With decades of combined educational, business and leadership experience, the Center for Civic Education’s Board of Directors guide and support the mission and vision of our organization to develop an enlightened and responsible citizenry committed to democratic principles and actively engaged in the practice of democracy in the United States and other countries. The Board ensures accountability, by setting the organization’s goals and ensuring its effective implementation. Together, the Board works with management to support and implement its programs, which include We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution, Project Citizen, and the Civitas International Programs.
Pauline WeaverChair
Pauline WeaverChair
Pauline Weaver has dedicated her professional career to the law and to legal and civic education. She currently serves as the secretary of the American Bar Association. Previously, she led ... [read more]
Timothy D. MooreVice Chair
Timothy D. MooreVice Chair
Timothy Moore currently serves as the Deputy Director for the Study of the American Constitution (CSAC) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison as a documentary editor of the ... [read more]
Clara SlifkinSecretary
Clara SlifkinSecretary
Clara Slifkin has practiced criminal, civil, and administrative law in state, federal, and administrative courts in her four decades as an attorney in California ... [read more]
Mark RitaccoTreasurer
Mark RitaccoTreasurer
Mark Ritacco is the Chief Government Affairs Officer for the National Association of Counties. With over a decade of experience on Capitol Hill... [read more]
Henry L. Chambers, Jr.Director
Henry L. Chambers, Jr.Director
Professor Henry L. Chambers, Jr., is the Austin E. Owen Research Scholar and Professor of Law at the University of Richmond School of Law. Professor Chambers teaches and writes ... [read more]
Cheryl Cook-KallioDirector
Cheryl Cook-KallioDirector
Cheryl Cook-Kallio has a long history of public service and volunteerism. She has an M.A. in History with an emphasis on the United States Constitution ... [read more]
Garima DesaiDirector
Garima DesaiDirector
Garima Desai is a 2016 We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution alum from California. Garima holds two bachelor's degrees in Environmental Studies and Economics from UC Santa Cruz and currently studies at Oxford University as a ... [read more]
Erin LewisDirector
Erin LewisDirector
Erin Lewis joined the Center for Innovation & Change in June 2015 as a program director, became interim director in 2019, and was appointed executive director in 2021. ... [read more]
Terry Mason MooreDirector
Terry Mason MooreDirector
Terry Mason Moore is an enrolled member of the Osage Nation. She has served as Assistant Principal Chief of the Osage Nation, as a council member of the 31st Osage Tribal Council, and as Osage Nation Gaming Commissioner. She currently serves as ... [read more]
Daniel M. MurphyDirector
Daniel M. MurphyDirector
Dan Murphy has more than 20 years of experience in elections administration at the local, Federal, and international level. Dan is currently the Engagement Director for ... [read more]
Liza PrendergastDirector
Liza PrendergastDirector
Liza Prendergast is an advocate for civic education in the United States and for democracy promotion overseas. Currently, she is senior director for strategy and technical leadership at Democracy International ... [read more]
Beth RatwayDirector
Beth RatwayDirector
Beth Ratway, a senior technical assistant consultant at AIR, has over 25 years of education experience. She works with state education agencies (SEAs), intermediate regional service agencies ... [read more]
Dr. Vicki Ross-Norris Director
Dr. Vicki Ross-Norris Director
Dr. Vicki Ross-Norris is a retired college and university adjunct English and Acting professor and lecturer who taught at Fordham University ... [read more]
Barbara J. SmithDirector
Barbara J. SmithDirector
Barbara J. Smith oversees the Carter Center’s democracy, human rights, conflict resolution, and rule of law programs, which operate projects and observe elections in ... [read more]
Terri StroudDirector
Terri StroudDirector
Terri Stroud is the General Counsel for the District of Columbia Board of Elections. Her team represents the Board in local and federal courts, drafts administrative rules ... [read more]
Prof. Jonathan D. VaratDirector
Prof. Jonathan D. VaratDirector
Jonathan Varat is a professor of law emeritus and dean emeritus of the University of California, Los Angeles, School of Law. At UCLA, Mr. Varat has taught Constitutional Law ... [read more]
Members Emeriti
Ruth M. Gadebusch
Dale Rogers Marshall
Leland R. Selna Jr.
Dale Rogers Marshall
Leland R. Selna Jr.
