ACT Board of Directors

Richard L. Ferguson, CEO and Chairman of the Board, ACT
Dixie L. Axley, Vice President, Learning and Development (Retired), State Farm Insurance Companies
James E. Bostic, Jr., Managing Director, HEP and Associates and Partner, Coleman Lew & Associates
Sarita E. Brown, President, Excelencia in Education
Carl A. Cohn, Clinical Professor of Urban School Leadership, Claremont Graduate University
D. Robert Graham, Former U.S. Senator, State of Florida
Karen A. Holbrook, Vice President for Research and Innovation, University of South Florida, Tampa
Roberts T. Jones, President, Education and Workforce Policy, LLC
Mark D. Musick, President Emeritus, Southern Regional Education Board and Chair of Excellence, East Tennessee State University and James H. Quillen Chair of Excellence, East Tennessee State University
Charles B. Reed, Chancellor, The California State University
Richard W. Riley, Former Secretary of Education and Senior Partner, Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough, LLP
J. Theodore Sanders, Chancellor, Ellis University
Belle S. Wheelan, President, Commission on Colleges, Southern Association of Colleges and Schools