Nader Twal, program administrator in the Long Beach Unified School District’s Office of Curriculum, Instruction, and Professional Development, has joined Learning Forward’s board of trustees for a three-year term. Twal is a graduate of the Learning Forward Academy, was a member of the Standards Advisory Council, and is a former columnist for The Learning Professional.

Ash Vasudeva, senior vice president at the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, is the new board president, and Sue Sarber, retired director of professional learning for Arlington (Virginia) Public Schools, is president-elect.

Retaining their seats on the board for the next three years are: Segun Eubanks, past president and professor of practice and director of the Center for Education and Innovation and Improvement in the College of Education at the University of Maryland, College Park; Denise Augustine, superintendent of Indigenous education for the Ministry of Education in Victoria, British Columbia; Linda Chen, senior deputy superintendent of academics for Boston Public Schools; Mark Elgart, president and chief executive officer of Cognia; and Wendy Robinson, retired superintendent of Fort Wayne (Indiana) Community Schools.

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