Current Board Members

Rene Paddags Chair 
Associate Professor of Political Science
Ashland College
Ashland, OH 44805

Dale Larson Vice Chair/Treasurer
Vice-President Business and Finance/CFO
Dallas Theological Seminary
Dallas, TX 75204

Joshua Hochschild
Professor of Philosophy
Mount St. Mary’s University
Emmitsburg, MD 21727

Stephen Balch
Institute for the Study of Western Civilization
Texas Tech University
Lubbock, TX 79409 

Geoffrey Baum
Executive Director
Michelson Philanthropy
Los Angeles, CA 90017

Ted Eismeier
Vice President
Whiteboard Advisors
Washington, DC 20007

Kathryn Hougham 
Program Associate
Philanthropy Roundtable
Washington, DC 20036

Peter Keith
Partner
Gallagher Evelius and Jones LLP
Baltimore, MD 21201

Gary Kelly 
Consultant and Attorney
305 Madison Avenue 
New York, NY 10165

Terry Croy Lewis
Executive Director
Colorado Charter School Institute
Denver, CO 80202

Robert Maranto
Endowed Chair, Dept. of Education Reform
University of Arkansas
Fayetteville, AR 72701

Karl SchumannSecretary
Principal
plowshareSolutions
Front Royal, VA 22630

Robert Manzer (ex-officio)
President
American Academy for Liberal Education
Washington, DC 20016

Amy Richards (ex-officio)
Chair, Council of Scholars
American Academy for Liberal Education
Washington, DC 20016

Mary Ann Powers (ex-officio) 
Executive Director 
American Academy for Liberal Education
Washington, DC 20016