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Meet the Board of Academic Advisors<\/h2>\n

The CLT Board consists of college presidents & administrators, secondary school heads of schools, and nationally recognized leaders in education.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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CEO: <\/strong><\/h4>\n

Jeremy Tate –\u00a0Founder of CLT<\/em><\/p>\n

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President of the Board:<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Timothy Wiens – CLT Board of Academic Advisors President<\/em><\/p>\n

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Classical Movement Leaders:<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Dale Ahlquist – President, American Chesterton Society<\/em><\/p>\n

Robert Bortins – CEO, Classical Conversations<\/em><\/p>\n

Jeff Brown –\u00a0Head of School, Hunter Classical Christian School<\/em><\/p>\n

Jason Caros – Executive Director of Classical Academics, Founders Classical Academies<\/em><\/p>\n

Eric Cook – President, Society for Classical Learning<\/em><\/p>\n

Martin Cothran – Director, Classical Latin School Association<\/em><\/p>\n

Brian Daigle – Head of School, Great Hearts Online Texas<\/em><\/p>\n

David Diener – Assistant Professor of Education, Hillsdale College; Executive Director, Alcuin Fellowship<\/em><\/p>\n

Amber Dyer – Head of School, Great Hearts Irving<\/em><\/p>\n

David Goodwin – President, Association of Classical Christian Schools<\/em><\/p>\n

Lindsay Hoyt – Founder, Cornerstone Classical Academy & Executive Director, Jacksonville Classical Academy<\/em><\/p>\n

Robert Jackson –\u00a0Founder, Classical Commons<\/em><\/p>\n

Leslie Moeller – Head of School, Geneva School of Boerne<\/em><\/p>\n

Keith Nix – Head of School, Veritas School of Richmond<\/em><\/p>\n

Christopher Perrin – CEO, Classical Academic Press<\/em><\/p>\n

Katharine Savage –\u00a0Head of School, Philadelphia Classical School<\/em><\/p>\n

Michael Van Hecke – Founder and President, Institute for Catholic Liberal Education<\/em><\/p>\n

Andrew Zwerneman – President, Cana Academy<\/em><\/p>\n

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College and University Leaders:<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Deborah Allen – Independent Consultant, Athena College and Vocational Coaching<\/em><\/p>\n

Mark Bauerlein – Professor, Emory University and Senior Editor, First Things<\/em><\/p>\n

John Burtka – President, Intercollegiate Studies Institute<\/em><\/p>\n

Phil Cook – President, Lee University<\/em><\/p>\n

Dan Coupland – Dean of Masters in Classic Education, Hillsdale College<\/em><\/p>\n

Jon Daly – Director of Admissions, Thomas Aquinas College<\/em><\/p>\n

Patrick Deneen – Professor of Political Science, University of Notre Dame<\/em><\/p>\n

Jennifer Frey – Dean of the Honors College, University of Tulsa<\/i><\/p>\n

Jim Gash – President, Pepperdine University<\/i><\/p>\n

Robert P. George – McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence and Director of the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions, Princeton University<\/em><\/p>\n

Jovia Godfrey – Director of Admissions, Saint Constantine College<\/em><\/p>\n

Douglas Henry – Dean of the Honors College, Baylor University<\/em><\/p>\n

Adam Kinnick – Senior Director of Graduate School Operations, Ave Maria University<\/em><\/p>\n

Zachary Miller –\u00a0Director of Admissions, Hillsdale College<\/em><\/p>\n

Kathleen O’Toole –\u00a0Assistant Provost for K-12 Education, Hillsdale College<\/em><\/p>\n

Catherine Pakaluk – Associate Professor, Tim and Steph Busch School of Business, The Catholic University of America<\/em><\/p>\n

Angel Adams Parham \u2013 Associate Professor, University of Virginia & Founder and Executive Director, Nyansa Classical Community<\/em><\/p>\n

Chad Pecknold – Associate Professor of Systematic Theology, The Catholic University of America<\/em><\/p>\n

Matthew Post – Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs, University of Tulsa<\/em><\/p>\n

Anika Prather – Founder, The Living Water School\u00a0and Assistant Professor, Catholic University<\/em><\/p>\n

John Mark Reynolds – Founder, The Saint Constantine School and College & Founder, Torrey Honors Institute<\/em><\/p>\n

Jonathan Sanford –\u00a0President, University of Dallas<\/em><\/p>\n

Krystyn Schmerbeck – Director of Graduate Studies in Classical Education, Benedictine College<\/em><\/spanlibre><\/p>\n

Matthew Smith – President, Hildegard College<\/em><\/p>\n

Matthew Van Hook – Assistant Director of Recruitment and Marketing at Torrey Honors College, Biola University<\/em><\/p>\n

Corey D. B. Walker – Wake Forest <\/em>Professor of the Humanities, Wake Forest University<\/em><\/p>\n

Kyle Washut – President, Wyoming Catholic College<\/em><\/p>\n

Cornel West – Dietrich Bonhoeffer Chair, <\/span><\/em>Union Theological Seminary<\/em><\/p>\n

Greg Wilbur\u00a0 – Founder and Dean of Students, New College Franklin<\/em><\/p>\n

Brian Williams – Dean of the Templeton Honors College, Eastern University<\/em><\/p>\n

Jessica Hooten Wilson – Fletcher Jones Chair of Great Books, <\/span>Pepperdine University<\/em><\/p>\n

Lee Wishing\u00a0 – Vice President for Student Recruitment, Grove City College<\/em><\/p>\n

Adam Wright – President, Dallas Baptist University<\/em><\/p>\n

Joseph Wysocki\u00a0 – Provost, Belmont Abbey College<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Hamza Yusuf – President and Co-Founder, Zaytuna College<\/em><\/p>\n

Fr. Jordan Zajac –\u00a0Assistant Professor, Providence College<\/em><\/p>\n

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Education Policy Leaders:<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Daniel Buck – Research Fellow, American Enterprise Institute<\/em><\/p>\n

Jenny Clark –\u00a0Founder & CEO, Love Your School<\/em><\/p>\n

Margarita Mooney Clayton – Founder, The Scala Foundation, and Associate Professor of Congregational Studies, Princeton Theological Seminary<\/em><\/p>\n

Brent Everett Dickinson – Co-Founder, International Congress for Infrathin Studies & Senior Lecturer, Rutgers University\/Otis College of Art and Design<\/em><\/p>\n

Shawn Peterson – President, Catholic Education Partners<\/em><\/p>\n

Michael Poliakoff – President, American Council of Trustees and Alumni<\/em><\/p>\n

Robert Pondiscio –\u00a0Senior Fellow, American Enterprise Institute<\/em><\/p>\n

Kevin Roberts – President, The Heritage Foundation<\/em><\/p>\n

Christopher Rufo –\u00a0Senior Fellow, The Manhattan Institute<\/em><\/p>\n

Stephanie Smith – President, Alabama Policy Institute<\/em><\/p>\n

Erin Davis Valdez – Executive Director, Incubator of the Center for Education and Public Service at the University of Austin<\/em><\/p>\n

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Homeschool Leaders:<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Matthew Bullington – CEO and Founder, UniversityReady<\/em><\/p>\n

Laura Berquist – Director, Mother of Divine Grace<\/em><\/p>\n

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K-12 School Leaders:<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Michael Adkins – Dean of Academics for Grades K-12 & Director of the Lower School, Saint Agnes School\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Thomas Curtin – Headmaster, Our Lady of the Rosary in Greenville, South Carolina<\/em><\/p>\n

Mary Pat Donoghue – Executive Director, Secretariat of Catholic Education for the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops<\/em><\/p>\n

Oscar Ortiz Duarte – Principal, Nolan Catholic High School<\/em><\/p>\n

Josh Dyson – Executive Director, C5 Urban School Initiative<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Christopher Fisher – Superintendent, Archdiocese of San Francisco<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Roy Griffith – Headmaster, Rockbridge Academy<\/em><\/p>\n

Luke Heintschel –\u00a0Headmaster of Academics, Coeur du Christ Academy<\/em><\/p>\n

Ryan Messmore – President, Institute for Catholic Liberal Education<\/em><\/p>\n

Rich Meyer – President, JSerra Catholic High School<\/em><\/p>\n

Sarah Novlan – Chief Academic Officer, Hill Country Christian<\/em><\/p>\n

Dan Peterson – Head of School, Regents School of Austin<\/em><\/p>\n

Andrew Smalley – Head of School, Veritas Classical School<\/em><\/p>\n

Justin Smith – Head of School, Little Rock Christian Academy<\/em><\/p>\n

David Williams –\u00a0President, John Paul II Academy of San Diego<\/em><\/p>\n

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Key Education Innovators:<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Daniel Baillargeon – Founder and CEO, Mission Driven Catholic<\/em><\/p>\n

Erika Donalds – CEO and President, Optima Foundation<\/em><\/p>\n

Nicholas Ellis – Founder and CEO, Christian Halls International<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Daniel Foucachon –\u00a0Founder and CEO, Roman Roads Press and Founder, Kepler Education<\/em><\/p>\n

Davies Owens – Founder, BaseCamp Live<\/em><\/p>\n

Alex Petkas – Founder, The Cost of Glory Podcast<\/em><\/p>\n

Marissa Streit – Chief Executive Officer, PragerU<\/em><\/spanlibre><\/p>\n

Erik Twist – President and Principal Partner, Arcadia Education Group<\/spanlibre><\/em><\/p>\n

Brandon Vogt – Senior Director of Publishing, Word on Fire, and Founder, Chesterton Academy of Orlando<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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Public Intellectuals:<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Bishop James Conley –\u00a0Bishop of the Diocese of Lincoln, Nebraska<\/em><\/p>\n

Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone – Archbishop of the Archdiocese of San Francisco, California<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Bishop Thomas Daly – Bishop of the Diocese of Spokane, Washington<\/em><\/p>\n

Timothy Feist – Founder, Feist Stone Carving<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Dcn. Harrison Garlick – Chancellor & General Counsel, The Diocese of Tulsa<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

Ali Ghaffari \u2013 Executive Director, St. John Henry Newman Institute<\/em><\/p>\n

James Hankins – Professor of History, Harvard University<\/em><\/p>\n

Aaron Howard – Founder and CEO, As One Christian Diversity Staffing<\/em><\/p>\n

Spencer Klavan – Host, Young Heretics Podcast<\/em><\/p>\n

Sean Maltbie \u2013 Director of Mission and Outreach, St. John Henry Newman Institute<\/em><\/p>\n

William Mattox – Senior Director, Marshall Center for Education Freedom, The James Madison Institute<\/em><\/p>\n

Colin Redemer –\u00a0Managing Director, Beck & Stone<\/em><\/p>\n

John Snyder – Florida House of Representatives<\/em><\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/section>\n\n ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":536,"parent":218,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":true,"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-361","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nMeet the CLT Board of Academic Advisors<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The CLT board consists of college presidents & administrators, secondary school administrators, and nationally recognized leaders in education.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cltexam.com\/about\/leadership\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" 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