Governance of the K-12 Education Initiative

The Initiative on Improving K-12 Education is co-chaired by Kenji Hakuta, The Lee L. Jacks Professor of Education and Helen Quinn, professor of Particle Physics and Astrophysics. A faculty steering committee - with representation from each of the schools and the Hoover Institution - serves as the Initiative's governing body in making decisions on all major Initiative programs and activities, including faculty grants.

Contact: k12education@stanford.edu

Members of the K12 Initiative Steering Committee:
Kenji Hakuta, Co-Chair - (School of Education)
Helen Quinn, Co-Chair - (SLAC) 
Kevin R. Arrigo - (School of Earth Sciences)
Pam Grossman - (School of Education)
Eric Hanushek - (Hoover Institution)
Craig Heller - (Biological Sciences)
Rosemary Knight - (School of Earth Sciences, on sabbitical 2008-2009)
Bill Koski - (School of Law)
Andrea Lunsford - (English Department)
Paul Oyer - (Graduate School of Business)
Eric Roberts – (Department of Computer Science)
Sheri Sheppard - (School of Engineering)
Guadalupe Valdés - (School of Education)
Marilyn Winkleby - (School of Medicine)

The K12 Initiative Executive Director is Mary L. Kiely, Ph.D.
Contact: mkiely@stanford.edu

The K12 Initiative Development Officer is Tanya Capuano
Contact: Tanya.Capuano@stanford.edu

The Initiative's Advisory Board is chaired by T. Robert Burke, Stanford Class of 1964, J.D., 1967.