize, Associate Vice Chancellor and Special Assistant to the Chancellor, Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
• Ruben D. Olivarez, Superintendent, San Antonio Independent School District, San Antonio, Texas
• Janis Somerville, Senior Associate, University System of Maryland and NASH, Washington, DC
• John J. Sygielski, Vice Chancellor for Workforce Development and Continuing Education, Virginia Community College System, Richmond, Virginia

ACT’s New Workforce Development Division Advisory Board

• Chairman: Daniel G. Barney, President and Chief Operating Officer of Workforce Development, ACT, Inc., Iowa City, Iowa
• Keith Bird, Chancellor, Kentucky Community and Technical College System, Lexington, Kentucky
• Carole A. Cowan, President, Middlesex Community College, Lowell, Massachusetts
• John L. Fuller, Sr., Director of Registration and Records, West Virginia State College, Charleston, West Virginia
• Ron Lehman, Commissioner Representing Employers, Texas Workforce Commission, Austin, Texas
• Neil A. Mandsager, Executive Director of Enrollment Management and Marketing, Eastern Iowa Community College District, Davenport, Iowa
• Fernando Nielbla, Technology Partners International, Orange, California
• Wayne Stonecypher, Executive Director, Mississippi State Board for Community and Junior Colleges, Jackson, Mississippi
• Kevin Wheeler, President, Global Learning Resources, Inc., Fremont, California
• Dan Walker, Chief Talent Officer, Apple Computers, Cupertino, California