Federal School Safety Clearinghouse External Advisory Board Members

The Federal School Safety Clearinghouse External Advisory Board is composed of 26 school safety experts and education leaders. 

  • Ronn Nozoe, Chief Executive Officer, National Association of Secondary School Principals (Chair)
  • Kevin Armstrong, President, National Association of Elementary School Principals
  • Tami Benton, President, American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
  • Shani Buggs, Assistant Professor, University of California Davis Violence Prevention Research Program and Founder, The Black and Brown Collective
  • Mo Canady, Executive Director, National Association of School Resource Officers
  • Noel Candelaria, Secretary-Treasurer, National Education Association
  • Jennifer DePaoli, Senior Researcher, Learning Policy Institute
  • Michele Gay, Founder and Executive Director, Safe and Sound Schools
  • Seth Gerson, Program Director, K-12 Education, National Governors Association
  • Alison Grodzinski, Managing Director, National Center for School Safety
  • Christine Harms, Director, Colorado Office of School Safety
  • Nicole Hockley, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Sandy Hook Promise 
  • Devon Horton, Superintendent, DeKalb County School District, Georgia
  • Yvonne Johnson, President, National Parent Teacher Association
  • Brent Jones, Superintendent, Seattle Public Schools, Washington
  • Liz King, Senior Program Director, Education Equity, The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights
  • Keith Krueger, Chief Executive Officer, Consortium for School Networking
  • Tim Lutz, Superintendent, Red Lake School District, Minnesota
  • Chad Marlow, Senior Policy Counsel, American Civil Liberties Union
  • Donna Michaelis, Director, Virginia Center for School and Campus Safety
  • Tony Montalto, President, Stand With Parkland
  • David Osher, Vice President and Institute Fellow, American Institutes for Research
  • Melissa Reeves, Past President, National Association of School Psychologists
  • Marlene Sallo, Executive Director, National Disability Rights Network
  • David Schuler, Executive Director, The School Superintendents Association
  • Debra Wilson, President, National Association of Independent Schools