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 Liberal 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 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 decision makers 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.
Jeff Livingston is Senior Vice President of Applied career and College Readiness Learning Solutions Center. In this capcity, he is responsible for product development and marketing for McGraw-Hill Educations’ Advanced Placement, Career and Technical Education, Adult Basic Education, Health, Fine Arts and College Readiness curriculum areas. Prior to this assignment, he served as Senior Vice President of Marketing for SRA/McGraw-Hill and Wright Group/McGraw-Hill. Jeff previously served as the Vice President of Urban Markets, Database Marketing and Inside Sales.
Before joining The McGraw-Hill Companies in 2004, Jeff was a successful entrepreneur with specialties in instructional technology and marketing to urban school systems. As Co-founder, President and COO of Achieva.com, Jeff helped to build the largest provider of online test prep and college prep for American high schools. Achieva was sold to the Kaplan K-12 Learning Solutions Division of the Washington Post Company in 2001. Jeff holds a bachelors degree in government and economics from Harvard University and in the early 1990s, he spent several years in investment banking and trading financial derivatives for Merrill-Lynch.
Dr. Estanislado “Stan” Paz, Vice President at McGraw Hill Education, most recently was superintendent of the Tucson Unified School District. He retired 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 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.
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.
Dr. Kathleen “Kathy” P. King, professor of education at Fordham University’s Graduate School of Education in New York City. She is also an award winning author (17 books), popular keynote and conference speaker, faculty coach, and president of Transformation Education LLC. She is recognized for expertise in instructional technology, distance learning, digital media, professional development of educations and innovation. Kathy has led the development of local and global innovative projects reaching over 6.4 million learners via technology (ie. The Teachers Podcast, Talking Fin Lit Podcast). Many of these efforts have been funded by federal, state and corporate grants. Recent professional awards include the AERA Outstanding Book Award (Division I), 2009, and Frandson Book Award (UCEA, 2007). She is a member of the American Society of Journalists and Authors, National Speakers Association, AERA, ISTE and NSDC.
Dr. King earned her Bachelors at Brown University, Providence, RI, her first Masters at Columbia International University, and her Masters and Doctor of Education from Widener University, Chester, PA.
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.
