Meet Our Podcast Hosts

 

Arthur Griffin

Arthur Griffin, Jr. is vice president of the Urban Resource Advisory for McGraw-Hill Education. Prior to joining McGraw-Hill Education, he served as chair of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg (North Carolina) Board of Education in 1985. He recently received the Richard R. Green award, as National Educator of the Year, sponsored by the Council of the Great City Schools.

Mr. Griffin has been a guest lecturer at Harvard University’s Graduate School of Education and a resident faculty member of the Broad and Texas Institute for School Board Members. Mr. Griffin is registered with the Texas Education Agency as a school board trainer. He has served on the Executive Committee of the Council of the Great City Schools and Steering Committee of the Council of Urban Boards of Education.

He earned a bachelor of Lliberal arts from the University at Albany of the State of New York. Mr. Griffin is a Vietnam veteran and a retired Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Army. 

Sheryl Neal

Sheryl Neal is Vice President of National Urban Markets for McGraw-Hill Education.  In her role, she works closely with regional sales teams and top-level school administrators to identify solutions to improve student performance through excellence in instruction, curriculum and assessment.  

Prior to her appointment, Ms. Neal was executive vice president of strategic accounts for Voyager Expanded Learning in Dallas, a provider of instructional materials and programs.

Before that, Ms. Neal was a McGraw-Hill Education vice president of Urban Accounts, responsible for developing SRA/McGraw-Hill’s marketing strategy for large markets, establishing relationships with key decisionmakers in urban districts, and training sales staff.  Earlier, she was a senior sales representative with McDougal Littell Publishing Company. She began her career as an elementary school teacher in Port Arthur, Texas.
 
Ms. Neal obtained a bachelor's degree in Elementary Education from Lamar University and master of arts from Prairie View A&M University.  

Stan Paz

Dr. Estanislado “Stan” Paz, Vice President at McGraw Hill Education, most recently was superintendent of the Tucson Unified School District.  He retired in 2004 after four years at the helm of the 63,000-student district.  He began his career as a teacher in Tucson in 1971, and rose through the ranks to become Deputy Superintendent.

Dr. Paz also served as the Superintendent of the El Paso ISD, where he became Texas Superintendent of the Year in 1994.  He later served as Director of the National Academy for School Executives and Regional Vice President for Sylvan Learning Systems. Dr. Paz is President of the National Association of Latino Administrators and Superintendents, a member of the Executive Board of the Council of Great City Schools, and a member of the Advisory Committee for Harvard University’s Urban Superintendents Program.  He has participated in President Bush’s Education Roundtable and the White House Summit on Early Childhood Cognitive Development.

Dr. Paz received his Bachelors, Masters and Doctor of Education from the University of Arizona.

Carolyn Pearson

Carolyn Pearson serves as vice president of urban accounts for McGraw-Hill Education.  In her position, Carolyn is responsible for securing connections between McGraw-Hill and urban centered school districts.  Carolyn is a former teacher from Miami, Florida.  She received her Bachelor’s degree in education from Tuskegee University and a Masters in Administration from Howard University.  Carolyn currently lives in Washington, DC.

 

Jason Marshall

Jason Marshall is Vice President of National Urban Markets for the McGraw-Hill Urban Advisory Resource. In his role, Mr. Marshall works closely with regional sales teams and top-level school administrators to identify solutions to improve student performance through excellence in instruction, curriculum and assessment. Prior to his appointment, Mr. Marshall was the Vice President of Urban Education for the McGraw-Hill School Solutions group, working with regional sales teams on marketing strategies and with urban school districts on k-12 curriculum solutions. Earlier, Mr. Marshall progressed from sales representative, to district manager, and on to regional vice president in the Glencoe division of McGraw-Hill Education. Mr. Marshall began is career in education as a science teacher in Fort Worth, TX.

Mr. Marshall obtained a Bachelors degree in Psychology, and another in Elementary Education from Kansas State University.

Edward Milliken

A school superintendent for twenty years, Dr. Edward J. Milliken, Ed.D. retired after a 35 year career in education.  For more than a decade, Dr. Milliken served as District Superintendent of Eastern Long Island’s Board of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES) an intermediate public education agency that provides educational services to more than fifty school districts.  Prior to that, Dr. Milliken was Superintendent of Schools for the East Islip School District. 
 
Currently, through his consulting company, Dr. Milliken provides services to school districts, private sector companies, and not-for-profit organizations.  He was President of the New York State Council of School Superintendents and a member of the New York State Commissioner of Education’s Superintendents’ Advisory Council.  Dr. Milliken received the New York Distinguished Service Award, the highest honor that can be bestowed upon a school superintendent.  The endowed “Edward J. Milliken Lighthouse Scholarship Fund” has awarded more than$30,000.00 to high school graduates.

Dr. Milliken received a doctorate and a master’s degree from Teachers College, Columbia University, where he was awarded a fellowship and designated as a Research Fellow for the Institute of Administrative Research.  He acquired a bachelor's degree and another master’s degree from St. John’s University. 

Dan Domenech

Daniel A. Domenech Executive Director of the American Association of School Administrators, prior to joining AASA, Domenech served as senior vice president of the Urban Advisory Resource for McGraw-Hill Education. In this role, he was responsible for building strong relationships with large school districts nationwide and increasing awareness of McGraw-Hill’s educational programs and services.

Prior to his position at McGraw-Hill, Domenech served for six years as superintendent of the Fairfax County, Va., Public Schools, the 12th largest school system in the nation.

Domenech served as president of AASA from July 1998 to June 1999. He is also a past president of the New York State Council of School Superintendents and the Suffolk County Superintendents Association. He was the first president and cofounder of the New York State Association for Bilingual Education. Domenech has served on the U.S. Department of Education National Assessment Governing Board, on the advisory board for the Department of Defense schools, and on the board of directors of the Association for the Advancement of International Education. A native of Cuba who moved to the United States at the age of nine, Domenech has more than 36 years of experience in public education.